Coffee With Dan

About Coffee With Dan

Welcome to my world, where action beats perfection, bullsh*t gets called out, and you finally get the kick up the arse you need to win at life AND business. Author of How To Be F*cking Awesome* and How To Be F*cking Happy, Dan Meredith brings you raw, real, no-fluff wisdom that actually gets results. No airy-fairy boll*cks. No gatekeeping. Just brutally honest, laugh-out-loud content that helps you: 🚀 Get sh*t done 💪 Build resilience, tenacity & confidence 🎯 Create a business and a life that actually makes you happy 📈 Grow faster with less overthinking 🙌 Live on YOUR terms Expect rants, raves, real talk, lessons from the trenches, and practical-as-hell tools you can use today. Oh, and the odd motorbike and boxing, pizza reference, and sweary pep talk too. If you’re done with playing small and ready to be fucking awesome and happy, you’re in the right place. Hit subscribe and let’s go.

Publisher

Dan Meredith

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Oct 2025

Latest episode

28 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Aug 2026

   44: Make Motivation Great Again

   Apparently motivation is shit now. You don't need motivation. You need DISCIPLINE, BRO. Get up at 4am. Cold shower. Make your bed. Eat something joyless out of Tupperware and repeat until you die. Except... what if that doesn't actually work for you? Matt Hall is back for another Man-to-Man and we're making motivation great again. Because discipline matters. Habits matter. Consistency matters. Sometimes you've got to stop waiting until you feel like doing something and get the fucking thing done. But motivation has its place too. Some of us work brilliantly in short, aggressive bursts. Give us a deadline, a challenge, a consequence and a slightly unreasonable amount of work and suddenly we're extraordinarily productive. Give us six months and we'll probably spend five months and three weeks fucking around first. Maybe that's not something you need to fix. We talk about knowing how YOU actually work, why pressure and consequences can be useful, and why trying to force yourself into somebody else's perfect routine can make you feel like you're failing when you're not. We also get into what happens when motivation disappears completely. Sometimes you don't need another motivational video. You're fucking knackered. Your sleep might be shit. Your relationships might be draining you. You might have forgotten to have any actual fun. There might even be something going on with your health that needs looking at. Before trying to optimise your productivity, check the foundations you're building it on. We get into rewards, pain versus pleasure, finding the real reason behind your goals, and a slightly brutal exercise from my first book involving your bank balance, body, phone and social life. Not to judge yourself. To get the data. If you're happy with what you see, brilliant. Keep fucking going. If you're not? You can change it. Plus Gun to the Head January, rugby, spin classes, M&S picky bits and my complete refusal to ever be tied up. Motivation isn't everything. Discipline isn't everything either. Work out what gets YOU moving. Then fucking use it. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Make Motivation Great Again 02:50 – Motivation is the spark, discipline keeps you going 03:45 – Gun to the Head January 07:39 – Why motivation still has its place 08:34 – Football, rugby and accidental sporting success 13:57 – Understanding how YOU perform best 14:54 – What if lastminute.com (http://lastminute.com) actually works for you? 16:37 – Discipline isn't the only way to succeed 18:33 – What to do when you've completely lost motivation 19:24 – Put action on a pedestal, not emotion 20:40 – When lack of motivation is actually something else 24:15 – Get the foundations right first 25:11 – “Does anyone here experience joy anymore?” 29:09 – Rewards, consequences and an unexpected clarification 32:56 – Pleasure vs pain as motivation 34:13 – Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly rewards 35:51 – Finding the real reason behind your goal 38:52 – The brutal exercise from Dan's first book 40:48 – Work out what actually motivates YOU 42:04 – Final thoughts

2. 

   14 Aug 2026

   43: Good Men, Masculinity & the Internet Problem

   There are some conversations where you know before you start that someone on the internet is probably going to get pissed off. This might be one of them. Matt Hall is back with me and we're talking about masculinity, being a man in 2026, and why a lot of genuinely decent blokes seem to have absolutely no fucking idea what they're supposed to be anymore. Because somewhere along the way, masculinity itself seems to have become a dirty word. And yes, there are bad men doing bad things. There are predatory men, abusive men and absolute bellends who deserve to be called out for their behaviour. We're not defending them. We're talking about the other blokes. The decent men trying to navigate relationships, dating, work, family and life without accidentally finding themselves labelled a misogynist because they said the wrong thing, approached someone at the wrong time or had an opinion that didn't fit neatly into one side of the internet. We get into what healthy masculinity actually looks like, why strength and emotional intelligence aren't opposites, the importance of purpose, dating when nobody seems to know the rules anymore, traditional roles, modern relationships and why the loudest people online probably aren't representative of most people in the real world. There's also a story involving a woman, a massive suitcase and me discovering that apparently offering to carry something up the stairs is now considerably more complicated than it used to be. Ultimately, this isn't an episode about men versus women. It's two blokes trying to work out what being a good man actually means. And I think the answer is probably much simpler than the internet would have us believe. Don't be a dick. Treat people well. Protect the people you love. Be strong enough to step up when you're needed and emotionally intelligent enough to know when strength isn't what's required. You're going to fuck it up occasionally. We all do. Just keep trying to be a better human. Timestamps: 00:00 – Why we're talking about masculinity 03:41 – Has masculinity automatically become “toxic”? 06:29 – Toxic masculinity, misandry and internet extremes 09:58 – Where did nuance disappear to? 12:23 – Are good men becoming lost? 13:17 – Dan, a suitcase and the most confusing interaction ever 16:21 – Men don't know what they're supposed to do anymore 18:42 – Dating apps, rejection and the six-foot problem 21:25 – Bad men vs good men who get things wrong 24:00 – Young men, purpose and finding your place 27:04 – Get off the internet and talk to actual humans 28:34 – Why people who disagree can still get on 32:04 – What does healthy masculinity look like in 2026? 34:13 – Why men need purpose 37:34 – Money, muscles and feeling “good enough” 39:41 – Relationships don't need to follow gender rules 42:40 – A simple test for whether you're being a dick 44:55 – Traditional relationships are okay too 46:00 – Successful women, masculinity and wanting a man to lead 48:32 – Are online narratives getting in the way of relationships? 50:19 – Providing, protecting and positive masculinity 52:32 – The silent majority 54:39 – Most people are actually decent 56:11 – Grace, real conversations and being a good human

3. 

   7 Aug 2026

   42: The Most Unhinged Productivity Advice Ever

   Some people need another motivational quote. Some people need a kick up the arse. This episode is for the second group. Jay and I get into why some of the biggest breakthroughs in business, fitness and life don't come from being more disciplined... they come from doing something completely ridiculous for a short period of time. We're talking strategic insanity. The kind of temporary obsession that gets you unstuck, forces momentum and changes your standards forever. From flying 5,000 miles for a coffee... ...to parking your car 15 minutes away... ...to Google Alerts reminding you that people your age die every single day... Yes, it gets weird. Along the way we cover: Why consistency is still king. When "normal" effort simply isn't enough. How raising your standards changes everything. Arnold Schwarzenegger's obsession with growing his calves. The danger of pathetic volume. Why most people massively underestimate what "a lot" actually looks like. The Hit List 100 strategy. How to create urgency without waiting for motivation. If you've been stuck in the same place for months... This episode might be exactly the shove you need. Timestamps 00:00 - Going completely unhinged 01:00 - Flying 5,000 miles for one coffee 02:30 - Fear beats motivation 03:40 - Dan's ridiculous five-week transformation 05:20 - Extreme work ethic and its rewards 06:00 - The entrepreneur who disappeared for nine months 08:20 - Sell your car... seriously? 09:50 - When consistency isn't enough anymore 11:00 - Posting content like a lunatic 12:45 - Arnold Schwarzenegger's calf obsession 14:15 - Why your standards might be pathetic 17:20 - Kangaroos, calves and chaos 18:00 - Audit your life properly 19:00 - Why this year might need to suck 20:30 - Google's most unhinged motivational tool 24:20 - Getting your kids to keep you accountable 28:50 - The Hit List 100 strategy 31:10 - Do 100 of the thing that scares you 32:50 - Final challenge: go be unhinged

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