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Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSpecial Guest Interview with the Founder of the Controversial Enhanced Games, Dr Aron D’SouzaWhat if doping wasn’t banned… but embraced?In this unfiltered Part 1 interview, Ral sits down with the audacious founder of the Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza, who’s taking a sledgehammer to the Olympic establishment.He says the IOC is broken, outdated, and hypocritical and he’s not here to play by their rules. Love it or loathe it, the Enhanced Games are real, rising, and ready to disrupt everything we thought we knew about elite sport and ultimately living longer and better!Listen in and decide for yourself: is this the future of...2025-07-2726 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSchedule Your Joy Because Life Will Schedule Your StressHave you done a joy audit lately?How much of your week involves you laughing, loving and living a joyful life? Jac declares she’s the queen of joy and Ral reveals a new thing she has started doing at home which brings her huge joy…In this episode, we share WHY you should schedule your joy – especially if you want sustainable performance, enhanced creativity and a broader perspective. Leaders who deliberately set their teams and environments up for joy are the leaders that get incremental value and retain great...2025-07-2025 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe 1 Great Secret To…Being a very successful leader is…. Your ability to attract, retain and develop talent.Awesome talent multiplies impact, accelerates performance, and gives you the force multiplier effect. Is it easy to be a great leader? No. Is it easy to attract, retain and develop your talent? Absolutely not, but if you listen to this episode we will give you a competitive advantage and teach you our core formula which consists of 4 key things to ensure you win as a leader when it comes to hiring, coaching, developing and...2025-07-1319 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalHow Present Are You?We start this episode with some sage advice from Ferris Beuller… There tends to be two types of us in the world… Those who can actively listen and give you their full attention, also known as being fully present. And then there is the rest of us… always on, doing a million things, mind racing like a raccoon on meth! In this episode we talk about why it pays to be present and we share tips on how to become more present. We even make a couple of commitments to each other – find out what they are and you can play along at home---------------------------------------------------------2025-07-0630 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe Odyssey PlanThe biggest trap in life? Thinking your current path is the only path. In this episode we introduce you to the Odyssey Plan – a 20 minute personal exercise that encourages you to zoom out, ask yourself bigger questions to reveal 3 possible futures and forces you to confront what you really want. For Ral – her plan reveals less work and move over Ellen Degeneres!For Jac – linen and leather, Kenya and a few leopards The Odyssey Plan shows you how many options you have and which ones are...2025-06-2927 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalNot Everyone is Meant to Come with YouAre your co-workers your mates? Do you love working with them? Have you stayed longer in a role that didn’t serve you because of your coworkers? Yep, guilty.Have you been promoted and all of a sudden your great mate colleagues now report to you, and things feel different for them and for you? Have you left a role and promised a co-worker or direct report you will take them with you…? This topic is one that not only applies to your work mates, it can also apply to peopl...2025-06-2223 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalKeeping it Real with Jac and Ral | PatreonYour support helps keep this show going — join us on Patreon. https://tinyurl.com/jacandralpatreonNew Episode Every Monday Follow the show https://www.instagram.comkeepingitrealwithjacandral/https://open.spotify.comshow5yIs5ncJGvJyXhI55Js0ifsi=aCNOdB68QnOGnT0vCTPcPgFollow Jac https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacphillips/https://www.instagram.com/jac.phillips.coaching/Follow Ral https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielledolan/https://www.instagram.com/gabrielledolan.1/Pr...2025-06-2202 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalA Life Lived in Fear is a Life Half LivedDo you stay “small” because of fear? Hold yourself back from doing ‘the thing’? Not meet the person. Avoid grasping the opportunity for fear of what might happen (negative) or what people might think? You’re living a life in fear and that is a life half lived. In this episode Jac & Ral encourage you to try living a life of courage instead – don’t wait for permission, validation or reassurance, take 1 small step and start taking Ral’s 4 simple actions to make a change starting today. Jac shares a simple exercise f...2025-06-1525 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalIt's Not You, It's MeHow do you leave a job or a leader gracefully and graciously when it’s been good to you, but you want to end it not for any negative reasons but because you have had enough, or you want a change or you get offered a better opportunity? Well, poor Dave got told it wasn’t him, it was Ral… but as for Jac, she got told it wasn’t her, it was him… but she did end up marrying him in the end! There are some good ways to leave the job, the leader...2025-06-0823 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSunk Cost FallacyIf you’re digging a hole in the wrong place, it doesn’t matter how deep you’ve dug… it’s still the wrong hole!This episode is all about continuing to stay on a course of action despite it being more beneficial to quit. You might try to rationalise the situation by saying since the spent cost can't be recovered, you might as well stay the course and/or allocate additional resources to try to make things work… however is that the right decision for you?? Jac & Ral both share examples of embracing sun...2025-06-0125 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalA, B & C GoalsWhy stop at 1 goal when you can set more? This episode inspired by Maddy Phillips and the Boston marathon.We are talking about s-t-r-e-t-c-h goals. Ral says chin ups are her stretch goal, Jac thinks making it to Friday and a glass of wine is not just her weekly goal but a priority! It’s all about mindset. It applies to your personal and professional life. So set yourself an A goal, a B goal and a C goal. Goal A is the ultimate! Flexibility is key – even if you don’t achie...2025-05-2523 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalUnlocking Your PotentialEvery single person has potential. Untapped. Ral reckons she’s already exceeded hers, Jac reckons she’s just warming up, so how doyou reach your potential? There are a few things you can do and we cover all of them and how they have applied to us or others we know. The trick is to be optimistic, open minded, to grow your self belief and to define what ‘failure’ really means to you… Because not giving something a go is failure in our eyes! And for some shits & giggl...2025-05-1820 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalPlastic ApologiesWhat does processed cheese and saying sorry have in common? Both can be plastic… yep, not real! Nothing worse than someone who apologises but doesn’t really believe they should or need or want to. We share a few doozies – some most recent. Don’t be them. We also unpack how not to apologise, and if you need to apologise, how to do it with sincerity. …and then there are those who just apologise too much! Why this isn’t a good idea when it comes to your personal b...2025-05-1119 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalMother of the Year… We are Award Winners… yeah, nah!Hardest job in the world.No one prepares you for parenthood, and as two mothers with four kids between us we share some of the horrors we put our kids through… award winning events that will either horrify you or you’ll find hilarious! Foot surgery, nasal surgery, cracked heads, left behind in shopping centers, kinder surprise trauma and much more! Jac and Ral keep it real when it comes to the balls ups they have clocked up as Mothers. But everyone is still alive today, so we reckon we have done alright ...2025-05-0422 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalCindy Gallop | Special Guest InterviewCindy Gallop likes to blow shit up. She’s one of the most sassy, outspoken and well known experts in the advertising industry. A tireless supporter and fighter for women being promoted and paid as much as men in advertising, a brand and business innovator, consultant and speaker and more recently, founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn - the world's first and only user-generated, human-curated social sex video sharing platform, socialising and normalising sex to make it easier for everyone to talk about, openly and honestly. In this very special episode, Jac asks Cindy why she’...2025-04-2748 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalDr Monique Ryan | Special Guest InterviewIn this very special episode Ral interviews Independent member of federal parliament, Dr Monique Ryan - someone who keeps it real every day. Learn what the power of people banding together (but not always agreeing or aligned!) achieves. And when it comes to creating positive outcomes, find out Mon’s secret weapon and what Pressure not Power means. There were no Teals more than 3 years ago and then there were six! They appeared. And Mon didn’t expect to find a group like this – great friends, who work hard together, who solve prob...2025-04-2040 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalTriggers & GlimmersDo you have more triggers than glimmers? Do you take note of when and why? In this episode we unpack these ‘new terms’ that have become a thing thanks to our growing interest in psychology and mental health combined with social media. Jac and Ral talk about self awareness when it comes to triggers and glimmers and how you can use your growing awareness to leverage triggers and glimmers in your workplace – they can help your personal brand, improve your leadership andteam culture and most of all deepen your important relationships. And get...2025-04-1327 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalCheck Yourself Before You Wreck YourselfIn this episode Ral opens up about a recent health scare that forced her to hit pause and reflect deeply. She shares the confronting experience of undergoing tests, facing uncertainty, and the critical reminder it gave her, and now us, about the importance of regular health checks. Whether it’s your breasts, skin, bowels, or beyond, this is your wake-up call to stop putting it off.Jac brings a powerful perspective, reminding us the average person only gets about4,000 weeks on this earth. That number hits differently when you re...2025-04-0624 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalOur 5 Recommended Best Reads for YouNot all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.And thanks to tech today, you can also listen to a book if you’re not a visual learner, including the 10 very favourite (so far) books we have loved and learned from over the years. Some books are oldies, others are very recent! To find out what titles we recommend (we brought different recommendations) and why, listen in. And here’s where Jac & Ral align and here’s where they are different in their favourite choices: Common GroundBig-Pict...2025-03-3021 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalCreative EngagementThere are some brands you never forget… when it comes to experience. In this episode we explore the power of creative engagement when it comes to how brands can make their customer experiences unforgettable. We discuss Unreasonable Hospitality, the magic of Eleven Madison Park, and how Mecca the cosmetics retailer sets the standard for customer connection. It often comes down to giving more than expected... unless you’re asking Ral to complete a survey! Tune in for fresh ideas on standing out in a crowded market! 2025-03-2318 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalA.I. Have You Embraced It?Will A.I. take your job?Unlikely, but someone who knows how to use A.I. will!There are many benefits to exploring, learning, practising and using artificial intelligence, or LLMs – large language models. Two people who pride themselves on keeping it real (smart) are both getting right into artificial intelligence. So who is Charlie?? We share what you should do to start (just start!), how we use it and all the different ways you can use it and keep using it. The trick is honing your prom...2025-03-1730 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalA Bit on the Side...Have you ever had a bit on the side? If not, we encourage you to There are many benefits to having a side hustle – any work or project outside of your main job that allows you to earn an extra income, learn new skills, develop an idea, meet new people and teach you something. Jac started a side hustle when she was living in Singapore and had a need… she continued her side hustle for years and it taught her more than any MBA could have. Ral set up her side hustle when she w...2025-03-0923 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalOur Favourite Podcasts & What They Say About Us!We love a good podcast so we thought we would share our individual most favoured regular listens with our Keepers in this episode but we didn’t stop there… we also asked A.I. what our choices say about us… Jac’s podcast choices reveal a sharp, business-savvy, and intellectually curious mindset with a passion for leadership, personal growth, and high performance. Here’s what her podcast picks tell us about her:1. A Strategic & Commercial Thinker2. A Growth-Oriented & High-Performance Leader3. A Deep Thinker with Intellectual Curiosity4. Passionate About Gover...2025-03-0225 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalAgeism? Or just an excuse!?We think using the ol’ ageism chestnut when you don’t get a role could be a convenient story you tell yourself. Maybe even an excuse…! Provocative? Yep. Accurate? Maybe. Ageism is when we discriminate based on age – younger or older, everyone could experience ageism but when we deem it the reason we didn’t get the job, or the reason we weren’t promoted or the reason we were made redundant or sacked, we would like to challenge your thinking… In this episode we ask you to answer this qu...2025-02-2323 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSalary NegotiationSalary negotiation should be taught in school Jac & Ral reckon. Both have had long careers in corporate as well as working for themselves, so negotiating salaries and incomes are something they have a bit of experience in. In this episode they share stories about what they did well and what they did wrong when it comes to seeking out higher salaries with their employers. Things like: What is it I want and why do I deserve it? Know your value Do your research when it co...2025-02-1626 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSo, You Want A Portfolio Career?What is a portfolio career? Is one right for you? If so, how do you start?Jac & Ral both have portfolio careers and reckon they’re the bees’ knees.But not everyone is suited to a portfolio career.So how do you know if you are?Check out this episode to find out more, including the 3 key tips Jac shares at the end which will set you up well if this is the direction you want to go in. Best advice… start before you start!Enjoy...2025-02-0930 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe 20 Things Ral Has Learned From a 20 Year CareerShe’s been around… but in a good way! This year, this month (February) marks 20 years of a great working life with lots of learnings for young Ral and every year she adds a new ‘thing’ she knows to be true, thanks to her many experiences. We discuss the 20 things Ral has learned, which cover Being yourself; Dickheads; Relationships; Leaving meetings with no work to do; Busy is overrated and bored is undervalued, Always have your next holiday booked, and If it’s not a hell yes, then it’s a f*#k no!2025-02-0230 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalHoliday Reflections + Tropics & CocktailsOur first episode of 2025 and our 50th episode of the podcast! And what a coincidence the significant meaning of the number fifty is “feast and joy” – two words we live our lives by. We discuss our reflections and insights from the break. Ral tells us about learning her fave new sport, pickleball (don’t ask her to jump too high!) and the value in trying something new and different. Jac says family and friends are everything, we ALL need more breaks, more holidays and mini breaks. And taking all...2025-01-2624 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe Art of Asking Great QuestionsLearn the art of questions to gain a career advantage. Do you ask (enough) questions? Most of us don’t and it’s holding us back. We need to ask more and better questions so we can deepen our knowledge, challenge beliefs, uncover new opportunities and be considered a curious and intelligent leader. In this episode, Jac reveals the key to asking great questions and she shares a story about her and Jimmy Barnes… Ral comes up with a genius invention (who wants to invest??) which could be a game chan...2025-01-1921 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalJob Interviews: Do's and Don'tsOn average we change jobs 12 times in our lifetime. Jac has had at least 16 jobs and Ral has had 12 so collectively we have conducted around 28 successful interviews. Listen in to learn the tips and techniques from our experience – we teach you the importance of prepare, prepare, prepare; why talking less is better than gabbling; the 4 different types of stories you should practise; and anticipation being your friend. Understand why you shouldn’t repeat your resume in an interview and how to use your ‘weaknesses’ to win! …but the best bit is Ral’s joke at the end of today’s episode. Not...2025-01-1226 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSetting Habits for 2025Listen to the full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6r3VPQOpI86E9IA38BvNwH?si=rqqH5tLFQimiiVamwR0H3w If you want to change, grow, improve and achieve then this episode will get you started! Or it might even help you to stop some habits that aren’t serving you well anymore. How do you start a good habit? There’s a system you need to learn – Jac thought she could look like Elle MacPherson if she started a certain habit… listen to learn what the habit was… and if she was succes...2025-01-0515 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEnd of Year (Personal) Audit EP. 49Our final episode of 2024 kyboshes the new year’s resolution and instead encourages you to do an end of year audit, starting by reflecting on the year you’ve just had. Reflect on your work, professional development, relationships, health and well-being, hobbies/leisure fun, side hustles and anything else. After reflecting on your 2024, ask yourself these 4 questions: What are you going to do more of in 2025? What are you going to do less of in 2025? What you’re going to start asap? What you’...2024-12-2223 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalGet the Easy Things Right EP. 482024 has seen a lot of talk about choosing our hard… but we’re hear to tell you to get the easy things right first! In this episode Jac & Ral discuss being on time, appreciation, hygiene, appearance, manners and a whole raft of other things they reckon you should nail and nail everytime if you want your personal brand to have strong foundations. Find out the types of ‘easy’ things you should be able to tick off after listening to this episode, and when we say ‘easy’ we don’t mean the definition Jac was given advice on from...2024-12-1523 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalIs It Time to Change Jobs? EP. 47How do you know when it’s time to go? In this episode Jac & Ral share the leading indicators you should assess yourself on to help you figure out if it is in fact time for you to change jobs. The future of work says we will have 50 year careers and our job will not be a title, a position or a static role but a constantly changing number of tasks, outcomes and deliverables in a globalised and connected marketplace of unbundled and distributed work. Take our audit...2024-12-0826 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalExecutive Presence EP. 46What is Executive Presence really? And why does it matter? In this episode Jac & Ral unpack what executive presence actually is, and how it’s changed since the good ol days when white, middle-aged men ruled the hallways of business. Times have changed and with it how you dress, behave and communicate needs to be relevant in the age of online and offline leadership. Commanding a room and commanding Zoom. Learn the 3 pillars – confidence, clarity and connection. Find out how Ral made herself look like Yoda by doing ju...2024-12-0128 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalLinkedin. Love it or... EP. 45There are 15.4m Aussies on Linked In and 97% of HR and recruit professionals use Linked In to recruit, with over 14 million open jobs on Linked In at any one time. It’s Jac & Ral’s favourite social media platform for so many reasons, yet a lot of people don’t know how to use it for impact. In this episode we talk about what we have learned (what to do and what not to do!) and we share tips on how to get started on Linkedin and what you can do to use it for a succe...2024-11-2426 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEntering & Re-entering the Workforce EP. 44People come and go when it comes to our work and our careers, especially women. Whether you’re starting out or restarting, this episode will give you some great tips on how to set yourself up for success at any stage of your working life. Starting out, our advice is be a sponge and soak everything up! You don’t know what you don’t know. Find out what Ral learned about eating breakfast in a hotel at 17… We discuss the 5 C’s – Curiosity, Clarification, Convey, Compliments, Connection. We also talk about knowing your...2024-11-1720 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalYou're sacked! Now what?? EP. 43Nearly everyone who has been employed for 10 years or more has been sacked or made redundant. And if you’re shaking your head saying “not me” then it will come… And that is okay. In this latest episode we discuss what work really is, why it’s highly likely you will face being ‘let go’ at some point (for Jac, more than once) and what to do about it when it happens, either the first time or a subsequent time. The good news is… 91% of employees go on to find a job e...2024-11-1026 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe Water We Carry EP. 42We often take on a lot… more than we should which is stressful. So Ral shares a fascinating concept from Harvard when it comes to better prioritising what we take on. It’s called the water we carry and she talks us through a great exercise you can do to help you manage your daily life. Jac could feel something in her waters… Ral told her it was more than likely the great wine offer she could get from Wild Duck Creek Estate which is exclusive to our Keepers. Wha...2024-11-0326 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalWhat's so good about compliments? EP. 4188% of people feel extremely valued when given a compliment… yet 70% of us feel embarrassed or uncomfortable giving and receiving compliments. Enter Pookie! And Tony, Phil, Wes and Digger… our characters in this episode. Find out the impact of giving a compliment at work – and why we should get more deliberate in handing them out. But equally important is how you receive a compliment. It’s very simple but often not done well. We teach you in this episode how to give and receive compliments and what a complisult ...2024-10-2729 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalToxic Leaders EP. 40Have you worked for a toxic leader before? Do you work for a toxic leader today? Are you a toxic leader?? One in 5 leaders are toxic and 80% of professionals have had 1 toxic leader… 30% of professionals have had more than 1 toxic leader! Toxic leaders are destructive to teams and to an organisation. They demonstrate a selfish abuse of power, and they only ever have their own self interest at heart. Moi, moi, moi… Jac shares the 4 types of (most co...2024-10-2028 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalPersonality is not Your Destiny EP. 39Two ENTJ’s walk into a room… and Keehlan starts producing their podcast Myer Briggs personality test has identified Jac and Ral as both ENTJ’s – extroverts, no surprise there. However personality is not your destiny. And personality is different to character. “Oh that’s just the way I am” is a line many of us have used… However when we say this we are giving up personal responsibility for our actions and impacts. If you recognise your biology and sociology aren’t destiny, you will bring a growth mindset to your work and life —...2024-10-1322 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalDitch the Victims EP. 38Do you work long hours? And continue to work long hours… and complain about this? Are you in an unhappy relationship? And remain in this relationship… and complain about this? Do you love a good pity party? The final question you should be asking yourself is: Could you be a victim? Or perhaps you know a victim? Someone who often doesn’t take responsibility, feels they have no control, looks for sympathy and demonstrates patterns of behaviour. Jac talks about “Dolly” and how she...2024-10-0624 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalChoose Your Culture EP. 37Some say culture eats strategy for breakfast but in this episode, Jac & Ral (the culture queens) reckon you should drink culture and make it a buffet! So how is your culture? We’re not talking yoghurt, but how people (and you) feel in your workplace. And in the spirit of keeping it real… hot tip: Everyone is responsible for culture. Jac & Ral talk about: If you’re going for a new role? Be mindful of the culture, take the steps to understand and know the culture you’re...2024-09-2925 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalYour 3 Most Important Relationships EP. 36Want to know the 3 most important relationships in your life? Relationship 1: can set you up for life Relationship 2: can determine your career success Relationship 3: can shape your character Find out what these relationships are (and why they’re SO worth knowing, finding and maintaining) and what Ral was looking for in one of her important relationships… blue eyes and a small head! And if you’re looking for bells to ring and angels to sing, there might be a 4th relationship… a new/current one...2024-09-2225 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalWhat’s Inspiring Jac – Part 2 EP. 35They could talk underwater… especially Jac! In today’s episode Ral continues her interview of Jac and what inspires her (listen to part 1 last week if you haven’t already). Today Jac talks about an entertaining series on Netflix she’s inspired by and calls out one of the cast members, her new role model “Susie Glass”. There’s a great book about the second stage of our career lives and how we can leverage our strengths that only those post 40 get to do which Jac is reading and she also talks about the 90 year old who came for dinne...2024-09-1526 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalWhat’s Inspiring Jac – Part 1 EP. 34In today’s episode Ral interviews Jac about what inspires her and because Jac’s life philosophy is “more, not less” this is part 1 of her inspiration download. Today Jac talks about the people who inspire her – American dudes who speak directly (and Ral helps Jac understand the difference between a hood and a bonnet for our US listeners!) along with Parents, Progressives and a couple of Product she’s swearing by – one of which is thanks to Elle MacPherson. So if you’re looking for inspirational people to teach you some good things, and an eli...2024-09-0823 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalWhat’s Inspiring Ral? EP. 33You can learn a lot from others. If you’re prepared to listen, ask questions and explore things, there’s a very good chance you will encounter interesting opportunities through who you hang out with, what you watch, listen to and read. In today’s episode Jac interviews Ral about what inspires her. Ral shares so many great things across business, people, technology, reading and life. Who knew Ral would bring a ‘business book’ from the late 80’s into the conversation… Jac remembers the book and now thinks the characters were moonlighting as porn stars! ...2024-09-0122 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSuccess Delusion EP. 32Does everyone at your work agree with you all the time? Do they also laugh at your jokes regularly? If the answer to these two questions are ‘yes’ and you’re a senior leader, more senior than those agreeing and laughing… you might want to listen to this podcast. Success delusion. The higher we move up the organisational ladder, the more our employees let us know how wonderful we are. And we all want to hear what we want to hear. We want to believe those great...2024-08-2521 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe 4 C’s of 21st Century Skills EP. 31Critical Thinking. Creativity. Collaboration. Communication. Once upon a time you’d be taught reading, writing and arithmetic which was helpful but not enough… especially when it came to entering the workforce! Today we need to learn differently and we need to know more in order to achieve in life and as leaders at work. The 4 C’s are a framework to broaden your mind, help you solve problems, learn more and articulate what you know and don’t know. Asking great questions to broaden your mind. Listening to differen...2024-08-1828 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalChoose Your Attitude EP. 30At any given moment you are in control of how the story ends. Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you respond to it. It was a beautiful day and then it could have gone to sh*t… but I didn’t let it. Because we all have a choice… a choice about our attitude. Perspective is everything and so is a good memory! Ral reminds us of the FISH training program from the 90’s and 2000’s which had 4 philosophies for creating positivity - and she remembered all of them...2024-08-1123 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalThe Art of Asking Great Questions EP. 29Learn the art of questions to gain a career advantage. Do you ask (enough) questions? Most of us don’t and it’s holding us back. We need to ask more and better questions so we can deepen our knowledge, challenge beliefs, uncover new opportunities and be considered a curious and intelligent leader. In this episode, Jac reveals the key to asking great questions and she shares a story about her and Jimmy Barnes… Ral comes up with a genius invention (who wants to invest??) which could be a game chan...2024-08-0429 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalFear of Missing Out or Joy of Missing Out? EP. 28Would you go to the opening of a wound?? If so, maybe you have FOMO! Do you experience the Fear of Missing Out…Or maybe you embrace the Joy of Missing Out? Which ever one it is, you can learn from both these acronyms born out of social media. Jac did some research and learned there are 2 processes to FOMO, both are a bit sad… so it’s good to be aware when you get FOMO, and then make a decision based on what really drives you. They say compariso...2024-07-2827 min

Greatness PodcastGreatness Podcast (Ep 130) | Jac Phillips and Gabrielle Dolan Discuss Their Podcast Keeping it Real with Jac and Ral Long-time friend and amazing author/speaker Gabrielle Dolan, "Ral", and her amazing podcast partner, executive coach and Director Jac Phillips, started their podcast, "Keeping it Real with Jac and Ral', to share their incredible insights out into the world. They describe it as a "live free coaching session" and I agree, fabulous insights into topics like confidence, negotiation, and continuous learning. 2024-07-2529 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalClaiming your Genius EP. 27Imagine if someone came up to you and gave you the title GENIUS. And you had to just own it. You would be more reluctant to self censor, you would be more confident to speak up and act, you would demand more from others and yourself. You would dare more, learn more and commit more. SIGN US UP! Listen in to really understand the true meaning of the word Genius. It has nothing to do with academia or intellect... Thank you Romans! The genius lives in all of us so...2024-07-2125 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalSurprise & Delight EP. 26They create legends. And we create keepers! “They”… are the team at Eleven Madison Park (EMP), one of the world’s top restaurants who we are a bit fascinated with. Not because this restaurant is fancy, and not because it is in one of our favourite cities in the world, New York, but because the leadership at EMP believes in the remarkable power of giving people MORE than they expect. In today’s episode we talk about a fabulous book we are both reading which inspired this episode, called “Unreasonable Hospitality” written by previous EMP co...2024-07-1428 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalShut the F**k up! EP. 25This episode could be a coaching session to ourselves… we both could talk under water and we’ve never met a microphone we didn’t like but that doesn’t mean we should keep talking. In fact we need to remind ourselves regularly to shut the f**k up! If you find you talk too much when it comes to interviews, public speaking or presenting, when introducing others or in meetings then it’s time you learned a few tips and techniques on how to stop talking too much. There are many reasons why you might talk too much – You love attenti...2024-07-0732 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalAre we grumpy ol’ women? Or impatient? Maybe we are both…! EP. 24There’s a few things that annoy us (at work and in our personal lives) and we reckon they are universal. No manners (especially in adults!) People who litter Those who run late… regularly! Plastic apologies People who waffle… Inconsistent leadership A meeting that should have been an email And there’s quite a few more! Listen in and see if you agree with our list and let us know if we have missed something that annoys you which you reckon is also shared by many. As always, there are a few stories (Ral tells us about her air movement...2024-06-3030 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalNegotiations EP. 23We negotiate every single day. What we’re having for dinner… Where we’re going for our next holiday… and then there’s the work negotiations… promotions, salary increases, professional development, flexibility and much more. Negotiation for positive outcome. In this episode, Ral and I share why women need to negotiate differently than men, what we learned when we studied negotiation at Harvard with https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/hannah-riley-bowles (who partnered with Sheryl Sandberg to write “Lean In”) and the fact it is NEVER too late to learn about negotiation. Learn from the best…Ral was once told she’s too expensiv...2024-06-2328 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalKeep Learning… because if you don’t…the consequences are dire! - EP. 22Ral wants to return as a shark in her next life and Jac quotes Albert Einstein in this episode which is all about the need to keep learning. Why is continuing to learn so important? The more you keep learning, the higher your self esteem. The likelihood you will be more successful in your career and also personal life. Learning keeps you relevant and connected, yet so often we create excuses as to why we can’t learn something new today… I don’t have time… I can’t afford it… for example. Both b***hit reasons – Jac & Ral share how to p...2024-06-1629 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 21 Bored with Busy!How often do you answer this question “How are you?” with the response: “Busy!” or “Stressed”. Well you might want to rethink that in future… Jac did some research and learned an individual’s perceived level of busy-ness or being stressed is heavily connected with their feelings of self worth and how others view their status. Telling people you are busy/stressed all of the time could mean you’re trying to impress… or prove your worth In this episode we talk about how to give yourself permission to do nothing… because th...2024-06-0921 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP.20 Know Your Value – Ego is not a dirty wordIt’s a known fact, women undermine their value, they are too humble too often. We need to change that! So what is your value? Listen in to find out our value equation, it is critical to you understanding how you position yourself for the future. And how do you price your value? We have an answer for that too! But you need to listen Why are Ral’s workshops so expensive? Because she helps you change the way you communicate for the better and for the rest of your career, and we re...2024-06-0227 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 19 Job Interviews – The Best Advice We Can Offer!On average we change jobs 12 times in our lifetime. Jac has had at least 16 jobs and Ral has had 12 so collectively we have conducted around 28 successful interviews. Listen in to learn the tips and techniques from our experience – we teach you the importance of prepare, prepare, prepare; why talking less is better than gabbling; the 4 different types of stories you should practise; and anticipation being your friend. Understand why you shouldn’t repeat your resume in an interview and how to use your ‘weaknesses’ to win! …but the best bit is Ral’s j...2024-05-2631 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 18 Habits – the good, the bad and the Elle!If you want to change, grow, improve and achieve then this episode will get you started! Or it might even help you to stop some habits that aren’t serving you well anymore. How do you start a good habit? There’s a system you need to learn – Jac thought she could look like Elle MacPherson if she started a certain habit… listen to learn what the habit was… and if she was successful…? Ral has created the perfect morning ritual (using habit stacking) where she starts her day by drinking a glass of wat...2024-05-1931 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 17 What got you here... won't get you there.All the successful people we know don't rest on their laurels... they know their skills and habits that have taken them this far might not be the rights skills and habits to take them further. What got them here won't get them there. So if you want to get a new job, be promoted, start something different or just learn new things, listen in to our stories of our experiences and the tips you need to get yourself to your next "destination". Start by having some idea of your "where" - where are you heading? Then follow our advice! It's tr...2024-05-1226 min

Rise and Shine: Your Daily Dose Of Business Tech InspirationWhat Baggage Do You Carry? (2024/118)Life Is 10% Of What Happens To Me and 90% Of How I React To I - John C Maxwell Also inspired by the wonderful Ladies on the "Keeping It Real With Jac and Ral" podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/5yIs5ncJGvJyXhI55Js0if?si=9721af87806b43c6) So often, it's not what happens that determines our success but how we react to it. It's the "emotional baggage" that we carry and the lens that we perceive a situation through that more often than not...2024-05-0706 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 16 Mother of the Year… We are Award Winners… yeah, nah!Hardest job in the world. No one prepares you for parenthood, and as two mothers with four kids between us we share some of the horrors we put our kids through… award winning events that will either horrify you or you’ll find hilarious! Foot surgery, nasal surgery, cracked heads, left behind in shopping centers, kinder surprise trauma and much more! Jac and Ral keep it real when it comes to the balls ups they have clocked up as Mothers. But everyone is still alive today, so we reckon we have done alright 2024-05-0522 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 15 Emotional Baggage… Aim for Carry-on!Everybody on the planet has emotional baggage. Unresolved emotional issues, stressors, pain and difficulties experienced in the past. Key word: PAST. In this episode we discuss our own emotional baggage we have dealt with (Ral wasn’t a keeper…!) and what we learned from the process of figuring out how to manage your “grief case” Become more self aware of using your past to inform or influence your future! Find out the tips and techniques Jac and Ral use to help you manage emotional baggage in the professional a...2024-04-2828 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 14 Once upon a time... the stories we tell ourselves.Do you know what the strongest muscle in your body is…. it’s your mind. It can tell your body to do anything… or not. In this episode we discuss the things we tell ourselves which can end up being our self belief. “I am not a good public speaker” “I don’t have the confidence to be a leader” “I could never be an entrepreneur” You need to be more self aware of the stories you tell yourself, is it a convenient truth?Also known as a good...2024-04-2125 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP 13. Confidence. It’s an inside job.Think of the most confident person you know… were they always like that? Maybe? Maybe not? In today’s episode Jac and Ral discuss if you’re born confident or if it’s something you need to cultivate. Did you know there’s 3 things that impact confidence - genetics, environment and choice. Neither Jac or Ral lack confidence, and they talk about what it was like for them growing up and how that shaped how they put themselves forward in their early career years. But irrespective of your genetics, o...2024-04-1423 min

Rise and Shine: Your Daily Dose Of Business Tech InspirationLife By Design (2024/92)Life By Design - Charly heard this coined by Jac Phillips and Ral Dolan over on the Keeping It Real podcast and Charly wanted to dig a bit deeper on what it meant for herself. By the way, listen to the Keeping It Real Podcast at: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yIs5ncJGvJyXhI55Js0if?si=38717bc5f6a94415 2024-04-1005 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 12 Are we having fun yet… ?? Why you need to listen to this episode.Who remembers the mullet hair cut? Business at the front, party at the back In today’s episode Jac and Ral discuss the importance of fun in the workplace – yes you can have business at ‘the front’ but if you’re not also helping create a party atmosphere, then you’re doing yourself and your colleagues a disservice! And did you know serial killers (Hitler as an example) don’t have a sense of humour remember that! There’s research that proves that laughter and lightness at work helps your mood improve, reduces stress levels, brings you better memory and recall, creates e...2024-04-0723 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP 11. Stop managing your time… manage your energy instead!Moody Judy brought everyone down… but Happy Jac changed that when she got a new role working with Moody Judy. So what did Jac do? Ral grew up in a household with 7 other siblings… there wasn’t any time for whinging or unhappy ‘victims’. How did Ral cope? Find out how they bothmanage their energy today (and they have enough to power a small country) and what they have done and chosen in life to set themselves up to be energetic and optimistic. It comes down to prioritisation, knowing themselves, choosing their environment and who is in their orbits as well as how...2024-04-0424 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 10 Life by design or Life by default? You choose…We all own a LBD… but do we all own our future? In this episode Jac and Ral talk about how you can create a life by design – by you, for you. The majority of us have choices, what’s important is recognising that creating a life by design is done in steps. It’s a dial not a switch. Find out how both Jac & Ral have designed their lives so they do work they love for people they love when they want to. It’s empowering and liberating to know when you work best, the trick is to identify your priori...2024-04-0426 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 9 Who’s afraid of Public Speaking? Turn your presenting fright into an audience delight!Jac reckons she’s never met a microphone she didn’t like and Ral speaks publicly all over the world, but were they born like this? Hell no! They are crowd pleasers today because they kept saying “Yes” to presenting and public speaking. They put the work in to become good. In this episode, listen to their tips for how you too can become a public speaker with panache. And co-incidentally… Ral happens to have just the course for anyone who wants to master this craft (see the links below). Tips like putting your hand up, practicing, knowing your content, developing yo...2024-04-0431 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 8 IS? or IBS? Either way it’s sh*t!Imposter Syndrome or I.S… that feeling you’re not good enough… you’re a fraud and everyone is going to find out. In this episode of Keeping it Real, Jac & Ral help you figure it out. What it really means Who gets it (every successful person you know!) and How to manage it. Jac has done some research on the topic of Imposter Syndrome and shares what she found out – you will learn about the 4 P’s and there’s even a cool quiz you can take for free to see what level of Imposter Syndrome you might be susceptible to...2024-04-0425 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 7 Can you have it all? You betcha! But…Queen once sang “I want it all, and I want it now” but can you have it all at the same time – a successful career, great health, great lifestyle, be a present parent, loving partner and effective contributing member of your community… exhausting just thinking about it! International Womens Day inspired Jac & Ral to discuss this concept often asked of women “can you have it all?” and they reckon (based on their personal experiences) you can have it all, but your all should be defined by you (not compared to someone else’s all) and you should expect your all to change over...2024-04-0424 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 6 We love a good challenge – Eating Kale, Running, Stopping Drinking, and TikToks are some of our recent ones…When was the last time you challenged yourself? For Jac it was last week when she started eating Kale (and massaging it….) and for Ral it was learning how to post TikToks (whilst embarking on a drink free month)! It’s easy to say “no” to trying new things but that doesn’t help you grow. In this episode Jac & Ral talk about why most humans don’t challenge themselves and what you can do starting today to get out of your comfort zone because the benefits are immense: You learn and grow You become better at things Your comfort level increase...2024-04-0427 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 5 Networking. Another dirty word? How to make it work for you.Someone once told us their definition of networking was unskilled people getting hired for jobs over people who were actually skilled. But real, effective networking doesn’t involved greasing up to people, nor does it mean handing out or collecting zillions of business cards (does anyone even have these anymore?) it’s actually a systemic and deliberate process of building and maintaining relationships that are mutually beneficial. Ask Harvard Many of us struggle with the concept of networking because it seems inauthentic. Promoting yourself to get something. Yet those who are well networked will tell you it’s about connection, helping...2024-04-0428 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 4 How’s Your Personal Brand?It’s not just for the famous. Everyone has one… even if you didn’t deliberately create one! Ral says your brand is the stories people tell about you when you’re not in the room. So ask yourself is your personal brand authentic? Does it cut through and adequately sum up who you are, based on your strengths within the workplace and the person you are outside of work? Your personal brand is responsible for you getting hired, fired, promoted, recommended and referred so it’s pretty important to own it! And you need to be strategic, a personal brand doesn...2024-04-0428 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 3 Could you be a Perfectionist? It’s time you got Real!Did you know real leaders aren’t perfect and perfect leaders aren’t real. Striving to be perfect just sets you up for disappointment… there’s a good chance you’re inefficient, striving for something that isn’t anyone else’s perfect and likely setting yourself unrealistic expectations that makes you miserable. But don’t fear… Jac & Ral are here! In episode 3, they share personal stories about their focus on progress not perfection and share some great tips on how you can reframe being perfect, to making good progress. You will learn about 5-5-5, the 80/20 rule, why Powerpoint should be eradicated and w...2024-04-0420 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 2 People Pleaser’s listen up! It’s time you learned “No more F%**s to Give!”Are you someone who regularly says "yes" to things you don't want to do? Well, that obligation you constantly feel comes at a cost... an opportunity cost! In episode 2, Jac & Ral share personal stories about how to say "no" more often, the benefits of aging and why prioritising the people that matter can't be taught early enough in one's career. They also teach you a few tips like "yes, no, yes" and why pausing could become your secret weapon when it comes to leaning into no more f*#ks to give! And you are allowed to say NO to Craft Pa...2024-04-0420 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalEP. 1 Just Do It! Don't Wait to Be Ready!Is anyone ever really ready? The odd few are born ready but for the majority of us, we find many reasons to not be ready… Not ready to start something, not ready to give something a go and our fear at the time seems real. It’s a thing… fear holds us back and limits our potential. So how do you become ready? In this episode of Keeping it Real, Jac and Ral share stories and tips and advice on what you need to do, to stare fear in the face and just do it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Episode Every Monday 7am Fol...2024-04-0221 min

Keeping It Real with Jac and RalKeeping it Real With Jac and Ral | TrailerBe entertained, hilariously challenged and profoundly inspired by the very REAL podcast duo, Jac and Ral! Podcast drops 7 am January 22nd, 2024. Produced by Keehlan Ferrari-Brown 2023-12-0707 min

Teatre RadiofònicRadioteatre.El Pan y la Tierra (Tercera part) 16-02-2019Temporada estable de Teatre Radiofònic a la 95.2 Ràdio. 'El Pan y la Tierra' d'Angel Cazorla (Tercera part) Emissió del 16 de febrer de 2019. En l’emissió anterior, vam conèixer Rafaelito, el nen més saberut de l’escola del poble; i alhora el nét del Tío Leoncio. Rafaelito acostuma a burlar-se del seu pare perquè sol fer-li un examen setmanal improvisat per comprovar els seus progressos. Pedro, en acabada la jornada, torna al poble. Don Santiago, el mossèn, el renya per no haver anat a missa el diumenge abans. Pedro, en un rampell de sinceritat i esperant una...2019-02-171h 03