Winning Standards

Winning Standards

Winning Standards is the podcast for founders, leaders, and high performers who are done settling. Every episode is built to change how you think, lead, and perform. Michael Mojo has spent over 20 years coaching founders, leaders, and high performers across Australia and beyond. $3.26 billion in influenced client revenue. 1,000+ businesses transformed. Olympic athletes. AFR Fast 100 companies. Business owners who built empires from nothing to everyday people who just want more out of life. This is not the same podcast it used to be. Winning Standards has evolved. You will hear Michael's unfiltered solo sessions on identity, psychology, standards, and what it actually takes to lead at the highest level. You will hear from world-class performers and industry leaders who have done the work and have the results to prove it. And you will hear raw, real conversations with everyday founders and community members who are in the middle of it right now. Growing. Failing. Rebuilding. Leading. The messy middle that nobody else shows you. Three formats. One standard. Zero fluff. If you are scaling a business, leading a team, or pushing through a ceiling you cannot explain, this is where you start. Subscribe/Follow and raise the standard. Topics include: self-leadership, leadership psychology, founder burnout, scaling a business, business growth, leadership development, high performance habits, team leadership, business owner mindset, and building a business that runs without you.

Episodes

August 2, 2026 11 mins

Bad staff will sink a business faster than almost anything. But what if the reason you can't seem to keep good people, or get the ones you have to lift, runs deeper than the hires themselves?

In this episode Michael Mojo digs into why so many business owners feel trapped by a team...

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Five years ago Heath Shelmerdine's marriage had collapsed and he was in the darkest place of his life. A mutual friend pointed him toward Michael. He almost didn't make the call.

Heath is a South Australian entrepreneur, and in this episode he opens up about the moment everything ...

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Everyone told you to build rapport. Talk about the weather. Find common ground. Anthony Vizzari thinks that advice is quietly costing you every deal.

Anthony is an Senior Vice President at 7th Level and one of the sharpest sales strategists around, and his whole philosophy flips t...

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Someone offers to buy Michael Mojo lunch so they can "pick his brain." He says no. And the reason why is the whole episode.

It's got nothing to do with being busy, and everything to do with something most people never stop to measure. Michael calls it money follows value, a rule r...

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Most driven people think their ambition is a strength. Michael Mojo thinks it might be the exact thing quietly destroying them.

There's a specific kind of high performer who hits every goal and still feels empty on the other side of it. The burnout. The crash after the win. The st...

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July 23, 2026 17 mins

Michael Mojo says your team is a mirror. If they're reactive, disorganised, or dropping the ball, he's not looking at them first. He's looking at the leader.

In this episode, Michael breaks down why staying small feels safe but quietly traps founders in a business that can't run w...

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He Watched SpaceX Land a Rocket. Then He Built His Own Space Company. Edward Robinson watched a SpaceX rocket land and decided, on the spot, he was going to build spacecraft. Nobody was hiring a teenager into the space industry, so he funded his own path instead, reselling electronics on eBay to pay for his first rocket experiments. Every early test failed. In this episode, Edward explains why he refuses to treat failure as a s...

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July 21, 2026 18 mins

Most people would call buying a Ferrari a terrible financial decision. He's not so sure they're right.

In this episode, he breaks down the framework he uses to decide whether something in life is actually an asset or a liability, and it has almost nothing to do with the price tag. Supercars, parentin...

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Listen to how someone talks for thirty seconds and Michael Mojo can tell you exactly what level they're operating from. Not from their results. From their language.

In this episode, he reveals a pattern most people have no idea they're running on repeat, one that's been quietly setting the ceiling on...

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July 16, 2026 41 mins

Most people think sales is something you do to someone. Michael Mojo says that mindset is exactly why most people are broke, and why the ones getting rich think about it completely differently.

In this episode, he breaks down the six-step framework he calls DECIDE, the same one he's used to close nin...

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For years, Michael Mojo ran on an identity he never questioned: the underdog who had to keep proving himself. It built his business. It also nearly wrecked him.

In this episode, he unpacks the mindset most high-achievers never examine, the constant need to prove yourself, and why it quietly turns int...

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Starting as a Personal Trainer to Building a Fitness Empire He Sold For $400 Million At 28.

Tobi Pearce went from training clients in a gym to walking away from a $400 million exit before he'd turned 30. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on what actually happens behind closed doors during a ...

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Dr. Jason Scott Hamilton has spent his career inside the minds of the Jamaican athletics team and NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal. In this episode, he breaks down the real difference between people who perform under pressure and people who fold.

It starts with a part of your brain most people have never ...

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People say they want to grow… until the demand increases. Then they pull back. But in every area of life, demand creates direction. The moment you stop demanding more from yourself, your standards slip, your results plateau, and you start drifting.

This episode breaks down how to use demand as a tool - not just to grow faster, but to grow stronger and with purpose.

Is it time to ma...

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You can set all the goals you want. Vision boards. Whiteboards. Accountability trackers. But none of it will matter if your internal beliefs say you’re not capable, not worthy, or not the kind of person who wins.

In this episode, I show you how your subconscious is shaping every result you get - and how to rebuild your mental frameworks so they stop working against you.

This is how ...

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Everyone wants to be the hero of their own story. But if you’re constantly suppressing the parts of you that don’t fit that image, you’ll never be fully free.

This episode is about integrating both sides of who you are - the part that wants to serve, and the part that wants to dominate. The part that builds, and the part that destroys.

This is how high performers communi...

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You might have the best ideas, the clearest vision, or the most experience... but if your team can’t keep up, it won’t matter.

In this episode, I break down why most business owners struggle to delegate, why their team drops the ball, and how to actually get people to follow through without breathing down their neck.

This is how high performers communicate. Let’s dive into...

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You know that feeling when you want to move forward, but your brain starts listing every reason why now’s not the right time? That’s the moment most people stay stuck.

In this episode, I share the patterns I’ve seen in high performers who make sh*t happen… and in the ones who stay stuck blaming timing, cash flow, the economy, or their team.

Let’s get to it.

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Great relationships don’t happen by accident… especially when you’re building something big.

In this episode, I share the biggest lessons I’ve learned from growing a business and a life alongside my wife, Jess.  From navigating boundaries to understanding each other’s mission, we unpack what it really takes to create a relationship that works under pressure.

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Let’s get real: posting pretty pictures and corporate videos won’t get people to care about you or your business. If your strategy is all about polished content with zero personality, you’re wasting time and money.

In this episode, I unpack why the best brands today are winning by being raw, real, and relatable... not by pretending to be perfect.

Is it time to make a chan...

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