Hi, it's Brian Rose, and welcome to London Real.

If you're listening to this podcast, it means that you're excited about learning and creating real change.

Well, me too. That's why I started broadcasting this show eight years ago.

And over that time I've learned that change only happens when you take action.

Maybe you've been thinking about what steps you could take in order to live a better life. But you're feeling stuck or don't know where to start.

I understand and that's why I created the London Real Academy to help people take that first

step towards everything from starting their own

business to recording their first podcast to speaking publicly or just

to leading a healthier more productive lifestyle and today I'm offering you a free one-to-one phone call with one of my London

Real Academy coaches who can speak with you directly about your personal

challenges and how we can help. There is no cost for this and no obligation.

So if you're ready to take action go to Londonreal. TV.

forward slash change or click on the link to book your free coaching call and start your journey today.

Now, on to the show.

We're not in any danger of being unambitious.

The danger now is suicide.

Roughly one in ten Americans today is depressed.

We are suffering from an epidemic of mental unwellness,

largely bred by the expectation that our lives will be stellar

when in fact they are far more likely only to be ordinary.

I was a dutiful student when I went to school and then university.

I wanted to please my parents and tick all the boxes,

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