Elevate with Mets

This week on Elevate with Mets, I sit down with John Saade — Chartered Accountant, entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of Latitude Accountants, one of Australia’s fastest-growing accounting and advisory firms.
From growing up in Western Sydney in a migrant family to building a national firm servicing thousands of business owners, John’s story isn’t just about numbers — it’s about discipline, resilience, leadership, faith, and reinvention.
We dive deep into business growth, risk-taking, failure, leadership evolution, and the personal health transformation that changed everything.
In this powerful conversation, we explore:
💼 Building a Business From Scratch
From earning $22,000 a year as a junior accountant to launching Latitude in 2011 — and scaling across multiple states with 50+ staff.
📊 Why Most Businesses Fail Financially
The real mistakes business owners make with structure, debt, ego, and bad advice — and how to fix them before it’s too late.
🔥 Risk, Failure & Decision-Making
Why Australia is one of the safest places in the world to take business risks — and why moving fast beats overthinking.
👊 Leadership & Culture
Why great operators lead from the front, why dictatorship leadership eventually collapses, and how to build teams that win long-term.
🏋️ 170kg to Powerlifting
John opens up about reaching 170kg, a near-fatal motorbike accident, gastric bypass surgery, reversing it, and finally committing to doing health the hard way — with discipline, coaching, and strength training.
🧠 Health = Business Performance
Why neglecting his body stalled his company — and why fixing his health helped Latitude grow 5x.
🌏 The Vision for Latitude
John’s mission to empower small business owners across Australia — with a bold goal of operating in every state by 2030.
This episode is a masterclass in entrepreneurship, personal accountability, leadership growth, and playing the long game.
If you run a business, want to start one, or feel stuck between comfort and potential — this one will challenge you.
🎙️ Elevate with Mets — EPISODE 85
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This week on Elevate with Mets, Mets sits down with Josh Aloiai — former NRL forward for the Wests Tigers and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, and a man who’s now redefining life beyond professional sport.
From leaving New Zealand as a teenager to chase the dream, to building an 11-year NRL career under pressure, to being forced into medical retirement after a rare and persistent shoulder/scapula injury — Josh opens up about the real story: the sacrifices, the mindset, the identity shift, and the work it takes to rebuild when the game ends.
In this deep, raw conversation, we explore:
🙏 Faith & Performance
Why faith is Josh’s foundation — and how old-school principles like work ethic, discipline, and “reaping what you sow” translate directly into elite performance and life.
👨‍👩‍👦 Family, Fatherhood & Legacy
What it means to “put the cape on” every day as a father, and why being a role model is bigger than any contract, stat line, or highlight reel.
🧠 Resilience, Pressure & Mental Toughness
The reality Polynesian athletes often carry — and how Josh built a mindset that survives injuries, setbacks, and the scrutiny that comes with playing at the highest level.
🥋 From NRL to Jiu Jitsu
Why starting again as a white belt is humbling — and how Josh is applying professional standards, consistency, and process to chase a long-term goal: earning his black belt.
📈 Business, Systems & The Student Mindset
Mets and Josh go deep on what actually builds success: doing the homework, learning fast, making mistakes, pivoting quickly, and staying process-driven without letting ego take over.
If you’re an athlete, a business owner, a father, or someone rebuilding identity after a big chapter ends — this episode will hit.
🎙️ Elevate with Mets — EPISODE 84
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This week on Elevate with Mets, Mets sits down with Callum Platt, Key Client Manager at ICELLARE Lifespan Center (Phuket) — one of the most advanced regenerative medicine, stem cell, and longevity facilities in the world.
From losing everything during COVID to rebuilding his life and stepping into the cutting edge of biotechnology, Callum shares his personal transformation and the groundbreaking work happening at ICELLARE — a clinic redefining what modern healthcare looks like.
In this deep, eye-opening conversation, we explore:
🧬 Stem Cell Therapy Explained
How autologous (your own) stem cells work, why ICELLARE refuses donor cells, and what truly separates safe, effective regenerative medicine from the rest of the industry.
🧠 Bloods, DNA & Preventative Health
Why understanding your genetics, inflammation, hormones, and nutrient absorption is the key to longevity, recovery, and peak performance.
🏋️ Healing Injuries Without Surgery
Real-world stories of athletes and everyday people reversing chronic pain, disc injuries, joint degeneration, and arthritis — and getting their lives back.
❤️ Organ Health, Inflammation & Disease Prevention
How stem cells and immune therapies support organs, reduce inflammation, and play a role in preventing degenerative disease.
👶 IVF, Fertility & Reproductive Health
Inside ICELLARE’s advanced IVF lab — including how stem cells are now being used to support fertility, egg quality, sperm health, and complex conception cases.
🧠 Cancer Screening & Immune Cell Therapy
The role of early cancer detection, natural killer (NK) cell therapy, and why prevention is the real cure.
🌍 The Future of Healthcare
AI, precision medicine, immune therapies, and why facilities like ICELLARE represent the next evolution of health — long before symptoms ever appear.
This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in health optimization, longevity, injury recovery, fertility, biohacking, or preventative medicine — especially those who feel traditional healthcare is missing something.
🎙️ Elevate with Mets — EPISODE 83
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EPISODE 82 – ELEVATE WITH METS ft. ANNABELLE & JAZ | CULTURE, LEADERSHIP & THE REAL WORK BEHIND TITAN FITNESS
In this powerful end-of-year episode, Mets sits down with Annabelle and Jaz, hosts of the Elevate with Her Podcast and core leaders inside Titan Fitness, for an honest, unfiltered conversation about growth, leadership, culture, and what it really takes to build people — not just businesses.
From starting out young and inexperienced, to becoming respected coaches, content creators, and leaders in the fitness industry, Annabelle and Jaz reflect on their journey inside Titan and the systems, standards, and accountability that shaped them along the way.
This episode pulls back the curtain on:
🔥 Leadership under pressure — the emotional toll of being the person everyone relies on

🔥 Culture over convenience — why Titan isn’t “just a gym,” but an ecosystem built on standards

🔥 Growth through discomfort — being pushed before you feel ready, and why that matters

🔥 Consistency & accountability — the real reason people succeed (and why most don’t)

🔥 Building future leaders — creating space for people to evolve without putting them in boxes

🔥 Community & connection — why feeling comes before metrics

Mets also shares deeply personal insights into leadership, failure, pressure, and the non-negotiables required to protect culture — including one of the most honest reflections he’s ever shared publicly:
“The biggest price you pay for success is getting rid of the old version of yourself.”
This episode is for coaches, gym owners, leaders, creatives, and anyone trying to build something meaningful without losing themselves in the process.
🎙️ Elevate with Mets – Episode 82
📍 Featuring Annabelle & Jaz from the Elevate with Her Podcast
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This week, Mets sits down with Adam Eddine, a 6x World Kickboxing Champion, UFC Trainer, and former owner of Eddine Academy. With over 25 years in the fight game, Adam’s journey has taken him from the highest levels of kickboxing to mentoring the next generation of fighters. 🥊🔥
In this episode, Adam opens up about his evolution from a young fighter struggling to find his place, to a world champion, and ultimately, a coach who’s shaped the careers of UFC fighters, and many other combat sports stars. He shares:
💥 Fighting at the highest level: What it’s like to compete on the world stage, including his experience in the K1 and kickboxing circuits.
💥 The importance of discipline and resilience: How overcoming setbacks, both in the ring and in life, shaped his career and teaching philosophy.
💥 The journey from fighter to coach: Adam’s transition into coaching and how he’s built a high-performance gym focused on developing top-tier athletes.
💥 Lessons from the ring: What combat sports taught him about life, resilience, and the mindset required to overcome adversity.
💥 The reality of mentoring fighters: How Adam's coaching has influenced not just his athletes’ fighting careers, but their personal growth as well.
From sparring with legends to teaching the future champions, Adam’s story is one of passion, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of greatness.
🎙️ Elevate with Mets Podcast – EPISODE 81 out now on YouTube & Spotify.
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