Episode 23

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9th Sep 2025

Build Your Brain, Build Your Business | Dr. Charlie Teo on Resilience, Mental Health and Performance

YOUR BRAIN MEANS BUSINESS - DR. CHARLIE TEO

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Your brain is your most powerful business tool, but are you actually using it at full capacity or just running on fumes.

Adrian Fadini locks in with world renowned brain surgeon Dr. Charlie Teo to get into the real story.

Dr Teo talks about how your gut, sleep, fitness, and habits shape the way you think, decide, and lead under pressure. He unpacks the science behind focus, resilience, and mental health, then connects it straight back to life on the tools, leading a crew, and running a business when things feel heavy. This is brain performance explained in plain language, with practical moves you can use today.

When your brain is sharper, calmer, and more resilient, every part of your business improves from the way you quote to the way you lead your team.

What You’ll Learn

  • How the gut brain connection and what you eat affect focus and decision making
  • Why regular cardio training sharpens your thinking and resilience on and off the job
  • The real impact of sleep, toxins, and brain fog on your performance
  • The difference between post traumatic stress and post traumatic growth
  • Why giving and contribution are linked to long term happiness and mental health
  • Simple daily habits to protect your brain while you grow your business

In this episode:

00:00 Your brain as a business superpower

05:10 Gut health, food choices, and mental clarity

12:40 Cardio, fitness, and sharper decision making

20:15 Sleep, toxins, and what really causes brain fog

28:30 Resilience, trauma, and growing stronger after hard hits

36:20 Why giving, purpose, and contribution boost long term happiness

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Connect with Dr. Charlie Teo 

Website: www.Charlieteo.com.au

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/charlieteofoundation/

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About the Podcast

TF Unlocked: The Tradie Business Podcast
Sell. Scale. Systemise - The no BS podcast for Home Service Tradies
TradesFormation Unlocked with Adrian Fadini - the tradie business podcast for Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, and home service business owners who want to grow with confidence.

This is your wake-up call. Your line in the sand. The moment you stop grinding through jobs and start building the business you know you’re capable of.

If you’re in the home service trades - Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, and beyond this podcast cuts straight to what actually shifts your results: selling with confidence, leading with clarity, tightening your systems, and creating growth you can sustain.

Every episode gives you real stories, practical tools, and the kind of insights that get you out of your head and into action.

It’s time to step up.
It’s time to take control.
And it’s time to build a business that works without burning yourself out.

About your host

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Adrian Fadini

Adrian Fadini built Plumber To The Rescue from the ground up and turned it into one of Sydney’s most respected service trade businesses. He knows what it takes to build something that lasts—because he’s lived it.

After selling the business to his biggest competitor in 2012, he stayed on for two years, securing major commercial accounts—strata firms, pub groups, and businesses needing ongoing plumbing and electrical services.

Through it all, Adrian learned the power of training—not as a nice-to-have, but as a non-negotiable. It’s how he levelled up his team, created consistency, and built a business that could grow without him in the driver’s seat.

For over a decade, Adrian’s been coaching tradies across the service trades—plumbing, electrical, HVAC—you name it. He’s worked with clients at every stage, from solo operators trying to get off the tools to multi-million dollar businesses chasing serious scale.

Now, he brings all that experience to the table—real-world strategies, proven systems, and a genuine drive to help other tradies sell better, scale stronger, and systemize for long-term success.