Hiya, welcome along to a brand new episode of the High Performance Podcast. Can I just

start by saying thank you so much for all the amazing feedback to the conversation we

had last week with Mel Robbins, the inspirational female speaker from the United States. You've

come on here, talked about high-fiving yourself every single day and I will be totally honest.

Myself and Damien were concerned that mainly because this has listened to a lot of

Brits this podcast and we're a cynical bunch. We thought people would be like, what high-fiving

self, what is that? But the reaction has been unreal and we now have Mel as a listener

as well. So Mel over there in America, from all of us on High Performance, thank you so much

for coming on for sharing, for talking about your high-five habit and the impact has been

unbelievable. The number of downloads was stunning. This week, someone totally different

and this is what I love about this podcast. Here's what you can expect on today's High Performance

Podcast. I got knocked out in the most horrendous fashion. The guy hit me with an overhand

ride. I went down, I was already unconscious and the guy leapt through the air and he's

like, oh, born in the lands with his forearm on me and everyone said he's done. He will never

ever come back from a knockout like that. If you're in an angry, frantic state of mind,

you'll never the best version of yourself. Regardless of what it is, whatever you're doing

in life, if you're mad, if you're angry, you're not being the best version of yourself.

Simple as that. This guy said to me, he said that I worked with my supervisors. He says,

Michael, he said, what do you want to do for the rest of your life? Is this what you want

to do? I said, no, we need to give it some thought because before you know, it's 40 years

will have passed just like it did for me. It's never easy. If you're chasing your dreams

and chasing your goals, be prepared that there's going to be dark days, there's going to

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