The Power Within

How Simone Ng built a Luxury Jewellery Brand Worn by Taylor Swift, Rihanna & Jenna Ortega

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2449160/fan_mail/new] What does it really take to build a luxury brand that lasts? In this episode of The Power Within, I sit down with Simone Ng, founder of Simone Jewels, whose creations have been worn by global icons including Taylor Swift, Rhianna, Jenna Oretga, Katy Perry & Paris Hilton. But this conversation goes far beyond jewellery. We explore leadership, authenticity, entrepreneurship, confidence, trust, personal branding, and what it means to create something with real emotional connection and lasting value. Simone shares how she turned creativity into a business, why storytelling sells more than products, how to lead with quiet conviction, and why success should never come at the cost of losing yourself. A powerful conversation for entrepreneurs, founders, leaders, and anyone building something meaningful. Topics include: • Luxury brand building • Leadership and personal growth • Entrepreneurship vs corporate life • Authentic leadership • Women in business • Building trust and confidence • Personal branding and storytelling • High-performance leadership • Creating meaning through business • Quiet conviction and self-leadership “The product speaks louder than marketing.”  Simone Ng   #ThePowerWithin #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #LuxuryBrand #PersonalBranding #WomenInBusiness #ExecutiveCoaching #Podcast #SimoneNg #LeadershipPodcast #BusinessGrowth #AuthenticLeadership #TaylorSwift #LuxuryJewellery #FounderStory Tune in for an inspiring conversation that will leave you equipped with the tools to lead with confidence, overcome obstacles and unlock The Power Within email us at: info@motivuscoaching.com Subscribe, share and leave a review to help others discover the show

Preparation Over Protection: Raising Resilient Kids | Sebastian Bates

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2449160/fan_mail/new] Are we raising resilient children - or protecting them from the very challenges that would make them strong? What if the greatest gift we can give a child isn’t safety… but preparation? In this powerful episode of The Power Within, Keith Power sits down with Sebastian Bates, founder of the Warrior Academy, to explore how courage, discipline, and emotional intelligence can be developed from an early age - and why “black belt character” matters more than any title or trophy. Sebastian shares his deeply personal journey - from being bullied as a child to surviving a life-altering base-jumping accident that left him paralysed. He reveals how resilience isn’t inherited - it’s built. Through community, language, leadership opportunities, and daily discomfort, children can develop the mindset to handle pressure, setbacks, and uncertainty. In this episode, you’ll discover: * The 3 C’s of child development: Confidence, Conduct, Concentration * How martial arts builds emotional regulation and discipline * Why early leadership roles (even for 4-year-olds) build voice and presence * Practical tools to help children manage exam stress without overprotection * ADHD as a creative strength in entrepreneurship We also explore Sebastian’s Bates Foundation and its global impact - combining character development with real-world service, delivering over a million meals annually to vulnerable children. This is a masterclass in parenting, leadership, resilience, and raising courageous humans in a fragile world. If you care about child development, mental strength, emotional resilience, martial arts, parenting under pressure, and building confident young leaders, this conversation is essential. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that will leave you equipped with the tools to lead with confidence, overcome obstacles and unlock The Power Within email us at: info@motivuscoaching.com Subscribe, share and leave a review to help others discover the show

Market Volatility & Leadership: Building Investor Trust Under Pressure

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2449160/fan_mail/new] Pressure doesn’t create leadership - it exposes it. When markets swing, certainty evaporates, and emotion runs hot, trust is either strengthened or destroyed. In this episode of The Power Within, Keith Power sits down with Geoff Howie, Market Strategist for Equities and Fixed Income at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), to explore what real leadership looks like when volatility is the norm, not the exception. Geoff takes us inside the mechanics of calm decision-making in financial markets and high-stakes environments. From treating volatility as a feature rather than a surprise, to using systematic investment processes like dollar-cost averaging to remove emotion, he explains how discipline and clarity protect credibility when information is incomplete. We unpack: * Leadership under pressure in uncertain markets * Communicating risk without creating panic * Why tone is a strategic leadership lever * Framing mistakes and leading course corrections * Building investor trust through transparency * Dividend discipline and long-term value creation * How curiosity fuels modern leadership in a digital, API-driven economy Geoff shares powerful insights from the COVID era, balance sheet agility, and how mid-cap companies emulate blue-chip frameworks to create sustainable value. He also reveals the daily craft behind credibility at scale, from scanning high-quality information sources to translating complex macro drivers into language investors and executives actually understand. One of the biggest lessons? People remember how you made them feel far longer than any chart or data point. Empathy, restraint, and clarity are not “soft skills”  they are performance skills. If you care about leadership in volatile markets, executive communication, investor confidence, and building trust when the stakes are high, this episode delivers practical tools you can apply immediately. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that will leave you equipped with the tools to lead with confidence, overcome obstacles and unlock The Power Within email us at: info@motivuscoaching.com Subscribe, share and leave a review to help others discover the show

Integrity matters

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2449160/fan_mail/new] A clip from the forthcoming episode with Geoff Howie, Market Strategist at Singapore Stock Exchange. Here he's talking about one of the most important things for a leader - INTEGRITY Tune in for an inspiring conversation that will leave you equipped with the tools to lead with confidence, overcome obstacles and unlock The Power Within email us at: info@motivuscoaching.com Subscribe, share and leave a review to help others discover the show

Asking Better Questions: Curiosity as a Leadership Advantage

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2449160/fan_mail/new] What if the most valuable thing a leader brings isn’t an answer, but a better question? In this conversation with the "Creativity Explorer" Frederick Haren, we delve into how curiosity, psychological safety, and small experiments shift leadership away from management-by-metrics and toward a living culture of everyday innovation. We examine why speed, certainty, and control stifle creativity and how it revives when people may question, test, and iterate. Frederick shares the “golden paperclip” story of a missed billion-dollar idea, then introduces creative respiration: filtering inspiration, shaping experiments, and turning the strongest ideas into practice. We also explore curiosity through language and culture. From cura as care, to the Bulgarian love of asking, Iceland’s idea of “before knowledge,” and the Swedish hunger for the new. Together, these reveal how good questions signal care, expand information, and sharpen vision. We discuss “bispective” thinking; seeing both sides of a system, and how it builds empathy and better decisions in sales, hiring, procurement, and even meetings. You’ll leave with practical ideas you can use immediately. Swap scripts for genuine stories to role-model improvisation. Capture institutional wisdom through exit interviews. Break “industry incest” by borrowing patterns from other sectors. Can’t travel? Use AI to role-play different perspectives, take alternative routes through familiar places, and deliberately collect odd but useful inputs. We also talk about opportunity and the doldrums. Catching the right wind means hoisting the sails. And why shifting your identity from expert to explorer makes you more present, more humble, and more effective. If your team feels stuck in “how things have always been done,” this is your field guide to seeing differently and acting bravely.  Subscribe, share it with a leader who needs a nudge, and leave a review with the one question you’ll ask your team this week. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that will leave you equipped with the tools to lead with confidence, overcome obstacles and unlock The Power Within email us at: info@motivuscoaching.com Subscribe, share and leave a review to help others discover the show