Meet Shaun
THE "FORMAL" BIO
Shaun is a mindset performance Coach and Keynote Speaker specialising in NLP. He founded Growth Coach Shaun Smit and two other faith-based organisations. He empowers leaders, business owners, and corporate teams to achieve peak performance by aligning cognitive behaviour and life skills. With a decade of experience in business and leadership, Shaun has worked with hundreds of individuals across diverse fields, addressing common hindrances like lack of confidence, ineffective communication, and limited thinking. As a certified John Maxwell coach and speaker, He integrates various tools and proven NLP principles to transform mindsets and foster abundance.
Shaun is Passionate about helping others succeed. He offers tailored coaching through his signature workshops, Group Coaching and one-on-one sessions, guiding individuals from "striving to thrive." His philosophy emphasises that goals must lead to fulfilment, and he believes clarity and confidence are vital to overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities.
MY STORY
For most of my life, I knew there was more for me. I was always a dreamer, even in school. I had not learnt how to plan for the future and embrace the present, yet I wondered why nothing changed in my life. year after year in my early adult years, I seemed stuck, or at best, felt like I was on a merry-go-round. Do you know what I am talking about? Have you ever experienced this in one or more areas of your life? Relationships, Health, finances, your thinking or career?
Now I understand what it was: Limiting beliefs and unresourceful habits, in other words, wrong mindset and incongruent behaviour caused by mental "blind spots". My life was on autopilot of depression, anxiety, stress and hopelessness, and I was not aware of why, like so many of the coaching clients I work with.
For the past twenty years, I've been an entrepreneur and have led multiple predominant organisational roles and startups within various sectors, including media, project management, retail, education and not-for-profits, and serving on numerous company boards and advisory teams. Originally from South Africa and now settled in Australia, I've had the privilege of travelling to various countries over the past decade. I am delighted to have met people from diverse backgrounds. Two of the three startups I was involved in reached the seven-figure revenue zone within the first two years of operations. One common thing I've realised in all I've done and been exposed to is this: everything involves people, and varied mindsets and emotional behaviours are evident where people are involved.
When I established my Faith, surrounded myself with other successful business people and leaders, and began my decade of studying management, leadership, entrepreneurship, brain science, and NLP, I received the insights and wisdom to transition into a more abundant, purposeful life. I now work as a mindset performance coach with leaders, startups, and entrepreneurs, seeking to make a lasting impact and reach peak performance. I am also the founder of two faith-based organisations that impact communities and transform one life at a time.
MY VALUES
Although peak performance in the business and leadership arena is my business, the most outstanding success anyone can achieve is success at home with their family. My Family, Faith and freedom are the most valued assets in my life. I choose quality over quantity, yet you can have both. Dealing with my mindset and corresponding actions has aligned my everyday life to what I value the most. To live a life that enables me to have the flexibility and manage my time, not the other way around, to be able to spend every morning with my most precious son and have breakfast, lunch, or a coffee with the most incredible wife ever whenever we decide to is priceless. Reading my Bible or an inspirational book on finance, start-ups, business or psychology, studying more when I need or desire to or taking a walk on the beach with a podcast playing is a gift from God. Don't mistake me; I work more than 60 hours per week or more. However, I can take pause breaks frequently and for any length we choose; that's abundance. You were meant to live life to the full, whatever that looks like to you. And if you're honest, it likely has little to do with you and more to do with being with the people you love and using your gifts and talents to make a lasting difference in the world. Let's work together to make a lasting difference! I may have the keys you've been looking for.
