North Star Conversations | Unlock Your Potential, Performance & Purpose

Originally aired: October 2025
Episode Number: 256
Staying in the wrong relationships, friendships, or routines can quietly drain your happiness. The key isn't cutting everything out, it's making more room for what genuinely brings you joy.
In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, pioneer of longevity architecture and founder of MAVI Kas Bordier shares how to build healthier relationships, recognise patterns that hold you back, and become more intentional with your time and energy. Discover why investing in your relationships can have a life-changing impact, how to identify the people and activities that truly fulfil you, and why delegating tasks you dislike can create more space for what you love.
Listen to the full episode here: 
https://kite.link/kasbordier

Episode Notes
In this episode, I sit down with Will Taylor, a psychotherapist and coach who takes founders into couples therapy with their businesses. We talk about the language founders use about their companies ("I've fallen out of love," "it's my baby") and why it mirrors the way people talk about relationships. Will shares how a volunteer role at a children's hospice started his journey, and how losing his brother at 14 taught him to hide his feelings. We explore how childhood messages become the rules we run our businesses by. Will also explains transactional analysis (parent, adult and child) and why the question isn't "do I want a successful business?" but "whose version of success is that?"
Don't miss the opportunity to take the first step towards a more fulfilling life. Book your complimentary clarity call today and discover how Will Polston can help you achieve the success you deserve. 💡 https://willpolston.com/book-a-call/
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00:00 - Introduction: two Wills
00:55 - Couples therapy for founders: "I've fallen out of love with my business"
03:15 - The empty-nest parallel, and the children's hospice that started his career
05:45 - Losing his brother at 14, and being told not to show his feelings
07:27 - Childhood voices and how they shape how we show up
10:02 - Anxiety, depression, and naming feelings accurately
13:22 - NLP, Erickson and Satir, and what an unhealthy relationship with your business looks like
16:18 - Anxious attachment, "work hard" as a script, and the gears-in-a-car analogy
18:24 - The business as a container for your story: whose version of success?
20:26 - Transactional analysis: parent, adult, and child
24:50 - The abandonment trigger, and not treating the feeling as truth
29:59 - Are entrepreneurs "free children"? Be More Pirate, and burgers in the Sahara
34:44 - "I need to divorce my business": living by someone else's rules
37:45 - Seasons of business, and scoring how you feel from 1 to 10
42:32 - The letter exercise: writing to your business, and its reply
45:32 - What changes afterward: owning the business you want
48:05 - Business partners, family businesses, and whose North Star you follow
50:29 - How to connect with Will, and the question he wishes people asked: "Why?"
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Relevant Links For the Viewer and Citations
Website - https://www.willpolston.com
Instagram - https://instagram.com/willpolston
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/willpolstonmih
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/willpolston/
Twitter / X - https://x.com/willpolston
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@willpolston
Learn more about Will Taylor here: https://www.willtaylor.co.uk/ 
About Me: I am dedicated to helping individuals and businesses unlock their true potential through expert coaching and training programs. I'm passionate about empowering others to achieve their dreams and live a life they love. Subscribe for more insights and tips on personal development, productivity, and achieving your goals. Let's embark on this journey together!

Originally aired: September 2025
Episode Number: 253
You can have the perfect strategy and still stay stuck if your mindset isn't ready to grow. Real progress happens when you stop copying other people's methods and discover what works for you. 
In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, seasoned performance coach and visionary business strategist Shari Teigman explores the hidden mindset barriers that hold people back in business and personal development. Discover how to recognise the signs of being stuck, challenge your assumptions, and build a mindset that evolves alongside your ambitions.
Listen to the full episode here:
https://kite.link/shariteigman

Originally aired: September 2025
Episode Number: 252
The people around you shape what you believe is possible, but success means little if you sacrifice your happiness to achieve it. 
In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, entrepreneur and networking expert Aaron Peters explores how your environment influences your ambitions, beliefs, and definition of success. Discover how surrounding yourself with driven people can expand your vision, why money and material possessions don't always lead to happiness, and how having the courage to leave a comfortable career can open the door to a more fulfilling life.
Listen to the full episode here: 
https://kite.link/aaronpeters

Episode Notes
In this episode, I sit down with Niall McMillan, the silent, face-pulling creator whose videos reach 300 to 400 million views a month across around 11 million followers. We talk about how a six-figure corporate career and an "is this it?" moment led him to self-help, and why he committed to posting every day, a streak now past seven years. Niall shares how his NPC-in-viral-videos niche (and the milk) happened by accident, and why he's an entrepreneur with a huge audience, no product, and a very small email list. He opens up about quitting his job the day his wife got the all-clear after breast cancer, and losing his 7.2M-follower TikTok account two weeks later. We also cover how he got it back, why community matters more than followers, and the question he asks everyone: "How can I be of value to you?"
Don't miss the opportunity to take the first step towards a more fulfilling life. Book your complimentary clarity call today and discover how Will Polston can help you achieve the success you deserve. 💡 https://willpolston.com/book-a-call/
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Video Chapters
00:00 - Introduction: 300-400 million views a month
01:03 - Where you know his face from
02:33 - From acting to a six-figure corporate career, and "is this it?"
03:40 - Stumbling into self-help, and why The Secret was his first book
05:28 - Making videos nobody watched to scratch a creative itch
06:28 - Self-publishing a book and committing to post every day
07:10 - Seven years, every single day
11:10 - Why he'd never stop posting
12:34 - Finding his niche: the NPC who inserts himself into viral videos
13:31 - Fire bullets, then cannons
14:09 - Posting for the other end of the phone: what value are you giving?
15:15 - How the milk happened
16:48 - The Arla brand deal
17:06 - 11 million followers, and what a million really gets you
19:53 - "I am the product, but I have nothing to sell"
21:15 - Build a list and sell to it
22:10 - Quitting his job nine months ago
22:31 - His wife's cancer and the all-clear day he quit
23:14 - Losing 7.2M TikTok followers two weeks later
23:59 - Why getting out to events changed everything
25:04 - How platforms pay, and the reality of brand deals
26:16 - Lessons from nine months in business, and the risk of rented space
27:25 - Why the pressure of a huge audience never got to him
28:40 - Playing a character, and why negativity doesn't land
29:36 - Dapper Laughs, Mr. Bean, and British comedy
32:12 - Overcoming "what if people don't like me?"
32:47 - The daily uncomfortable action (a pound a day)
33:10 - Bulk filming and manufacturing your "flow day"
35:28 - Why being human beats AI content
36:29 - Handling hate: kill them with kindness
39:21 - Being recognized in public
40:26 - Will's early videos: from ridicule to "how did you do it?"
42:14 - His "work tray" of 800 videos, and copying what works
44:43 - Humpty Dumpty, AI for productivity, and outlier modelling
47:01 - The day TikTok banned him: an AI moderation mistake
49:12 - The human-to-human video that got his account back
50:29 - The value of community for creators
51:04 - 80% of his job is events: solve problems for people
51:48 - His dream now: helping "golden Buddhas" see their gleam
53:12 - His North Star: everyone fulfilled
54:19 - Where the joy comes from: two weeks between stage two and stage four
56:34 - How to connect with Niall
57:19 - Final reflection: "How can I be of value to you?"
58:29 - Take action: a free 20-minute call
59:34 - Closing remarks
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Relevant Links For the Viewer and Citations
Website - https://www.willpolston.com
Instagram - https://instagram.com/willpolston
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/willpolstonmih
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/willpolston/
Twitter / X - https://x.com/willpolston
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@willpolston
Check out Niall's website (content, talks, book): https://www.niallmacmillan.com
Find Niall on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: search "Niall McMillan"
About Me: I am dedicated to helping individuals and businesses unlock their true potential through expert coaching and training programs. I'm passionate about empowering others to achieve their dreams and live a life they love. Subscribe for more insights and tips on personal development, productivity, and achieving your goals. Let's embark on this journey together!