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The Real Biz Life Chronicles
Tracy Fryer
117 episodes
2 days ago
Send us a text What does running 68 kilometres through snow at night teach you about business, risk, and resilience? For Mathew Breuillac, it’s everything. A former chemical engineer turned cybersecurity leader, Mathew has spent his career at the edge of danger, from nuclear sites in France to ethical hacking in Perth. Today, as the Managing Director of Cyber Node, he helps organisations stay one step ahead of the invisible risks that threaten modern business. In this conversation, we explore...
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Send us a text What does running 68 kilometres through snow at night teach you about business, risk, and resilience? For Mathew Breuillac, it’s everything. A former chemical engineer turned cybersecurity leader, Mathew has spent his career at the edge of danger, from nuclear sites in France to ethical hacking in Perth. Today, as the Managing Director of Cyber Node, he helps organisations stay one step ahead of the invisible risks that threaten modern business. In this conversation, we explore...
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The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#116 Endurance & Cybersecurity with Mathew Breuillac
Send us a text What does running 68 kilometres through snow at night teach you about business, risk, and resilience? For Mathew Breuillac, it’s everything. A former chemical engineer turned cybersecurity leader, Mathew has spent his career at the edge of danger, from nuclear sites in France to ethical hacking in Perth. Today, as the Managing Director of Cyber Node, he helps organisations stay one step ahead of the invisible risks that threaten modern business. In this conversation, we explore...
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3 days ago
1 hour 2 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#115 Building a Business of Love with Zac Fogarty & Ruby Omrevjic
Send us a text What happens when your business partner is also the love of your life? From late-night strategy sessions to early-morning client calls, Zac Fogarty and Ruby Omrevjic have built 1Recruit, a human-first recruitment agency, on equal parts courage, trust, and a shared obsession with growth. They didn’t start with safety nets. They started with a bold plan to bet on themselves. Six months without income, a kitchen-table office, and two people who refused to give up. Today, their age...
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6 days ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#114 How Tristan Scifo is Putting Spirit Back in Business
Send us a text What happens when a man decides to lead with control and conscious sensitivity? Tristan Scifo is a financial adviser, life coach, and the founder of Purpose Advisory. But beyond the numbers and strategy, he’s a husband and father learning what it truly means to show up with strength, softness, and self-awareness. Tristan and I dive into the depths of the past to better understand the creation of toxic masculinity, what healthy masculine leadership looks like, the role of emotio...
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1 week ago
56 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#113 Health, Honesty & Habits with Nick Eggleton
Send us a text What happens when the life you’ve built looks successful on paper, but your body tells a different story? Nick Eggleton had the career many dream of, big agency roles in London, global clients, and a life that ticked every “success” box. However, what Nick had done was trade his health for success. He was 118 kilos, exhausted, and living on autopilot until he realised that something needed to change. In this conversation, we explore what happens when ambition meets awaren...
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 19 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#112 SACRIFICING HEALTH ⚔️ for SUCCESS? Odhran McCorry Tells All
Send us a text What happens when your body starts lagging behind your ambition? Odhran McCorry built The Elite Executive to help high-performing professionals reclaim the health they’ve quietly traded for their careers. A sports scientist turned performance coach, who delivers metrics. From sleep tracking to stress data, his work proves that you can’t outperform poor health, no matter how sharp your business strategy is. In this episode, we share moments of feeling depleted in the name ...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 25 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#111 Unlocking Creativity & Profitability with Ian Sloan
Send us a text What if financial success doesn’t bring the happiness you expected? Our guest shares with us how to rebuild your career around that which sparks both creativity and profitability. Ian Sloan didn’t plan to be an entrepreneur. From Safeway supermarkets in the UK to co-founding Tango IT Consulting in Perth, his path has been about curiosity, creativity, and quiet leadership. Today, he helps businesses de-risk tech investments while building a company rooted in values, indepe...
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1 month ago
1 hour 5 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#110 Love, Mining & Business: The Leeson’s Raw Journey with Susan & Hayden Leeson
Send us a text When she entered the mining site, to stake his claim, Hayden tagged Susan with his name and the rest is history. And in this episode we talk about their history in its authentic truth. From building a relationship underground and working 12 hour shifts, to figuring out how to use their partnership and capabilities to build a life, business and family. Since then, Susan and Hayden Leeson, have founded Leeson Electrical and Silky Pear Energy. From the outside, it looks like...
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1 month ago
1 hour 4 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#109 Why Sean Smith Won’t Build a WordPress Website for $100M
Send us a text What does it take to walk away from a profitable business, move interstate with no plan, no network, and a baby on the way, and still build something bigger? Sean Smith has lived that story. Twice. From high school dropout to founder of Go To Apps, a digital agency serving clients nationwide, his journey spans mining, construction, sales, fitness, and tech. Every pivot was driven not by money, but by curiosity, growth, and happiness. In this episode we unpack Sean’s guiding pri...
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1 month ago
1 hour 13 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#108 Jimmy Mcgregor & Sam Chami: How This Business Duo Turns Waste into Profits
Send us a text What does it take to build a business in one of the toughest industries while holding onto trust, integrity, and a sense of humour? Jimmy McGregor and Sam Chami came together at Westref Enviro with a vision to do things differently. One grew up collecting rubbish at five years old. The other once thought he had left the waste industry behind for good. Together they created a partnership grounded in fairness, honesty, and respect, the kind of foundation that makes the hard days ...
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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#107 Forget Uber, Fly Instead with Korum Ellis
Send us a text What if the future of flying looked more like booking an Uber than boarding a plane? Korum Ellis believes we’re standing at the edge of an aviation revolution, one that replaces noise, leaded fuel, and sardine-tin flights with clean, quiet, and accessible electric aircraft. Korum didn’t set out to be a pioneer in aviation. After decades in retail and service, he sold his business and could have coasted. Instead, he risked everything, his time, energy, and capital, to launch Fly...
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1 month ago
1 hour 16 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#106 Darren Linton on Leadership & Legacy
Send us a text What does it take to step into a company built by a giant, and not just carry the legacy, but redefine it? Darren Linton started on site at 15, not as the son of a managing director but as a kid with grit and determination. Today, he’s the Managing Director of Hanssen, WA’s largest apartment builder, with 6,500+ apartments delivered, 600 staff from 60 nationalities, and a flawless completion record. But Darren’s story isn’t just about buildings. It’s about mentorship, a bold pr...
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2 months ago
54 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#105 Nigel Reid: Peace and Quiet
Send us a text When was the last time you experienced true silence? No traffic. No neighbours. No background noise. Just stillness. Peace and quiet are human needs. They give us space to reflect, rest, and restore the energy to show up fully in life and work. Without them, stress builds, fatigue deepens, and even safety can be compromised. Nigel Reid understands this well. His journey from construction to founding Quash Soundproofing was never just about acoustics; it was about creating space...
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2 months ago
53 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#104 Exclusive Episode: Leadership, Labels & Dollar Bills
Send us a text What’s the hardest truth about managing people? Do gender labels help or hinder in business? And how do our beliefs about money shape the way we live and lead? In this exclusive episode of The Real Biz Life Chronicles, I sat down with three bold voices who know the trenches of business all too well. Paul Claessen, Sophie Stott, and Marcus Procopio. Together, we went deep into the conversations that don’t make the highlight reels, but define what it means to build and sustain a ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 49 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#103 Donna Martin on Choosing YOU
Send us a text What do you do when your life feels like it’s breaking apart, and you realise the only way forward is to choose yourself? Donna Martin spent 15 years nursing hundreds of people in their final days. What she learned at the bedside is what most of us avoid until it’s too late: money doesn’t matter, accolades don’t matter, what we leave behind is love. But holding space for others while neglecting herself led to burnout, trauma, and breakdowns. She walked away from nursing, left I...
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2 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#102 Mark Birkinshaw: Doing Business Without the BS
Send us a text What happens when you’ve ticked all the “right” boxes only to realise you never wanted the life they lead to? Mark Birkinshaw qualified as a Chartered Accountant, walked away from it, and threw himself into the wild early days of the IBM PC boom. From there, he crossed borders, industries, and comfort zones, ending up in Perth as the co-founder of Tango, a business built on grit, honesty, and a deep respect for doing things properly (while wearing a bold suit). In this episode,...
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2 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#101 Lino Giangiordano: The Power of Branding
Send us a text What does it take to build a brand that outlasts trends, tech shifts, and “quick fixes”? Lino Giangiordano has spent over 40 years shaping the visual identities of brands across Australia and Asia. Formally trained and globally experienced, he’s the designer you’ve probably never seen in the spotlight, but his work has spoken volumes for decades. From working with major international brands to acting as a long-term brand custodian for clients, Lino’s approach is grounded in pre...
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2 months ago
1 hour

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#100 Tracy Unscripted on Life & Business
Send us a text For 99 episodes, I’ve been the one asking the questions. But for this milestone 100th episode, the mic is turned on me. I asked my business advisor, Paul Claessen, to take over as host. Paul has a way of cutting straight to the heart of things, and in this conversation, he doesn’t hold back. We talk about what business really costs, the risks that bleed into your whole life, the friendships that don’t survive, and the nights you lie awake wondering if it’s worth it. Paul takes ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#099 Relentless Mission & Meaning With Jim Penman
What happens when you build a billion-dollar business but say you’ve failed more than you’ve succeeded? Jim Penman never set out to be a mogul. He just needed to fund his PhD in history. That $24 mowing gig became Jim’s Group, now Australia’s largest franchise brand, with 5,500+ franchisees across 50+ divisions. Behind the beard and the brand is a story of fierce values, faith, and an unconventional mind. Jim still answers franchisee calls, invests 90% of his income into epigenetics research,...
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2 months ago
1 hour 11 minutes

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#098 Dave Meney: Failing Forward After 30 Years in Business
What happens when your biggest business milestone almost doesn’t happen at all? Dave Meney was meant to be celebrating 30 years of Yenem Engineering. Instead, he was navigating redundancies, restructuring, and the raw reality of nearly closing his doors. Founder of Yenem Engineering and creator of AltConnect, Dave’s quiet tenacity has shaped some of WA’s most complex mining structures, and mentored the next generation along the way. In this episode, we talk about resilience, ownership, and th...
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3 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#097 Darren Bowles on Leading with Humility
He moved his young family across the world with nothing but a suitcase and a gut instinct that life could be different. Darren Bowles didn’t set out to build a business. He started as an apprentice in a cereal factory. Today, he leads billion-dollar projects in autonomous mining and carries that responsibility with a calm most people never see. This conversation isn’t about status, titles or scale. It’s about what leadership really looks like behind the scenes. When the deadlines pile up, the...
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3 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes

The Real Biz Life Chronicles
Send us a text What does running 68 kilometres through snow at night teach you about business, risk, and resilience? For Mathew Breuillac, it’s everything. A former chemical engineer turned cybersecurity leader, Mathew has spent his career at the edge of danger, from nuclear sites in France to ethical hacking in Perth. Today, as the Managing Director of Cyber Node, he helps organisations stay one step ahead of the invisible risks that threaten modern business. In this conversation, we explore...