Tamsyn Signe on Why You're One Decision Away from a Completely Different Life

What if everything in your life right now — the career, the exhaustion, the feeling that something needs to change — is simply the result of choices you made?

And what if that's actually the best news you've ever heard?

In this episode I'm joined by Tamsyn Signe — former Chief Merchandise Officer at Walmart South Africa with a career in retails spanning over 20 years, wingsuit acrobatics world championship competitor, professional freediving safety diver, and now a certified Enneagram practitioner and peak performance coach based in Cape Town.

Her story is not a straight line. It starts as a newly divorced single mother doing an MBL part-time while working two jobs, stumbling into retail by accident — and climbing to the very top of it.

Then comes the moment that changed everything: a corporate coach looks her in the eye and tells her an unexpected truth. And that changed everything.

In This Episode We Talk About

• How a people skills assessment became the turning point of her entire career
• How she was competing at wingsuit acrobatics World Championships while running a C-suite retail role — and what living in "little boxes" was costing her
• The Enneagram as a practical operating manual — not another personality test, but a map of why you do what you do
• The psychology of risk and fear — and why failing at something makes the next attempt feel even scarier
• Life curation: why radical change starts with removing things, not adding more
• Why you are one decision away from a completely different life — and what's actually stopping you from making it

Whether you're navigating a career crossroads, feeling stuck in a version of yourself that no longer fits, or simply ready to understand yourself at a deeper level — this episode will give you both the framework and the permission.

Substack subscribers get the full Enneagram breakdown — Tamsyn walks through all nine types in depth, including which patterns show up most in corporate, and how to work with (not against) the people around you.

Connect with Tamsyn

Email: info@tamsynsigne.com

Website: performancealchemy.co.za

Social Media: Instagram or LinkedIn

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Chapters

(00:00) Intro to Tamsyn

(01:27) A Multifaceted Career — For Real

(07:13) The Corporate Pattern That Runs Your Life

(09:37) On Jumping Out of Planes and Leadership

(13:42) What Are You Hiding From Your Colleagues?

(22:38) Your Life Is Already Designed — Just Maybe Not By You

(24:17) Integrating Opposites for Transformation

(29:10) The 9 Types of the Enneagram (Substack exclusive — link in bio)

(30:56) Curating the Life You Want — a 3-Step Process

(38:58) What's Next for Business as Poetry