I’m a big fan of our current system of constitutional monarchy and Australia not becoming a republic. Here are my thoughts rebutting the republicans’ claims in The Spectator. What are your thoughts – should we become a republic?

I’m not the world’s greatest fan of the American musician and rapper Machine Gun Kelly. In fact, I couldn’t even tell you one of his songs. But, like many people, I do enjoy paying attention to success and ‘MGK’ – as the distinctively white Cleveland-born 28-year old is known – appears to have it in spades. His recent stoush with Eminem has dominated entertainment headlines for months, catapulting Kelly to mega-stardom, listens, views, likes and all the other instruments we attribute to modern day success. But it was in 2015, prior the rapper’s current fame, where I remember his response […]

The Power of Varied Role Models Well, thank you Michael and Brooke. And thank you for the opportunity to very briefly reach out. My name is Sean Jacobs – the author of Winners Don’t Cheat: Advice for young Australians from a young Australian, which was released a few months ago. While the title of my book is “Winners Don’t Cheat” it is not a biography of the Australian cricket team! This is something I do get asked a lot. But the book covers topics on education versus employability, building skills, resilience, finding your aptitude, setting goals, how to properly look […]

A quick snippet of me on ABC Radio, advancing arguments against Australia becoming a Republic.

Check out this video – a great long-form chat on my book Winners Don’t Cheat. We talk about my turnaround story, finding your aptitude, education versus employability, and how to get more reading done.

Here’s a link to my latest piece on the Liberty Works website. It’s based on my recent speech at Liberty Fest 2018 on building better individuals and thriving in a great place like Australia. Enjoy the read and please comment for feedback. Overcoming the ‘red tape’ of character – identity politics

My appearance on Sky’s “Outsiders” to talk about my book – Winners Don’t Cheat – with Rowan Dean and Ross Cameron. In this extract I talk about resilience and the lessons from Margaret Thatcher and John Howard.

I thought I’d share with parents and young professionals some of the books that I wish I’d read sooner. Granted, this list may seem like a slight ‘stretch’ for a school-aged reader, as I didn’t conquer some of these books until my 20s. But I hope it achieves the right mix of self-development with a taste of the historical, economic and political issues that will continue to shape our country. A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey Growing up in early 1900s Western Australia (WA), the late Albert Facey had an impeccably difficult life, with much more heartbreak and loss than […]

Since releasing my book Winners Don’t Cheat, the most common question I get asked by parents is ‘How do I get my kid to do this?’ So I’ve put together a very short eBook on what worked for me in terms of forming good habits and setting goals coming out of high school. I sum up how powerful lessons from knowing better, getting the right role models, constantly ‘doing’ and showing grit can help generate discipline and instincts to improve. For a copy please click here (right click ‘Save Link As’), which is completely free. No need to sign up. […]

Being a fan of the journalist Fred Pawle I was stoked to be interviewed by him in his capacity as the new Communications Director for the Menzies Research Centre. We talked about not only the lessons in my book but how Robert Menzies – Australia’s longest serving prime minister – was the Jordan Peterson of his era. Check it out here.