June 27, 2025 • 11 mins
I didn’t start The Man That Can Project because I had it all figured out. I started it because I couldn’t ignore the feeling that something had to change.
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Lachlan Stuart (00:00):
I didn't just start the man that Can Project
because I had it all figured out.
I was making strides in mycareer, I was starting to do
really well as a personaltrainer, and I was also doing a
lot of growth and development inmy own life.
I was documenting it onInstagram and social media and I
was learning to write.
I was learning to createcontent, but, to be honest, I
was just genuinely pumped withmy outlook on life.
(00:23):
I've created so many videosover the last decade talking
about building a life thatyou're proud of, something that
gets you to jump out of bedevery day, something that makes
the man that you are right nowhave to become better, not
because who you are isn't enough, but it gives you an
opportunity to continue growing.
And that doesn't just meanfinancially.
(00:43):
It could mean't just meanfinancially.
It could mean getting better atcommunication.
It could mean creating aYouTube channel.
It could mean building anaudience.
It could mean being the mostincredible father or the most
incredible husband, or doingadventures like the 58 marathons
that I recently did.
It doesn't matter what it is,but I believe in creating a
(01:03):
life's vision and something thatis so compelling for you, and
that is what led me to createand found the man that Can
project.
2017 was a pretty exciting year.
From 2014 to 2017, I had beendabbling in multiple things.
I was doing network marketing,and part of the brilliant I
guess the benefit of that whichI really enjoyed and I really
loved was I was building a salesteam.
(01:25):
I was getting better at sales.
I was building a team sorry, soleadership was improving and I
was starting to be invited tospeak at events, which helped
with my communication.
But I was also running my ownevents, which taught me about
creating an audience anddeveloping and creating events
that provide value to people.
All of those experiences werethere because I was building
(01:46):
towards one goal, which was tocreate financial freedom, but
over the years, things changed.
But if you're just tuning infor the first time, my name is
Lachlan Stewart.
I'm a speaker, a coach and thefounder of the man that Can
Project, and today I want totake you back to where it all
began, not from stage, but froma feeling that I could not
ignore.
So 2017, right gave you thatperiod from 2014 to 2016.
(02:10):
I was doing the networkmarketing.
I then was driving Uber,because I lost interest in that
and I didn't really know what Iwanted to do.
I was getting back intopersonal training, which led me
to 2017.
And I decided I was going tostart a podcast.
I came across an app calledAnchor, which I think has
actually been purchased bySpotify now I think it's
actually the Spotify platform.
(02:31):
So well done to Anchor.
But I was just recording frommy phone for free and telling
stories, but also little keylearning points, much like this,
much like what you're listeningto right now, and I was growing
, but something still felt off.
I started coaching menone-to-one outside of personal
training, because I had peopleasking me how I found my purpose
(02:53):
or how I was communicating onsocial media, how I improved my
health and how I improved myrelationship and all of these
things.
I was getting asked questionsand what that told me was that
people one I'm not alone withthe problems that I have,
because people are reaching out,much like you're watching this,
meaning they are aware thatthey have problems and they want
a solution.
(03:14):
I became pretty aware early onthat, hey, how good would it be
to be able to do what you love,get paid to do what you love and
what you're doing anyway, toprovide solutions for people,
and that's where the one-on-onecoaching came in, and it started
early on, and I wasn't doing itfor high performers like I am
now, just guys like me and womenI was working with at the time
(03:34):
as well, trying to figure outwho they are, how to feel worthy
and how to become more than thelabels that they've put on
themselves, how to feel worthyand how to become more than the
labels that they've put onthemselves.
And for those who are just newas well, I work with men now and
I get asked why don't you workwith women as well?
I know the messages that I talkabout, the events that we run
women could definitely be at,but one thing that I've known is
(03:55):
I don't think I would have beenin a space where I would have
been as vulnerable and open ifthere were women in the room,
because back when I was singleor in a different period, I
would have been worried aboutjudgment.
I would have been focused ontrying to impress them and that
would have just ruined my owndevelopment.
So for me, I have just chosento do that, because that's what
(04:16):
I needed when I wanted to change, and I believe the men that
choose to work with me.
Maybe that's you understand howimportant that space is as well
to be able to grow.
So that was important, but, asI was saying, from 2017, I was
wanting to grow.
Not only was I coaching men, Iwas wanting to learn from men,
and that gave me the idea ofrunning men's circles, because I
was getting asked a lot ofquestions and I thought to
(04:38):
myself something that's missingin my life is having access to
men from all walks of life whowere going to be able to share
things that worked well for them, challenges that they were
experiencing and what it'sactually like to walk in their
shoes.
The cool thing about that wasthat I saw doctors, I saw
bricklayers, I saw taxi drivers,uber drivers like me.
I saw men from all industriesletting their guard down and
(05:02):
really connecting.
It was one of the mostincredible times of my life
being in those rooms and Ilearned so much Off the back of
that.
I started recognizing that, hey, I'm not the only one
experiencing these problems.
So many others are as well.
What's the next solution?
And we started running afoundations workshop, which was
our initial workshop that we ranan immersive experience which
was unbelievable, and we willbring those back in the future,
(05:24):
but for the moment we're not.
We then moved to an onlineacademy because I realized there
were people who were followingme on social media who didn't
have access to anything likethis.
This was back when men's groupsand men's circles weren't cool,
so we started offering that andthe community continued to grow
along with the podcast, and itwas an incredible experience.
(05:49):
The challenge for myself was Ispread myself so thin.
I was trying to offer so manysolutions and products or
services, sorry that a lot ofthem weren't doing as well as
they could have.
And it wasn't really until 2025, literally this year as I'm
recording this, where I set outto run 58 marathons in 58 days
across all 50 states of Americaand all eight states and
territories of Australia that Irealized how important it is to
(06:12):
have focus, what you can achievewith clarity and what you can
achieve when you go all in, andthat made me realize and do a
lot of reflection aftercompleting that, which leads me
to now into this video.
When you have a skill set andall of us do, all of us have
something that we're really goodat.
If you were to go all in onthat, you can change not only
your life, but you can changethe lives of those around you
(06:34):
and, upon reflection, I thoughtabout what are the things that I
enjoy, what do I want toachieve over the next decade,
where are my interests and whatdo I need to go all in on to
fulfill the mission that I'mworking towards, which is
helping men set their identities, build the confidence to become
more than they originallythought and live an incredible
life?
That led me back to keynotespeaking One, because I don't
(06:57):
have to speak directly to men.
I can speak to all audiences,which can inspire, but it can
also have men go hey, thatreally landed with me, and we're
working on a book, we'reworking on a documentary and
I'll be out soon.
But also for the ladies,they'll be able to go hey, maybe
my son, maybe my husband, maybemy brother, maybe my father
could benefit from listening tothis talk or could benefit from
(07:20):
listening to the podcast.
And that's what we want to dois continue growing the reach,
because I am so committed now toreally being able to motivate
and inspire people from stage.
The other thing that I'mfocusing on with the speaking,
which will be the ripple effectand it's very limited is the
one-to-one coaching andcurrently, as I'm doing this,
I'm in a very fortunate positionwhere that is full up.
(07:41):
I'm currently in Paris, which isamazing, which brought on a lot
of this reflection.
I'm living an incredible life.
I get to travel, I'm married,I'm super fit and healthy and I
just love what I do.
I'm also extremely busy, andwhen I say busy, I'm full to the
brim with clients and I'mlooking to maximize my impact,
(08:03):
but also maximize my earningpotential, which I don't not
want to talk about, because Ithink it's important to share
what you honestly want, andthat's what we're working on.
So one of the biggest takeawaysupon this reflection for me and
I'm about to wrap up, and Ibelieve this is something that's
going to be extremely valuablefor you is most high-performing
men aren't missing success, andI don't believe most people are
(08:25):
at all.
They're missing connection, notonly with themselves, but with
other men who get it.
If you're listening to this andyou have found success in your
life, or you feel like your lifeis fulfilling, but something is
missing, could it be theconnection with other men, where
you get to not only learn thechallenges but the upsides to
(08:47):
what it's like to walk in theirshoes.
Learning from other men haschanged my life.
It has allowed me to get toknow people who are extremely
successful, who have multiple,seven, multiple, eight-figure
businesses, and learn thesacrifices, learn their
challenges because they stillhave challenges learn their
fears, learn their doubts, andit's enabled me to make better
(09:08):
decisions for my own quality oflife, like do I really want that
?
Am I prepared to do what theyhave done in order to get that?
And that has made me content inmy life and for me.
I'm building a lifestylebusiness because not only do I
want to do what I love on adaily basis and that's from a
work perspective but also alifestyle perspective.
I want to have the finances and, I guess, something to build
(09:30):
towards every day as well, whichis what this gives me.
So when we stop performing forapproval and start reconnecting
with who we really are,everything changes.
And I want you to know that andwhether you're in a position to
work one-on-one with me,whether you're fortunate enough
to go to one of the keynotesthat I'm doing, we have the
(09:51):
15-day man that can starter kit,which is literally just an
email every day for 15 days,giving you one prompt a day.
The purpose of the prompt is toget you thinking.
It'll ask you a question, it'llexplain why that question could
be beneficial, and all I wantyou to do is write, whether it's
on your phone or in yournotebook, and just start
(10:12):
thinking, because from thosethoughts you may trigger new
actions, and those new actionsmay completely change the course
of your life, which is what wewant to do.
I want to inspire you to live abetter life, but my name is
Lachlan Stewart.
That is why I started the manthat Can Project.
It is something that I've beenworking on for almost a decade,
(10:32):
something that still has mejumping out of bed, and I hope
that you can find the thing thathelps you jump out of bed every
day.
I'm signing out from Paris.
I'm actually going to go for arun around the city now.
Check out the Eiffel Tower,check out the Louvre and find
some cheese and maybe a cheekyglass of champagne.
I didn't just start the man that Can Project
because I had it all figured out.
I was making strides in mycareer, I was starting to do
really well as a personaltrainer, and I was also doing a
lot of growth and development inmy own life.
I was documenting it onInstagram and social media and I
was learning to write.
I was learning to createcontent, but, to be honest, I
was just genuinely pumped withmy outlook on life.
(00:23):
I've created so many videosover the last decade talking
about building a life thatyou're proud of, something that
gets you to jump out of bedevery day, something that makes
the man that you are right nowhave to become better, not
because who you are isn't enough, but it gives you an
opportunity to continue growing.
And that doesn't just meanfinancially.
(00:43):
It could mean't just meanfinancially.
It could mean getting better atcommunication.
It could mean creating aYouTube channel.
It could mean building anaudience.
It could mean being the mostincredible father or the most
incredible husband, or doingadventures like the 58 marathons
that I recently did.
It doesn't matter what it is,but I believe in creating a
(01:03):
life's vision and something thatis so compelling for you, and
that is what led me to createand found the man that Can
project.
2017 was a pretty exciting year.
From 2014 to 2017, I had beendabbling in multiple things.
I was doing network marketing,and part of the brilliant I
guess the benefit of that whichI really enjoyed and I really
loved was I was building a salesteam.
(01:25):
I was getting better at sales.
I was building a team sorry, soleadership was improving and I
was starting to be invited tospeak at events, which helped
with my communication.
But I was also running my ownevents, which taught me about
creating an audience anddeveloping and creating events
that provide value to people.
All of those experiences werethere because I was building
(01:46):
towards one goal, which was tocreate financial freedom, but
over the years, things changed.
But if you're just tuning infor the first time, my name is
Lachlan Stewart.
I'm a speaker, a coach and thefounder of the man that Can
Project, and today I want totake you back to where it all
began, not from stage, but froma feeling that I could not
ignore.
So 2017, right gave you thatperiod from 2014 to 2016.
(02:10):
I was doing the networkmarketing.
I then was driving Uber,because I lost interest in that
and I didn't really know what Iwanted to do.
I was getting back intopersonal training, which led me
to 2017.
And I decided I was going tostart a podcast.
I came across an app calledAnchor, which I think has
actually been purchased bySpotify now I think it's
actually the Spotify platform.
(02:31):
So well done to Anchor.
But I was just recording frommy phone for free and telling
stories, but also little keylearning points, much like this,
much like what you're listeningto right now, and I was growing
, but something still felt off.
I started coaching menone-to-one outside of personal
training, because I had peopleasking me how I found my purpose
(02:53):
or how I was communicating onsocial media, how I improved my
health and how I improved myrelationship and all of these
things.
I was getting asked questionsand what that told me was that
people one I'm not alone withthe problems that I have,
because people are reaching out,much like you're watching this,
meaning they are aware thatthey have problems and they want
a solution.
(03:14):
I became pretty aware early onthat, hey, how good would it be
to be able to do what you love,get paid to do what you love and
what you're doing anyway, toprovide solutions for people,
and that's where the one-on-onecoaching came in, and it started
early on, and I wasn't doing itfor high performers like I am
now, just guys like me and womenI was working with at the time
(03:34):
as well, trying to figure outwho they are, how to feel worthy
and how to become more than thelabels that they've put on
themselves, how to feel worthyand how to become more than the
labels that they've put onthemselves.
And for those who are just newas well, I work with men now and
I get asked why don't you workwith women as well?
I know the messages that I talkabout, the events that we run
women could definitely be at,but one thing that I've known is
(03:55):
I don't think I would have beenin a space where I would have
been as vulnerable and open ifthere were women in the room,
because back when I was singleor in a different period, I
would have been worried aboutjudgment.
I would have been focused ontrying to impress them and that
would have just ruined my owndevelopment.
So for me, I have just chosento do that, because that's what
(04:16):
I needed when I wanted to change, and I believe the men that
choose to work with me.
Maybe that's you understand howimportant that space is as well
to be able to grow.
So that was important, but, asI was saying, from 2017, I was
wanting to grow.
Not only was I coaching men, Iwas wanting to learn from men,
and that gave me the idea ofrunning men's circles, because I
was getting asked a lot ofquestions and I thought to
(04:38):
myself something that's missingin my life is having access to
men from all walks of life whowere going to be able to share
things that worked well for them, challenges that they were
experiencing and what it'sactually like to walk in their
shoes.
The cool thing about that wasthat I saw doctors, I saw
bricklayers, I saw taxi drivers,uber drivers like me.
I saw men from all industriesletting their guard down and
(05:02):
really connecting.
It was one of the mostincredible times of my life
being in those rooms and Ilearned so much Off the back of
that.
I started recognizing that, hey, I'm not the only one
experiencing these problems.
So many others are as well.
What's the next solution?
And we started running afoundations workshop, which was
our initial workshop that we ranan immersive experience which
was unbelievable, and we willbring those back in the future,
(05:24):
but for the moment we're not.
We then moved to an onlineacademy because I realized there
were people who were followingme on social media who didn't
have access to anything likethis.
This was back when men's groupsand men's circles weren't cool,
so we started offering that andthe community continued to grow
along with the podcast, and itwas an incredible experience.
(05:49):
The challenge for myself was Ispread myself so thin.
I was trying to offer so manysolutions and products or
services, sorry that a lot ofthem weren't doing as well as
they could have.
And it wasn't really until 2025, literally this year as I'm
recording this, where I set outto run 58 marathons in 58 days
across all 50 states of Americaand all eight states and
territories of Australia that Irealized how important it is to
(06:12):
have focus, what you can achievewith clarity and what you can
achieve when you go all in, andthat made me realize and do a
lot of reflection aftercompleting that, which leads me
to now into this video.
When you have a skill set andall of us do, all of us have
something that we're really goodat.
If you were to go all in onthat, you can change not only
your life, but you can changethe lives of those around you
(06:34):
and, upon reflection, I thoughtabout what are the things that I
enjoy, what do I want toachieve over the next decade,
where are my interests and whatdo I need to go all in on to
fulfill the mission that I'mworking towards, which is
helping men set their identities, build the confidence to become
more than they originallythought and live an incredible
life?
That led me back to keynotespeaking One, because I don't
(06:57):
have to speak directly to men.
I can speak to all audiences,which can inspire, but it can
also have men go hey, thatreally landed with me, and we're
working on a book, we'reworking on a documentary and
I'll be out soon.
But also for the ladies,they'll be able to go hey, maybe
my son, maybe my husband, maybemy brother, maybe my father
could benefit from listening tothis talk or could benefit from
(07:20):
listening to the podcast.
And that's what we want to dois continue growing the reach,
because I am so committed now toreally being able to motivate
and inspire people from stage.
The other thing that I'mfocusing on with the speaking,
which will be the ripple effectand it's very limited is the
one-to-one coaching andcurrently, as I'm doing this,
I'm in a very fortunate positionwhere that is full up.
(07:41):
I'm currently in Paris, which isamazing, which brought on a lot
of this reflection.
I'm living an incredible life.
I get to travel, I'm married,I'm super fit and healthy and I
just love what I do.
I'm also extremely busy, andwhen I say busy, I'm full to the
brim with clients and I'mlooking to maximize my impact,
(08:03):
but also maximize my earningpotential, which I don't not
want to talk about, because Ithink it's important to share
what you honestly want, andthat's what we're working on.
So one of the biggest takeawaysupon this reflection for me and
I'm about to wrap up, and Ibelieve this is something that's
going to be extremely valuablefor you is most high-performing
men aren't missing success, andI don't believe most people are
(08:25):
at all.
They're missing connection, notonly with themselves, but with
other men who get it.
If you're listening to this andyou have found success in your
life, or you feel like your lifeis fulfilling, but something is
missing, could it be theconnection with other men, where
you get to not only learn thechallenges but the upsides to
(08:47):
what it's like to walk in theirshoes.
Learning from other men haschanged my life.
It has allowed me to get toknow people who are extremely
successful, who have multiple,seven, multiple, eight-figure
businesses, and learn thesacrifices, learn their
challenges because they stillhave challenges learn their
fears, learn their doubts, andit's enabled me to make better
(09:08):
decisions for my own quality oflife, like do I really want that
?
Am I prepared to do what theyhave done in order to get that?
And that has made me content inmy life and for me.
I'm building a lifestylebusiness because not only do I
want to do what I love on adaily basis and that's from a
work perspective but also alifestyle perspective.
I want to have the finances and, I guess, something to build
(09:30):
towards every day as well, whichis what this gives me.
So when we stop performing forapproval and start reconnecting
with who we really are,everything changes.
And I want you to know that andwhether you're in a position to
work one-on-one with me,whether you're fortunate enough
to go to one of the keynotesthat I'm doing, we have the
(09:51):
15-day man that can starter kit,which is literally just an
email every day for 15 days,giving you one prompt a day.
The purpose of the prompt is toget you thinking.
It'll ask you a question, it'llexplain why that question could
be beneficial, and all I wantyou to do is write, whether it's
on your phone or in yournotebook, and just start
(10:12):
thinking, because from thosethoughts you may trigger new
actions, and those new actionsmay completely change the course
of your life, which is what wewant to do.
I want to inspire you to live abetter life, but my name is
Lachlan Stewart.
That is why I started the manthat Can Project.
It is something that I've beenworking on for almost a decade,
(10:32):
something that still has mejumping out of bed, and I hope
that you can find the thing thathelps you jump out of bed every
day.
I'm signing out from Paris.
I'm actually going to go for arun around the city now.
Check out the Eiffel Tower,check out the Louvre and find
some cheese and maybe a cheekyglass of champagne.
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