Be A Wolf - Sessions

Hosted By Nayzel Sushil

We teach Creatives, Entrepreneurs & Change-makers to ignite community transformations. Success can come from anyone: Our mission is simple. Empower the future leaders of our community. There are individuals who grew up thinking that they won't amount much because of where they came from and their background. We think differently. There is strength in our past, and we celebrate the unique traits that each person brings. We empower all the talent in our community to see their true potential, dream higher, and achieve success whatever that looks like to them. As Dr. Seuss puts it, “You can’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree” but give that fish an ocean and watch it swim past the horizon. The Why: We are only as strong as the weakest member of our community.We believe in empowering the youth with education, resources, advocacy, and love so that they can lift our community up and make it stronger. We win when they win. We are here to redefine communities, and nothing is going to stop us.

  1. 1d ago

    #232 - Moments Are Made, Not Found | Nayzel Sushil | Be A Wolf - Sessions

    Send us Fan Mail This is a quickfire Be A Wolf session recorded six days before my wedding. Most of us wait for the right moment: the right time to launch, to make the call, to back ourselves. It doesn’t always come. Sometimes you have to go out and create it. In this session I reflect on what this week means to me, on finding peace in the middle of a lot of movement, and on why doing what feels right to you (and learning from it, whatever happens) is sometimes the only way forward. In this session: Why waiting for moments keeps you stuck, and how to start creating themReflections from six days out from my weddingWhat finding peace looks like when life is moving fastTrusting your gut: doing what feels right and treating every outcome as a lessonWhy movement beats perfect timing📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

  2. Oct 25

    #231 - Nothing Matters (So Go Anyway) | Nayzel Sushil | Be A Wolf - Sessions

    Send us Fan Mail Session 231: Nothing Matters (So Go Anyway) In this session, Nayz flips the idea that “nothing really matters” from something bleak into something freeing. If the failures, the embarrassment and other people’s opinions all fade, then fear loses its grip and you’re free to go after what you actually want. In this session: Why the things you’re scared of matter far less than you thinkWhy nobody is watching you as closely as you believeThe most common regrets of the dying, and what they teach us about courageBuilding your own meaning when nothing is handed to youPersonal stories of taking the leap, from Labasa to South Auckland to MelbournePractical tools: the deathbed test, the 5-5-5 rule, and one scary thing to do this weekKey takeaway: Life is short, and that’s not depressing. It’s permission. You don’t have to get it perfect, you just have to go. Be a wolf. 🐺 📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

  3. Oct 12

    #229 - Energy Sells, Desperation Repels | Nayzel Sushil | Be A Wolf - Sessions

    Send us Fan Mail In this session, Nayz breaks down why energy is the silent closer in every sales conversation. Drawing on over a decade of selling wedding photography and film across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, he unpacks the skill of reading desperation, in the buyer and in yourself, and how to bring real energy into the room without tipping into neediness. Desperation pushes; conviction pulls. This episode is about learning the difference and choosing the right one every time. In this episode Why energy gets felt before your offer is understoodDesperation as a signal: how to spot it in a client (urgency, pressure, a problem they need solved) and use it to serve them betterDesperation as a leak: how your own need for the sale shows up in your tone, pace, over-explaining and discountingThe difference between hungry and needy: hunger is about the outcome, neediness is about the approvalHow to bring high energy that stays grounded: belief in the work, curiosity about the person, and the willingness to walk awayWhy the wolf doesn’t chase every rabbit, and why choosing your clients makes you more attractive to the right onesPractical resets before a sales call to make sure you show up full, not emptyKey takeaway Understand the other person’s urgency, but never let it become yours. Bring energy that says “I believe in this,” not “I need this.” 📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

  4. Oct 4

    #228 - Etiquette Is a Skill: The Small Things That Win or Lose Relationships | Nayzel Sushil | Be A Wolf - Sessions

    Send us Fan Mail Business etiquette rarely gets talked about, and that's the problem. It's invisible when it's done well, so most people take it for granted, right up until it costs them a client, a referral, or a relationship. In this episode of Be a Wolf Sessions, Nayz breaks down why etiquette is a skill you practise, not a personality trait you're born with. How you respond, how you interact, and how you make people feel are small things on their own, but together they decide whether people come back to you or quietly drift away. Then we go a level deeper: social nuance. Reading the room, understanding who you're dealing with, and adjusting to the environment you're in. Get it right and you build relationships that last years. Get it wrong and you can lose them without ever knowing why. In this episode: Why etiquette is a learned skill, and why it gets overlookedThe three basics: how you respond, how you interact, how you make people feelReading the room and adapting to different environments and culturesHow relationships are really lost: quietly, not loudlyA simple challenge to sharpen your etiquette this weekNew episodes every Monday. If this one landed, share it with someone who's building something. 📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

  5. Sep 28

    #227 - Lead With Outcomes, Not Problems | Nayzel Sushil | Be A Wolf - Sessions

    Send us Fan Mail How you open a conversation often decides how it ends. In this episode of Be a Wolf Sessions, Nayz explains why leading with outcomes instead of problems changes how people respond to you, whether you're leading a team, working with clients, or building personal relationships. If you start with the problem, people can hear it as conflict or criticism, and they get defensive before you've finished making your point. If you start with the outcome and walk people through the reasoning behind how you do things, they understand where you're going and why. That understanding is what earns their buy-in. In this episode: Why problem-first conversations often come across as conflictHow framing around outcomes builds trust and alignment in a teamWhy showing your reasoning matters as much as the decision itselfPractical ways to reframe hard conversations so people lean in rather than push backIf this one landed, share it with someone on your team, or with anyone who has a hard conversation coming up. 📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

  6. Sep 21

    #226 - "Say It Like You Believe It" | Conviction in Ideas, Business & Action | Nayzel Sushil - Be A Wolf - Sessions

    Send us Fan Mail In this session, Nayzel Sushil makes the case that messaging matters more than anything else in business, because messaging is how conviction travels from you to everyone else. He breaks conviction into three parts: what you believe about your ideas, how it shows up in the way you run your business, and how your actions make your message believable. If you've been softening your pricing, hedging your pitch or changing direction every time someone pushes back, this episode is for you. In This Session Why messaging is how conviction gets from your head to another personConviction in ideas: the one-sentence, no-hedging testWhy most people don't lack ideas, only a stress-tested belief in themConviction in business: how positioning and pricing carry your messageWhere conviction quietly leaks: apologising, discounting on the spot, over-explainingWhy diluting your message to appeal to everyone gets you ignored by everyoneConviction in action: why messaging without follow-through is just marketingHow consistency builds belief, one rep at a timeThe one message to stop softening this weekKey Takeaway Conviction isn't volume or arrogance. It's clarity you're willing to stand behind, in what you say, in how you run your business and in what you do next. Closing Quote "Clarity gets attention. Conviction gets the yes." – Nayzel Sushil Sponsors 📖 Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up: Building a Business That Outlasts You – Nayzel's book on building a business that runs beyond its founder. Get your copy 📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

  7. Sep 14

    #225 - When to Kill the Old You | Be A Wolf - Sessions with Nayzel Sushil

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Nayzel breaks away from the sales arc to tackle a harder question: not how to change, but when. Every identity — the hustler, the perfectionist, the "nice guy," the grinder — has a shelf life. The problem isn't that people refuse to evolve; it's that they miss the signals telling them the version of themselves that got them here won't get them there. Using Kobe Bryant's deliberate retirement of the Black Mamba persona. In This Session: Why "change" isn't the hard part — timing isSignal #1: Effort/result mismatch — when the same work stops producing the same returnsSignal #2: Performing, not being — catching yourself acting out of habit and reputation instead of truthSignal #3: Outgrowing the room — why being the most "you" in every room is a warning, not a winKobe Bryant's deliberate retirement of Black Mamba as a case study in choosing your ending📖 Episode Sponsored by: https://nayzvswild.com/product/start-up-scale-up-grow-up/ Start-Up, Scale-Up, Grow-Up — a raw, real, and practical guide for founders, creatives, and changemakers.  This book isn’t just about building businesses… it’s about building movements, legacy, and impact.  Available now at nayzvswild.com . 📸 Brought to you by: www.featureweddings.com Fine Art Wedding Photo & Film — established in 2013 Dedicated to the brides and grooms of New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.  We capture weddings, elopements, engagements, and love stories that live far beyond the day.  Chasing essence is our motivation. Endless love is our inspiration. Because at Feature Weddings, we believe that love always wins.

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We teach Creatives, Entrepreneurs & Change-makers to ignite community transformations. Success can come from anyone: Our mission is simple. Empower the future leaders of our community. There are individuals who grew up thinking that they won't amount much because of where they came from and their background. We think differently. There is strength in our past, and we celebrate the unique traits that each person brings. We empower all the talent in our community to see their true potential, dream higher, and achieve success whatever that looks like to them. As Dr. Seuss puts it, “You can’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree” but give that fish an ocean and watch it swim past the horizon. The Why: We are only as strong as the weakest member of our community.We believe in empowering the youth with education, resources, advocacy, and love so that they can lift our community up and make it stronger. We win when they win. We are here to redefine communities, and nothing is going to stop us.