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Australian fitness culture prioritizes high-quality nutrition
“Tasmania is the only state I haven't been to in Australia, but as a whole, the quality of the food... our farming and the soil that we have and just the environment for production of crops and meat is very good. And then, yeah, it's very, sometimes I find in America, it's like you've got to kind of source out the good quality spots or the healthier spots, if that's what you're into, where I feel like in Australia, it's very health conscious demographic and environment.”
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Hybrid models offer more athletic flexibility than CrossFit
“I'm a gym owner, an entrepreneur, an athlete. And I guess like, yeah, what I would classify as, yeah, somewhat of a hybrid athlete, more so in the fact that not only do I like lift and run, but I like to do it all. And I think we'll get into it in a little bit, but yeah, one of the reasons I was so attracted to BPN and your leadership style is the ability to do multiple things. And I guess I'm trying to kind of create my own path down under and impact people in a positive way.”
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Starting small allows for refining your craft
“I left, I'd worked at a bunch of different gyms just as a trainer, and was kind of building experience and finding my own style in my own way. And eventually I decided, hey, I feel like I've got a knack for this. I'm going to kind of go out my own and do my own thing, but I wanted to start small, just do one-on-ones and through that one-on-one, I was able to really refine my craft and have pretty good impact on my clients. And the word kind of spread a little bit.”
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Authentic connection drives brand loyalty
“But I think for me, just being around the BPN team has probably been the highlight. I feel like I've got really good connections and relationships here, and it's hard living across the other side of the globe to have many touch points throughout the year. But having nearly a month here all up has just been... And having where you're not necessarily on a tight schedule the whole time, where you're having to go from event to meeting to whatever, has just allowed for some really good connection to come through.”
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Backyard ultras test mental and physical limits
“This year, we are now a qualifier for Bigg's Backyard, which is the world championship of backyard racing. So, the people who perform very well here will go perform on the world stage months later. It's anyone's win. You know, like, I think a lot of times with these races, people try to predict the top three to five runners, and you never know who's going to show up and who's going to have a good day and who's going to have a bad day.”
FOSTER CONNECTION
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“And we've learned a ton from founders like Edwin Land, who transformed photography really by focusing on building amazing products and thinking about, you know, how to make sure those products fit into people's lives and uplifted humanity. I think, you know, if you look at instant photography and the role that that played in people's lives, Edwin thought of the camera as something that was incredibly personal. Right? And and I think, as we've looked at the sort of trajectory of technology over the long arc of time, technology gets more and more and more and more personal.”
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Edwin Land's personal photography inspired Snap's philosophy
“And we've learned a ton from founders like Edwin Land, who transformed photography really by focusing on building amazing products and thinking about, you know, how to make sure those products fit into people's lives and uplifted humanity. I think, you know, if you look at instant photography and the role that that played in people's lives, Edwin thought of the camera as something that was incredibly personal. Right? And and I think, as we've looked at the sort of trajectory of technology over the long arc of time, technology gets more and more and more and more personal.”
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Computers should foster connection rather than isolation
“One of my frustrations or disappointments with the way that computers have been built over time is that they actually pulled us away from one another. So growing up, during lunch, rather than being on the recess yard running around with my friends, I was so inspired by what computers could do. I was obsessed with computers. So I was in the computer lab all day long. And computers, I think, you know, whether it was the mainframe or the desktop, you know, have have sort of pulled us away from one another, away from society, brought us indoors.”
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Opening into the camera encourages present-moment creativity
“I mean, even basic things like opening into the camera. Right? It opens into your experience of the world. Right? Not, you know, a feed of content from other people, not a a messaging feed alerting you to what other people are sending you. It literally opens into your experience. And so from the very beginning, we've thought about, like, how do we ground your experience of computing, like, in what what is right in front of you in the present moment and inspire you to create from that.”
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AR glasses will replace addictive pocket screens
“But the second thing you said, which which is so funny, my daydreaming right now, especially as we think about glasses and the future of computing, is really, like, what if aliens are watching Earth right now and they're, like, terrified that smartphones have, like, taken over humanity, that, like, we're spending all day long, like, caring for these things and, like, plugging them in and, like, tending to them and, like, our lives are all oriented around, like, these little screens, and, like, what would aliens do?”
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True innovation requires a commitment to humanity
“I like that he had a commitment beyond just, like, you know, his customers and creativity and these sorts of things. He really wanted to participate in building a better world, and and took that really seriously. And then I think if you look at a lot of his, you know, a lot of the the investments he made around his laboratories and around his innovation, he was he was famous, actually, and and back then, this was quite unique, famous for uplifting women in those research roles. Right? And I think, like, he was a real champion of talent.”
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