Success x Happiness

About Success x Happiness

Real conversations with inspiring people to help us all achieve success and happiness in our own lives and live our potential.

Publisher

sxhpod

Category

business · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Apr 2023

Latest episode

11 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

187 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Nov 2026

   110km A Week In The Pool - What It Takes To Win Olympic Gold | Duncan Armstrong - EP187

   Duncan Armstrong was ranked 46th in the world when he won Olympic gold in world record time at Seoul 1988. Four days later, one breath cost him a second gold. The Olympic champion takes us inside Laurie Lawrence's brutal swim squad, the plan to surf Matt Biondi's wake, and why early success cost him in business, marriage and health before he found a better definition of winning. In this episode: → Crying through his first month in Laurie Lawrence's squad → Herb Elliott's warning about nerves on pool deck → The 200m freestyle final, stroke by stroke → The one breath that cost him the 200m/400m double → Why he chases joy, not happiness - Links: Connect with Duncan → https://duncanarmstrong.com.au/ Listen on any app → https://pod.link/1683066164?view=apps&sort=popularity Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/sxhpod - Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:49 Silence, compulsions and delayed gratification 00:09:26 Rockhampton to Laurie Lawrence's squad 00:24:00 Seoul 1988: gold in the 200m, silver in the 400m 00:51:45 What early success cost him, and success now 01:07:02 Quick fire questions 01:11:28 Outro - #olympics #swimming #mindset

2. 

   4 Nov 2026

   What The 2026 Property Correction Means For First Home Buyers | Dan Sowden - EP186

   Dan Sowden bought into Ray White Maroochydore 14 days before the GFC. Today he leads 80 staff and says this is the best down market he's ever worked in. The Sunshine Coast principal and award-winning auctioneer explains why he coaches from the dugout instead of selling, how he keeps agents from burning out, and what rising interest rates, falling prices and the new investor tax rules mean for first home buyers. In this episode: → Why he chose a mentor who didn't sell houses → Going all in, then surviving the GFC → How 1,200 agents compete on the Sunshine Coast, and why teams win →Why his job is to make himself redundant →"Talent is cheaper than table salt" - Links: Connect with Dan → https://www.raywhite.com/dan-sowden/real-estate-agent/dan.sowden Listen on any app → https://pod.link/1683066164?view=apps&sort=popularity Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/sxhpod - Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:45 Growing up in Mooloolaba, rugby and London 00:07:38 Missing physio and finding real estate 00:10:20 Meeting Brett Graham, the boss who didn't sell 00:17:41 Buying in 14 days before the GFC 00:22:58 Taking over Ray White Buderim 00:26:58 Family values and honest conversations 00:29:36 Coach in the dugout: 1,200 agents, one coast 00:34:16 Burnout, 9pm messages and building teams 00:39:30 Make yourself redundant: AI and customer experience 00:42:47 Ambition, focus and setting the rhythm 00:45:52 The Sunshine Coast's future and the 2032 Olympics 00:48:29 The property correction and first home buyers 00:51:46 Quick fire questions 00:53:48 Outro - #realestate #leadership #sunshinecoast

3. 

   28 Oct 2026

   “If I’m Gonna Die, I’m Gonna Die Trying” | Joe Surace - EP185

   Doctors gave him three days to three weeks to live, and some of them begged him not to try the chemo. Joe Surace was a Melbourne-born photographer and fruit-and-veg lifer working 70-hour weeks on the Sunshine Coast when, at 39, a back pain his doctors kept calling sciatica turned out to be an extremely rare testicular cancer that had spread to his lymph nodes and taken over 70% of his liver. Given a 30% chance with aggressive chemo in ICU or palliative care, he chose to die trying. What followed was 133 days in hospital, a body down to 40 kilos, emergency lung surgery, and a recovery that started with six steps. - Get in touch with Joe Surace https://www.joesurace.com.au - Joe’s Quick Fire Answers What does success mean to you?“Success today means having a good life surrounded by amazing friends and family, sharing great times, going to bed knowing you don’t have any enemies. Twenty years ago it would have been the nice house, all the money. That stuff’s nice, but being rich in good friends, connections, family, good times — to me, that’s success.” What does happiness mean to you?“That’s an easy one. It’s sitting on a cruise ship looking at the beautiful ocean sail by with an amazing sunset, cocktail in hand, good friends nearby. I’m in my absolute element.” What’s your normal morning routine these days?“Within the first half hour, a shot of espresso — a nice little black coffee. I tend to wake up anywhere between 4:30 and 6 most mornings, and I usually try and get a good dog walk in before work. The beach at least three or four days a week.” What piece of advice would you put on a billboard for the world to see? “Be kind, be nice, don’t be an asshole. We can all just get along, be kind and show a bit of empathy. That’s another thing cancer taught me. And be positive.” Who would you suggest as a future guest on the show?“Dr Long. He just loves not only trying to treat the cancer, but, like me, trying to help people thrive beyond it.” - Listen To The Podcasthttps://pod.link/1683066164?view=apps&sort=popularity - Find Us On Social Mediahttps://www.instagram.com/sxhpod - Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:43) – Chapter 1 | Forklifts At 14, A Photography Studio At 22, Back Pain Dismissed As Sciatica, The MRI That Found Cancer And The Hiccups That Nearly Killed Him (00:38:00) – Chapter 2 | 133 Days In Hospital: 40 Kilos, Six Steps, Emergency Lung Surgery, A Mobility Scooter, Three Stairs To Twenty And Learning To Be Grateful (00:56:20) - Quick Fire Questions (00:58:27) - Outro - #podcast #cancersurvivor #testicularcancer

Who has been a guest on Success x Happiness

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Leigh Walker
• Erin Barnes
• David Watson
• Stacey Combe
• Caitlin

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

138,568

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

64

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

77

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