If you had asked me what is the greatest value to me, I would have unhesitatingly I would have said the well-being and happiness of my family.

But if you actually looked at how I live my life, what you were concluded is that this guy's highest value is advancement at work.

There's such a thing called evaluation stress. What do we do to kids?

Remember constantly marking them, grading them and demanding that they behave this way and that way

and they perform this and they perform that.

We're creating evaluation stress.

In my 40s I was alienated and depressed and I was successful but I wasn't a happy camper and you know I had

to wake up and start dealing with it. It's an ongoing process.

That was the voice of the globally renowned physician and author Gabon Matse,

who joins us on this episode of High Performance, the show that explores the stories and the ideas

are some of the most extraordinary people in the world.

Hi there, I'm Jay Comfort, and like a lot of human beings, I just love exploring ways to be more content and to try and get the most I can from my life.

And I'm Damien Hughes, I sports teams all over the world including the

Scotland Rugby Union team and the England National Football team, as well as with leading business

people to help them understand how to create environments that get the best out of themselves and others.

So, team, what can we tell you about today's guest?

Well, he's an expert in a range of topics.

You can expect to hear us discussing addiction stress developmental psychology which is a topic close to his heart

because at just five months old Gabor's grandparents were murdered in Auschwitz and despite growing up in the shadow of that trauma his family

moved to Canada where he went on to become a physician and wrote several

incredible best-setting books. I found it such an honor to be being Gabo's presence as any regular

listeners to this show will know that I love understanding psychology and you'll

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