E192 - Jax Jones: The letter I wrote that changed my life

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High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jax Jones, known privately as Timucin Lam, is a DJ, songwriter and record producer. He rose to fame in 2014 and since then has sold over 35 million records, with 4 billion streams. For the first time, he opens up to Jake and Damian about how his turbulent childhood, challenging family relationships and immense pressure to succeed from a young age has shaped him: “Music was a way out. It was a way to mean something.” Jax shares the details of his manifesto, which he wrote at a crucial time in his life and what this means for his future.

He describes himself as constantly being followed by a ghost, a dark shadow that drives him ruthlessly to achieve any goal. Being in therapy from a young age has led him to great self-reflection and analysis, which allows him to turn his life into valuable lessons for those listening.

Jax Jones' single Whistle ft. Calum Scott is out now: jaxjones.lnk.to/Whistle

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Jake Humphrey and this is High Performance, the award-winning podcast
0:06.0	that reminds you it's already within.
0:09.6	Greetings to our listeners right across the world who tune in to us every week so we can
0:13.7	be your armour, your partner, your guide in a world that often feels so negative, so
0:19.3	divisive and so confused.
0:22.3	Look we really hope these conversations remind you of your power, of your potential, what
0:27.3	all of us are capable of.
0:29.2	So right now please allow myself and Professor Damian Hughes to unlock the mind of a fascinating
0:35.3	musician.
0:36.8	Today this awaits you.
0:40.4	I've noticed like as I'm chasing these ideas there's always this ghost behind me like
0:45.4	this dark shadow that's like trying to tell me all the usual things.
0:49.9	Now you're not going to do that like you're not good enough, you're shit.
0:55.2	I was just mad depressed, I was did bricks in academy, I'd buy that time sold like I don't
1:00.9	know 35 million records or something but I just felt so uninspired and I didn't like
1:05.6	music anymore.
1:07.2	I think a bandiment was important for me because you learn to self-sustain, my abandonment
1:15.2	started.
1:16.6	I guess you could argue when my biological father dipped.
1:20.7	But what moves the needle is making music and that's how we speak to people.
1:24.7	That is what gives us the most joy.
1:27.3	So I follow that joy and I make the critical decisions to allow me to be in that joy as
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