In this episode, we sit down with Michael Heaton to dive deep into his journey from a shy, creative kid to co-founding one of the UK’s biggest fashion brands.

He opens up about the early days of building the business, the reality of scaling to a global level, and why he still works harder than ever despite success. We also get into his mindset, fitness routine, creative process, and even some wild stories from LA trips to late-night conspiracy theories.

00:00 – Intro

08:30 – Childhood, Creativity & Early Personality

18:30 – Starting the Brand & First Designs

30:00 – Building the Business from Scratch

45:00 – LA Trips

58:00 – Scaling to a Global Brand

1:12:00 – Working Hard

1:25:00 – Fitness Routine & Staying Disciplined

1:38:00 – Art & Creative Life Outside Work

1:50:00 – Aliens, Conspiracies & Quickfire questions

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Todays Podcast Guest is Olympic silver medalist and Red Bull athlete Kieran Reilly.

Kieran Reilly breaks down the reality of elite BMX-ing, from the Paris Olympics to pushing limits in a high-risk sport. He also shares how he trains like a hybrid athlete and why being willing to fail is key to improving and avoiding regret.

00:00 Intro

05:30 Journey into pro BMX

09:40 The reality of BMX

14:20 Training & staying in elite shape

20:15 Risk, crashes & pushing limits

27:50 Learning to be willing to fail

35:10 Fear vs progression mindset

44:30 “What’s next” mentality

52:40 Regret & why you have to go for it

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Today's podcast episode is Parkour Legend Dom Di Tommaso.

This episode we dive into the mindset and journey of a professional Red Bull parkour athlete. He shares how training every single day for years, embracing failure, near-misses, and documenting the process through social media helped turn his passion into a career.

00:00 Intro

04:30 Discovering parkour & early sports background

09:00 Mindset and fear within parkour

14:00 Training routine

20:30 Injuries, recovery

27:00 Social media growth & becoming a pro

34:00 Risk, near-death moments & pain tolerance

42:00 Adrenaline vs control

50:00 Why you should push past comfort zones

56:00 Advice for beginners & final thoughts

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