Hello and welcome to episode number 11 of the Bouncing Back podcast with me James Middleton.

Now before I start, I just want to quickly say how appreciative and actually rather overwhelmed I am by the support you guys are giving

and have shown to my podcast so far.

It really means the absolute world to me that so many of you are listening and continuing

to listen to each episode, sharing it with your friends, family, on your social media,

tagging me and posts that you do, it brings such a big smile to my face every time I see it.

And it's actually really nice for me to interact and engage with those of you who are listening

and have conversations with you about

some of the things that I've been talking about it. So a massive thank you from me. It really means

the world. Right. Now the soppy stuff is out the way. Let's get into this episode.

Now I came up with the idea for this episode the other day where I was having a little

think. So just before I went off to sleep for my nap, I was lying on my bed upstairs and I was

having a think about all the lessons that I've learned so far in my life and the things that

I wish I'd known sooner or someone had told me about

sooner. So I decided to write down some of these things. I always have a notebook in my drawer by

my bed because sometimes at night if I can't sleep or if I'm reading a book or whatever,

I'll just jot down some thoughts. I think it's always good to have them so they don't disappear into the universe.

So I came up with eight things or eight lessons that I think have been most valuable to me.

And of course I want to share with you in the hope that even some if not all might

help and serve you in your life. So here we go and don't be afraid of writing these down by the way.

I have them written down on a piece of paper and often refer back to them from time to time as gentle reminders. So here we go. Number one, the first lesson, quality over quantity.

Life is about quality, not quantity.

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