E168 - Barry Hearn: 10 life lessons that made me a multi-millionaire
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Barry Hearn OBE is a sporting events promoter and the president and founder of Matchroom Sport. Barry is involved in many sports including snooker, darts, pool and golf. Barry’s ‘10 rules for life’ have carried him through his career and personal life, today he shares them with Jake and Damian. These rules include: it’s better to be lucky than good looking; tell the truth, it’s easier than telling lies and life begins with smiles and ends with tears. They discuss the three stages of life and how to use them to your advantage, whilst giving back to the people around you.
In this interview, Barry shares with Jake and Damian his wisdom and the source of his ferocious self-belief, with take-aways that can be applied to anyone’s and everyone’s life.
“I'm unbeatable. You can dim me, you can damage me. You’re never ever gonna beat me.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, I'm Jake Cumpfrey and this is High Performance, the podcast that reminds you |
| 0:06.0 | that it's within your ambition, your purpose, your story are all there. We just help unlock |
| 0:11.0 | it by turning the lived experiences of the planet's highest performers into your life lessons. |
| 0:16.8 | And right now, myself and Professor Damien Hughes are going to speak to one of the most fascinating |
| 0:21.5 | business people on the planet so that he can be your teacher. Before we get there though, |
| 0:26.4 | if you're struggling for Christmas presents, I know we're releasing this episode just a few |
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| 0:48.2 | podcast. Right, but let's get to it. Today's episode, oh this is good man, we welcome Barry Hurn. |
| 0:54.4 | Someone said once about me, he's not the brightest candle in the room, but he burns longer than anyone |
| 1:01.1 | else. And that's exactly what I do. I won't be defeated, you see. I don't think my ego will take |
| 1:07.8 | it. I have to win. That 180 grand saved my life, saved my business and saved me more importantly, |
| 1:16.5 | show me that you're never completely finished. You know while you're breathing, there's fighting |
| 1:21.3 | the old dog, the situation will define you as a person as well as you will define the situation. |
| 1:27.6 | And you learn more about yourself in adversity than you'll ever learn in success. |
| 1:32.4 | That's what everyone's got to find. They've got to find that inner strengths that take some past |
| 1:37.6 | ordinary people if they want to be special. I'm unbeatable. I can't be beat. This is impossible. |
| 1:45.2 | You can damp me. You can damage me. You're never ever going to beat me. You know what I think |
| 1:52.1 | this is such a cool episode of high performance. Barry's now 74 years old, right? And this conversation |
| 1:58.2 | felt packed with seven decades of wisdom as well as that he's self made. I know lots of you listen to |
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