One True Measure is about the journey each of us must take to understand, define and in time measure success in our lives.
At One True Measure, we believe success is and should be an individual journey. We also believe in the importance of building a community in which we all grow and support each other on our collective journey.
The goal of the One True Measure podcast is to create the space for long-form, in-depth conversations we can all learn from with exceptional people who embody their own One True Measure.
This isn’t a show about chasing more. It’s a show about choosing better.
Simon Eastaugh is a former AFL player, coach, football executive and leader.
Originally drafted to Richmond as a teenager, Simon’s path to the AFL was far from straightforward. After an injury-interrupted start, he rebuilt his career in South Australian football, helped Norwood to a premiership, and eventually returned to the AFL to play for Essendon and Fremantle.
Retirement was far from the end of Simon’s football story. He quickly moved into coaching.
At West Coast, he worked with players such as Jack Darling and Jeremy McGovern. In 2012, he coached Dean Cox and Nic Naitanui, who both earned All-Australian selection, the first and only time two ruck men from the same club have been selected in the same All-Australian team.
At Fremantle, as a ruck and midfield assistant coach, he worked with players including Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale, David Mundy and Brad Hill, along with ruck man Aaron Sandilands and now head coach Justin Longmuir.
His career has also taken him beyond the traditional football department, into leadership, community development and helping create pathways for the next generation of players.
Simon has first-hand knowledge of some of the sport’s greatest leaders and coaches, including Kevin Bartlett, Kevin Sheedy and John Worsfold. Speaking of coaches, Simon now faces his greatest coaching challenge... coaching his 14-year-old son’s junior football team for the Mighty Melville Junior Football Club.
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14 Oct 2026
Dr. Lydia Johns Putra - Bravery Amid the Ruins | OTM #028
Dr Lydia Johns Putra is a surgeon, medical leader, humanitarian and Hero of one of New Zealand’s most devastating natural disasters, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
A respected Australian urologist, Lydia has built a remarkable career spanning medicine, surgical leadership, education and humanitarian service. Lydia is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She has held senior leadership roles within the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, helping shape the next generation of surgeons.
But Lydia’s story goes far beyond the operating theatre. In the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, she and over 400 Australian doctors found themselves at a conference in the city on the day of the earthquake. On that horrendous day, not many people ran toward the epicentre of the quake. Lydia did, helping provide medical aid to a man trapped in a collapsed building. Lydia, a firefighter, a police medic, and an anaesthetist worked together to save his life; all were presented with New Zealand’s highest Bravery Decorations in 2014.
Lydia has also taken her surgical skills into some of the world’s most challenging environments, volunteering with Australian Doctors for Africa in Madagascar, where she has helped deliver surgery and training to local medical teams, a passion she continues to this day.
Lydia’s story is ultimately about much more than surgery. It is about courage under pressure, leadership, resilience, service and what it really means to step up when other people are depending on you.
7 Oct 2026
Damien Thomlinson - Unbreakable | OTM #027
Damien’s story is one of extraordinary courage, resilience and reinvention. Inspired by his grandfather's military service, Damien joined the Australian Defence Force and, at just 24, achieved his dream of becoming a Commando and joining one of Australia’s top-tier special forces units.While serving in Afghanistan with the 2nd Commando Regiment, Damien’s life changed forever. In April 2009, whilst on night patrol in Southern Afghanistan, Damien’s unit drove over an improvised Taliban bomb. Damien suffered horrendous injuries in the explosion, which resulted in both of his legs being amputated. The damage to his body was so severe his medical team claim it is a miracle he wasn’t killed.Since then, Damien has shown his unconquerable spirit to make the most of his life by hiking the exceptionally arduous 100km Kokoda Trek dedicated to a fallen mate, Scott Palmer. Represented Australia at the Invictus Games. Wrote the best-selling autobiography Without Warning. Grown a new career as an actor, appearing in the Academy Award-winning film Hacksaw Ridge directed by Mel Gibson Competed on Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2018). Rebuilt his life again post-military as a golfer, now ranked #1–2 in the world in multi-amputee golf.He is also world-class motivational speaker, sharing his journey of triumph against adversity; the power of positive attitude and ambition for the future that continues to resonate with people from all walks of life.What do these things have in common special forces and service, Prince Harry, Mel Gibson in flip-flops, Kokoda, golf and Top Gun nicknames? The exceptional and the unbreakable Damien Thomlinson!Learn more about Damien: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/damienthomlinsonofficialInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/damienthomlinson/Website - https://www.damienthomlinson.com/
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