Go Always a Little Further

Kia ora, G’day — welcome.

I’m Joe Hotai. This channel is primarily home to reaction and commentary videos, mostly around military content, interviews, and conversations related to service, selection, and the culture surrounding it.

From time to time, I’ll share other perspectives and discussions that sit alongside those themes.

For deeper, long-form content focused on reality, lived experience, and cutting through myths around SAS selection, service and post military life, I also run a second channel: 👉 SAS Reality Check

No matter what you’re facing, keep turning up. Progress isn’t always loud or fast — sometimes it’s just about turning up, staying in the fight, putting one foot in front of the other and taking one day at a time.

Go always a little further.
Who Dares Wins & Who Cares Wins.

Big mana 👋 🌊 ❤️ for you All!


Go Always a Little Further

Kia ora, G'day Member Legends,

Just a quick note to say thank you very much 💯 🙏 for going a little further and choosing to support my little space here in the way you do/have. Means alot!

Mana 👋 🌊 ❤️ 🫡

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Where you'll see that there's always more climbing to do!
Go Always a Little Further Legends! Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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You'll know if you've done the work - Or - taken short cuts.
A bit of luck never hurts either 😀
Regardless, you'll get your answer. Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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Willing to face criticism. Willing to be told no. Willing to fail. Willing to look useless. Willing to keep going.
In order to succeed. Go get it Legends! Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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A little pack march with the lad from AU this morning who's here on "holiday" 😂 . The target was to try and get to the top in 30mins or less. We both failed to meet that timing - but we got the work done. Packs used today - my pack was only 26kg and the Bro who's here from AU for a holiday had the 21kg pack. We were both huffing and puffing our way to the top 😂...I was wondering if he had turned around and was heading back down. Then he appeared 😂 Well done mate! Still a fair bit of work to do yet, but more so for you - as I'm not preparing for selection 😂....Thank goodness lol.

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Don't reject them because things are hard. Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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Operation MAIA

In the SAS, you protect your own, protect others and work relentlessly to achieve the mission. We’re applying those same values & character traits to this cause.

Kia ora, G’day Legends,

The 92% "Nah yeah" on the poll was loud and clear. 5 of you 😆 are just nosey buggers 😂. At least one was a “yeah nah” (so that one isn’t nosey) and at least one or possibly more was a “don’t care” (So nosey, but not bothered if I don’t say anything either lol😂). That being said - seeing as you took the time to whack in a vote, and most were at least curious - here is the briefing.

SITUATION:
My Wife and I were once again solving the world's problems in our lounge 😂 We looked at how disconnected the world has become when trying to find that special someone to share your life with—we talked about our children and our concerns as parents. The risks, the lawsuits, and the low-integrity of current apps. That conversation flowed into our family, our close friends, and eventually to a wider group of people we may never meet.

I thought - that was a good conversation and went for a run lol. Typical male - my job here is done, we had a good chat and problem solved. Time to go train now lol 😆.

My wife however, “went a little further”. She started looking into how we might be able to fix the issues we talked and heard about from family and friends. By the time I got back she had done a bunch of research and came up with the idea we’re sharing with you now. To make it clear - My wife is the brains and this is her idea. But I told her I’m all in 1000%.

PROBLEM:
The current "dating app" culture is a security and character failure in our opinion. It’s low-integrity, low-barrier to entry, and built to keep you swiping and guessing.

SOLUTION: MAIA (Matching. Adult. Individuals. Automatically. Pronounced Maya, but spelt different, my wife’s idea again… 😊…told you she’s clever). We’ve applied a military mindset from both perspectives (Wife & Husband who both served in the Army) to a different objective.

MISSION:
Give people back their time and privacy! Simple, but not easy.

If this was a Counter-Terrorism task - the mission would be: Rescue the Hostages! Simple to understand, but incredibly difficult to execute.

MAIA isn’t a public gallery for window-shopping. It’s an elite concierge connection utility. We’ve developed a 90% Minimum Compatibility Logic that does the heavy lifting for you. No wasted time. No games. No ads. No noise. Get set up, then go live your life. MAIA delivers the result, based on your responses, your values, interests, lifestyle, ambitions, and what really matters to you. Once you’re happy—delete the app. It’s designed to be deleted.

EXECUTION:
We are officially announcing the Gateway to join our first Beta intake (launching in approx 10–12 weeks). We are looking for founding ‘Single Members' who value their privacy and their character—and who have a healthy amount of skepticism and curiosity—to join the waitlist.

ADMIN & LOG:
We will be reviewing the initial intake personally to ensure the integrity of MAIA remains absolute. If you’re single and looking for that special someone worthy of your time and your heart, MAIA may just have the answer.

If you’re tired of the noise, the gate is open.

Join the Waitlist here: www.meet-maia.com/

COMMAND AND SIG:
If you think of relevant friends and family who might be interested in a platform like this, feel free to share this with them.

That’s what we’ve done, some of our family and friends have already responded saying “yeah nah” 😆and that’s ok with us. We’re pushing on anyway.

We know WHO this is for.
We understand WHAT is required.
We know WHERE this is going.
We have a strong gauge of WHEN it’s going to happen.
We know WHY we’re doing this. And;
We’re confident we know HOW to execute. 🤞 😂

We’re focused on changing the standard and delivering value & results.

The rest will take care of itself.

That's the download you legends!

Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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With all the goings on in the world at the moment: Operation Epic Fury - Operation Roaring Lion....Ukraine & Russia....China....North Korea....Epstein Files....The list goes on.

It can seem like "now probably isn't a good time" or "perhaps I should just wait until things settle down" or "what if people don't like me anymore"...

But don't let any of that hold you back! Live your life, be a good human, find ways to help and serve others, and crack on Legends!

There's plenty of things outside of our control - but there's also plenty of things within our control. Get after it!

Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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Own it. Do better. Crack on Legends! Mana 👋 🌊 🫡

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Question Legends: If I was working on another project which has absolutely nothing to do with what my channel is about - would you want to know? 😂

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