BITESIZE #63 | Mary Portas: Why being bored can be good for you
The High Performance Podcast
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🗓️ 15 April 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
This week’s bitesize highlight comes from retail and brand communication expert Mary Portas, who explains why boredom can be good for you, as it enables creativity and problem-solving by allowing the mind to wander and daydream.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by the London Academy of Trading, the UK's first accredited |
| 0:05.6 | Trading Academy. Now, as living costs continue to rise, lots of people are turning to a side hustle |
| 0:10.4 | to supplement their income, totally understandable. In fact, research by LAT has revealed |
| 0:16.8 | approximately three in ten admit they're interested in get rich quick schemes, while 16% |
| 0:23.0 | are considering trading cryptocurrency. But look, I see it all the time on social media, there are |
| 0:28.1 | so many online influencers paid thousands to endorse products and projects that they basically |
| 0:33.2 | know very little about. Many of them lack any accreditation or any legitimate references, |
| 0:37.9 | and following similar warnings from the financial conduct authority and the advertising standards |
| 0:42.4 | authority, the London Academy of Trading wants to warn you against this and support people by helping |
| 0:48.7 | them learn the right way to trade. That's why the London Academy of Trading offers a range of one |
| 0:53.8 | to 12 week courses to help individuals regardless of your experience to learn to trade in the |
| 0:59.0 | financial markets, whilst managing risk at all times. With flexibility, you can study online |
| 1:04.5 | on their live trading floor or a mixture of both, and if life gets busy, you can pause and restart |
| 1:10.7 | at any time. These courses are designed to help people improve their understanding of the |
| 1:14.9 | financial markets, so don't be tempted by those so-called get rich quick schemes. Go online to |
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| 1:36.4 | that we are desperate to do here on the High Performance Podcast is drive real change when it comes |
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| 1:46.2 | okay, I have been in therapy, I've had help, and I would recommend it wholeheartedly. Why do we |
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