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The Driven Young Podcast

Byron Dempsey talks with founders, operators and people doing life differently about building a business, money, health and the parts of your 20s and 30s nobody warns you about. On air since 2019.

The Driven Young Podcast with Byron Dempsey

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Ep 136 · 20 Oct 2025 · 57 min

CBD Business Invested in by Gordon Ramsay at 22

Ep 135 · 8 June 2025 · 72 min

How AI Will Affect the Average Person

Ep 134 · 27 Apr 2025 · 69 min

Job Expert Reveals Simple Steps to Landing Your Dream Job Without Applying Like Everyone Else

Ep 133 · 21 Aug 2024 · 57 min

How to Skip 10 Years of Effort by Growing and Leveraging Your Network

Ep 132 · 4 Aug 2024 · 62 min

How to Befriend and Network with Billionaires

Ep 131 · 23 July 2024 · 18 min

How to Create More Money, Help More People and Have More Fun

Ep 130 · 18 July 2024 · 60 min

High Performance Psychologist on Controlling Your Emotions

Ep 129 · 20 Aug 2023 · 59 min

Sleep Doctor Explains Why You Are So Tired Based on Science

Ep 128 · 16 Apr 2023 · 57 min

Affirmations That Will Change Your Perspective on Life

Ep 127 · 11 Apr 2023 · 72 min

Starting Batman's Skincare Line: Raising Capital for a Luxury Men's Brand

Ep 126 · 3 Apr 2023 · 74 min

How to Study & Learn Effectively Based on Science

Ep 125 · 7 Nov 2022 · 74 min

The Story of a Lawyer Who Truly Helps People

Ep 124 · 30 Oct 2022 · 73 min

Will Young Australians Ever Buy a Home? Here Is How to Do It

Ep 123 · 14 Sept 2022 · 63 min

We Walked 80km in One Day (Part 2)

Ep 122 · 4 Sept 2022 · 49 min

We Walked 80km in One Day. Here Is What We Learnt (Part 1)

Ep 121 · 28 Aug 2022 · 68 min

Coming Out as Non-Binary and Becoming a Musician

Ep 120 · 29 Aug 2022 · 72 min

Travelling the World Solo for 15 Years and How You Can Too

Ep 118 · 24 July 2022 · 66 min

The Modern Day Struggles of Being a Young Person Nobody Talks About

Ep 117 · 17 July 2022 · 16 min

Stop Hanging Around Toxic People

Ep 116 · 10 July 2022 · 54 min

How to Make Money Travelling the World with World NoMac

Ep 115 · 26 June 2022 · 92 min

How to Learn Effectively with a 28 Year Old Doctor

Ep 114 · 12 June 2022 · 21 min

10 Steps to Drastically Shift Your Perspective on Life

Ep 113 · 7 June 2022 · 56 min

What If There Was a Gym for Your Mental Health?

Ep 112 · 30 May 2022 · 20 min

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Ep 111 · 16 May 2022 · 63 min

Emergency Nurse on Dealing with Extreme Trauma and Staying Positive in Tough Times

Ep 110 · 8 May 2022 · 19 min

How to Stop Making Excuses and Take Control of Your Life

Ep 109 · 2 May 2022 · 50 min

Sex Worker on the Normalisation of OnlyFans with Tilly Lawless

Ep 108 · 24 Apr 2022 · 24 min

Stop Saying "When"

Ep 107 · 18 Apr 2022 · 65 min

Australian Pro Surfer on Looking After Your Mental Health

Ep 106 · 10 Apr 2022 · 23 min

Stop Staying Inside Your Comfort Zone

Ep 105 · 3 Apr 2022 · 62 min

A Practical Guide to Discovering Your Personal Identity

Ep 104 · 20 Mar 2022 · 57 min

The World's Most Famous Chiropractor

Ep 103 · 13 Mar 2022 · 70 min

Three Ways to Create TikTok Content with OlanTekkers

Ep 102 · 6 Mar 2022 · 67 min

Is Hustle Culture Good or Dangerous?

Ep 101 · 27 Feb 2022 · 41 min

Becoming a Conveyor Belt Kid and How to Escape

Ep 100 · 20 Feb 2022 · 65 min

19 Year Old Olympian Sam Fricker Shares His Story and Advice

Ep 99 · 6 Feb 2022 · 83 min

Drugs and Alcohol: What Is the Real Problem Here?

Ep 98 · 30 Jan 2022 · 53 min

Career Advice You Should Have Got Earlier

Ep 97 · 23 Jan 2022 · 57 min

The Struggles of COVID Learning + What We Should Have Learnt at School

Ep 96 · 18 Jan 2022 · 104 min

How to Face Adversity & Overcome Your Challenges

Ep 95 · 9 Jan 2022 · 31 min

How I Set Goals at the Beginning of Each Year

From the archive

The most-shared conversations from the early years of the show.

Ep 87 · 31 Oct 2021 · 86 min

The Mysterious Philosophy of TikTok and Storytelling with AmericanBaron

Ep 85 · 17 Oct 2021 · 55 min

Start Your Own Business Now from Australian of the Year

Ep 73 · 18 July 2021 · 66 min

Lost His Arms and Legs at 19: What's Your Excuse? with DJ Hookie

Ep 72 · 11 July 2021 · 77 min

How to Become a Boss Public Speaker | The Most Valuable Skill in the World

Ep 60 · 18 Apr 2021 · 75 min

Gen Z Money Talk | Simple & Easy Money Hacks to Set You Up for Your 20s with Uncle Nathan

Ep 59 · 11 Apr 2021 · 61 min

Stand-Up Comedian's Advice on How to Make It and Follow What Lights You Up | Simon Taylor

Ep 50 · 7 Feb 2021 · 69 min

Drinking & Drugs Every Week to Losing 23kg and Turning His Life Around Through the Power of the Mind

Ep 39 · 22 Nov 2020 · 58 min

How to Land 7 Internships, a Full Scholarship and Launch a Successful Business After High School

Ep 37 · 8 Nov 2020 · 77 min

20-Year-Old Travel Vlogger Survives a Horrific Explosion | Shares How He Is Grateful for the Experience with Luke Damant

Ep 34 · 18 Oct 2020 · 65 min

How to Open 1000 Doors in Your Life and Why There Is Beauty in Uncertainty with Joe Wehbe

Ep 31 · 28 Sept 2020 · 46 min

How to Start a Business Step by Step, from Australia's #1 Business Coach with Dale Beaumont

Ep 28 · 7 Sept 2020 · 74 min

From Washing Cars to CEO of a Multi Million Dollar Company with Carlos Ferri

Ep 26 · 24 Aug 2020 · 53 min

Why Dating Is So Screwed Up for Gen Z | Relationships, Ghosting, Hookup Culture and More

Ep 18 · 15 June 2020 · 73 min

Failing High School to Graduating Harvard with Gabriela Rosa and Her Insane Story