The Lone Recruiter Podcast

The Lone Recruiter Podcast Creating profitable, resilient recruiters through mindset & motivation.

02/10/2026

When exactly is that?

After this project?

After Christmas?

When the kids are older?

When work calms down?

When you’ve got more money?

When you’ve got more energy?

There will always be something.

I used to think there’d eventually be a stage of life where everything was nicely organised and I’d have heaps of spare time to do all the things I wanted to do.

I’m still waiting.

Life changes.

But it doesn’t necessarily get less full.

One problem disappears and another one takes its place.

So if there’s something important you’ve been waiting to start when life gives you a clear runway...

you might be waiting a bloody long time.

Maybe the question isn’t when life will make room for it.

Maybe you have to make the room.

Not loads.

Start with what you’ve got.

An hour.

Twenty minutes.

One conversation.

One action.

Because six months from now life will probably still be busy.

The only difference is you could be six months further into the thing you’ve been waiting to begin.

30/09/2026

We have confidence backwards.

We think:

First I’ll feel confident.

Then I’ll do the thing.

But think about almost anything you’re genuinely confident doing now.

You probably weren’t confident the first time.

Driving.

Speaking in front of people.

Doing your job.

Walking into a gym.

Parenting.

Running a business.

Whatever it is.

The confidence came later.

After you’d done it badly.

After you’d made mistakes.

After you’d survived a few awkward moments.

After you’d accumulated enough evidence that you could handle it.

That’s how confidence gets built.

So waiting for confidence before you act creates a pretty obvious problem.

You’re waiting for the result of an experience you refuse to have.

Do it nervous.

Do it uncertain.

Do it knowing you might make a complete arse of yourself.

Then do it again.

Eventually your brain catches up.

And one day you’ll do something without thinking twice that once terrified you.

That’s confidence.

24/09/2026

Closing the laptop isn’t the same thing as finishing work.

Anyone who’s spent an entire dinner mentally composing tomorrow’s email knows that.

Your body is home.

Your brain is still at work.

Thinking about the conversation.

The problem you haven’t solved.

Tomorrow’s list.

The thing you forgot to do.

And because none of it has been properly closed, your brain keeps bringing it back up.

One thing that can help is ridiculously simple.

Before you finish work, write down everything that’s still open.

What needs doing.

What you’re worried you’ll forget.

The first thing you’ll tackle tomorrow.

Anything that’s still rattling around.

Get it out of your head and put it somewhere you trust.

Then actually finish.

No quick email while you’re cooking.

No checking something before bed unless it genuinely cannot wait.

Give your brain a clear signal that work has ended.

You might not be able to stop every thought showing up.

But you don’t have to invite it in for dinner.

24/09/2026

Recruiters are a superstitious bunch 😂
The bell. The lucky rituals. The songs. The weird little traditions that make absolutely no sense to anyone outside the office.
One of my favourites? The placement song 🎵
Everyone gets their own song. Make a placement? Crank it through the office. Eventually, you only need to hear the first few seconds to know exactly who’s just done a deal.
Ridiculous? Maybe.
Great for culture? Absolutely.
In this episode, I’m counting down five of the best recruitment superstitions and traditions I’ve come across over the years.
Some are brilliant. Some are completely cooked. And I reckon a few will be very familiar to anyone who’s spent time in a recruitment office.
What’s the weirdest recruitment ritual you’ve seen?
Tune in to full ep via link in bio.

22/09/2026

You finally get an afternoon off.

Nothing urgent.

Nobody needs anything.

You could actually relax.

And somehow...

you feel guilty.

There’s that little voice telling you there’s something you could be doing.

An email you could send.

Something you could prepare.

A job around the house.

A workout.

A side project.

Anything that would make the time feel “useful”.

So even when you’re resting, you’re not really resting.

You’re sitting there thinking about everything you aren’t doing.

I think this happens when productivity slowly becomes tangled up with self-worth.

A productive day feels like a good day.

Therefore an unproductive day starts feeling like a bad one.

And eventually doing nothing feels like you’re failing.

But your brain and body don’t operate like machines.

Recovery isn’t wasted time.

Sleep isn’t wasted time.

Seeing your mates isn’t wasted time.

Sitting on the beach doing absolutely f*ck all isn’t wasted time.

Those things are part of having a life.

And ironically, they’re also part of being able to perform properly when you do work.

So if you struggle to switch off without feeling guilty, maybe ask yourself:

Who decided every hour of my life needs to produce something?

Because it doesn’t.

18/09/2026

January is easy.

Monday is easy.

Day one of the new plan is easy.

You’re excited.

You’ve decided things are changing.

So naturally, you go absolutely mental.

Gym five days a week.

No alcohol.

Up at 5am.

New diet.

New routine.

New business plan.

You’re going to become an entirely different human being by Thursday.

Then actual life happens.

You sleep badly.

Work gets busy.

The kids need something.

You miss one day.

Then another.

And suddenly the whole thing feels ruined.

I think we set ourselves up for this.

We build plans for the most motivated version of ourselves instead of the person who actually has to live them.

Consistency doesn’t need an impressive plan.

It needs one you can keep doing when you’re tired, busy, pi**ed off and absolutely cannot be bothered.

Start smaller than your ego wants to.

Three gym sessions you actually do beats six you quit after two weeks.

Twenty minutes every day beats three hours once a month.

Boring consistency isn’t exciting enough to post about.

But give it a year and it’ll beat almost everything else.

17/09/2026

Want to know a quick way to show someone your true colours?

Watch how they treat the person they think has no power.

The EA. The PA. The 2IC. The support person answering the email, organising the diary or booking the meeting.

If you’re charming to the CEO but dismissive to the person helping you get to them?

Trust me, the CEO will probably hear about it.

Support people aren’t an obstacle between you and the decision-maker.

They’re often the person with their ear, their trust and a hell of a lot more influence than you realise.

In today’s ep, I talk about why how you treat EVERYONE matters, and why a one-word reply or a lack of basic courtesy could be doing more damage to your reputation than you think.

Treat the gatekeeper like you’d treat the CEO.

Tune in via link in bio.

16/09/2026

You know exactly what you need to do.

That’s what makes this so bloody frustrating.

You’ve thought about it enough.

Probably researched it.

Maybe talked to other people about it.

You’ve got the plan.

But every time it comes time to actually do it...

something else suddenly becomes more important.

This gets called procrastination, but I think that word sometimes misses what’s actually happening.

Because you aren’t necessarily avoiding the work.

You’re avoiding the feeling attached to the work.

The possibility of rejection.

Looking stupid.

Finding out you’re not as good as you hoped.

Having an uncomfortable conversation.

Making a decision you can’t easily undo.

So your brain gives you something safer to do instead.

And because that safer thing is still “productive”, you get to avoid admitting what you’re doing.

If there’s something you’ve been putting off for ages, stop asking yourself why you’re procrastinating.

Ask:

What am I worried will happen if I actually do this?

That answer is probably much more useful.

Then decide whether you’re willing to feel that discomfort anyway.

Because eventually the pain of staying where you are becomes worse than the discomfort you’ve been avoiding.

15/09/2026

You don’t get bonus points for burning yourself out.
When you’re ambitious, busy and chasing big goals, taking a break can feel like the LAST thing you should be doing.
But rest isn’t getting in the way of performance. It’s part of it.
Take the day off. Book the week away. Have the staycation. Turn your phone off.
Because sleep, rest and recovery don’t make you less driven. They make you better when it’s time to switch back on.
You want to grind hard when you’re at your desk? Great.
Just make sure you’re getting away from it too. 👊

14/09/2026

Rejection starts getting dangerous when you stop seeing it as something that happened...

and start seeing it as evidence about who you are.

You didn’t get the job.

Maybe I’m not good enough.

Someone didn’t want to work with you.

Maybe I’m s*t at this.

You put something out and nobody responded.

Maybe nobody cares what I have to say.

One outcome suddenly becomes a judgement on your entire ability.

And because it feels personal, you start protecting yourself.

You take fewer risks.

Ask for less.

Stop putting yourself into situations where someone might say no.

Which feels safer.

But it also guarantees fewer opportunities for somebody to say yes.

Rejection is information.

Sometimes useful information.

Maybe you need to improve something.

Maybe your approach was wrong.

Maybe somebody else was simply better.

Or maybe the answer was no for reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with you.

Take whatever lesson is actually there.

Then leave the rest behind.

A bad outcome can teach you something without being allowed to define you.

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