Episode Forty Four : Tom Martin - Balance & Creativity

Reel Tails with Sweens - Podcast By Dwayne Sweeney

Episode Forty Four :

This episode I sit down with Tom Martin from Shard Studios.

As you will hear during this podcast Tom is a very well balanced and self aware individual. Especially considering he is only 23 years of age.

We cover a range of topics such as how his frustration in a rugby changing room pregame led to his world’s first multi tool for rugby and football players.

We also discuss the mental health challenges of back to back ACL injuries, how he fuels his creative side and how passionate he is to be successful in both rugby and his engineering career.

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Show Notes:

1:47 - Introduction, how we know each other, his introduction into Waikato Rugby

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6:20 - Balancing Rugby with Study, the importance of applying yourself for something that you really want

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16:00 - Fueling his creative, our connection to our school, the importance of strong balanced friendships

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34:10 - The direction he took with his studies and why

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38:11 - The birth of Shard Studio and ViTool, the journey not being smooth, the reach the rugby network has into the NZ community

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51:57 - The strength in connecting to the customer, the awesome support to help launch the product

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1:02:22 - The players association and the work they do here in NZ

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1:11:17 - Rupturing his ACL a second time in his fourth game back after his first, the mental strength to deal with that

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1:26:15 - The awesome work mental skills coaches do in high performance sports team

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1:33:52 - The way his brain works and the process he takes to achieve success, the importance of taking preparation into your own hands

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1:42:00 - The amazing self awareness he has and how well balanced he is, importance fueling your creativity

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1:47:17 - The final touches of ViTool and how he had inspiration from his Grandfather’s knives.

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1:53:31 - Final Thoughts