Going Mental with Nic Venter

Eduan Viljoen is a friend and Colleague. He recently completed the Munga Mountain Bike Race, known as the toughest race on Earth. In this episode we discuss mental toughness, being extreme, his experience in the Munga and our future plans.

Dr Kobus Neethling is a world leader in Creativity, Innovation and Thinking. His resume, according to the Famous Faces Website, is as follows: * President of the South African Creativity Foundation * Holds six degrees including two Masters, a Doctorate and Post Doctorate (cum laude) in the identification and development of creative behaviour (Universities of Cape Town, Northwest and Georgia-USA) * Has written more than 90 books and 9 TV series including a number of international bestsellers (Including ‘Creativity uncovered’; ‘Very smart parents’; ‘Taking you beyond’; ‘Love, sex and the brain’; ‘Creative rugby’ and the new version of ‘Am I clever or am I stupid’ which has sold more than 200 000 copies) * Is a Guinness World Record Holder: co-author of “Making the Impossible possible”: the book of more than 100 pages written in the fastest time ever (four and a half minutes) * Has received 10 International Who’s Who Awards * Was named one of 2000 outstanding Scholars of the 20th century and received ‘The International Who’s Who of Intellectuals’ Award In the USA: * Received the first International Creative Genius Award from the International Genius Academy (USA) * Developed the largest battery of Whole Brain Instruments in the world (used in more than 40 countries) including the acclaimed 8-Dimension Brain Model * Received International Silver Screen Award * Has worked with national and international sports teams since 1993 * Is a Member of the International Innovation Alliance – a group of 7 innovators from five continents * Works with major corporations, national sporting teams, and education groups from all over the world * Co-developer of the hit TV show “Out of the Box”; winner of a ‘US International Film and Video Festival Silver Screen Award. * Recipient of the Excellence in Innovation Award – one of the most prestigious innovation awards in Asia. * Invited as a co-author to contribute to the trendsetting book on 21st-century innovation “The future of innovation”, coining the phrase. “Innovation of the mind without innovating the heart is no innovation at all” * Gave the opening keynote at the European Creativity and Innovation Conference (ECCI) in Belgium; acknowledged as one of the most prestigious keynote platforms in the world * ‘Innovation reward recipient’ (the most prestigious innovation expert group in the world). * Dr. Kobus Neethling is one of the top 3 speakers in the world on the topics of creativity and innovation” – as quoted in the programme of the 12th European Conference on Creativity and innovation * Recipient of the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship Award (Rotary International – previous recipients include Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela) * Forbes recommended the Neethling Brain Instruments as one of the best assessment tools in the world (2018) * Dr. Kobus Neethling was the first recipient of the Paul Torrance life-time creativity award: one of the most prestigious creativity awards in the world

Pieter du Preez, or also known as SUPAPIET is a quadriplegic athlete. He has a phenomenal list of achievements and records that are unheard of and is arguably the most accomplished athlete to ever come out of South Africa. Along with competing at the Paralympics, he has won the UCI world championships for his class, he has completed many triathlons and ironman competitions, the only quadriplegic to ever do it, and do it along able body athletes. He has won the Berlin marathon a record number 7 times and and set the world record for the 10 000m in wheelchair racing. Possibly his greatest achievement is when he completed an 8km swim around Robben Island, gain the only quadriplegic athlete to ever do it. This was a truly mind blowing episode and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Tom is a performance coach and leadership expert. He has worked in leadership and performance for over 10 years. He has worked extensively in the business and sporting worlds enabling effective behaviours, growing leadership and helping teams become high-performing entities. Tom is currently part of the coaching team at the Stormers and has also recently worked with Melbourne Rebels, Sharks Rugby, Ajax Cape Town and is the head coach at UCT Ikeys rugby. Enjoy the show! Sound Credit: BenSounds

Rowan is the South African and IBO African Champion in the Super Middleweight division. He has an unbeaten professional record of 12-0 with 8 Knockouts. I specifically wanted to chat to Rowan as growing up I knew him as a naughty friend with little direction. Rowan has shown myself and the world how wrong we were about him and is setting the boxing world alight! his next fight is to defend his belts on December 12th. Be sure to catch it on Supersport! Enjoy the show