106: Barry Hearn | Find Your Direction

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The founder of a massive sports promotion company Matchroom Sport, started off without a clear direction. He says just start, take a scattershot approach and eventually you’ll find your direction by the process of elimination. Aim high, then adjust. Hearn wanted to be a heavyweight boxing champion, but his path lead him to be a promoter instead. His own passion could comes across as draconian, but that’s only testament to how strongly he believes in the power of the individual to create a meaningful life.

Lessons:
1. At first take a scattergun approach in life; don’t set limits and then adjust to find your place.
2. Start an hour earlier and end an hour later.
3. Champions are impressive, but the people at the back of the field who refuse to give in may be even more impressive.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Spartan Up podcast. We have Marion behind the camera, Dr. Johnny,
0:05.2	our resident philosopher David DeLuca, our resident all things natural and awesome
0:09.9	Sefra, and our resident lunatics.
0:12.6	Joe, who is back.
0:15.0	Speaking of lunatics, in the very best way.
0:18.4	This is a good one.
0:19.5	It was not planned.
0:20.4	I found this guy literally in a hallway. Yeah incredible you know what's funny with this is
0:28.3	I just love everything this guy has to say and you take so much away from all these
0:32.2	podcasts but this one just to watch again and again and again.
0:36.0	Man, you want to talk about how to learn how to make everything in life into a gift and into something that you can leverage and make.
0:43.7	Don't tell my wife, but I recorded the podcast,
0:46.7	just audio, and I play it in my kids' room
0:49.2	at night when they go to sleep.
0:50.6	So it's just through osmosis.
0:53.0	The voice of God, Barry Hearn.
0:55.0	We're here.
1:00.0	We are here for Spartan Up podcast.
1:02.0	We're with Barry Hearn from Match Room, which is arguably one of the largest sports businesses in the world.
1:07.0	Yeah, I'm pleased to say you're just about right then. Thank you for that.
1:10.0	And you've been doing this 40 some odd years.
1:12.8	42 years now, yes, man and boy, and enjoyed every single second of every single day.
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