Addiction, Failure & Redemption: The Real Cost of Success | Jake Packo EP 06 - with Jamie Small

Описание: In this episode of Everything Counts, Jamie Small sits down with Jake Packo, founder of GEEDUP — one of Australia’s most recognisable streetwear brands — for a raw, unfiltered conversation about discipline, failure, fatherhood, and rebuilding your life from the ground up.
Jake shares his journey from a turbulent childhood and early brushes with violence, addiction, and self-destruction, to building a multi-million-dollar brand that represents Western Sydney culture, resilience, and identity. This is not a polished success story — it’s a real one.
The conversation dives deep into:
Growing up without a father and finding direction through pain
The rise, collapse, and rebirth of GEEDUP
Addiction, sobriety, and losing everything before rebuilding
Fatherhood as the ultimate catalyst for change
The dark side of success, ego, and public visibility
Why comfort is the most dangerous place for a man to live
What it really takes to sharpen your tools in the trenches

This episode is a powerful reminder that success isn’t built overnight — it’s earned through uncomfortable decisions, relentless self-accountability, and the willingness to keep going when everything falls apart.
If you’re a man trying to become a better father, leader, or version of yourself — this conversation will hit hard.
Because in business, life, health, and fatherhood… everything counts.
Recorded at The Grey Creative Caringbah