E87 - Alastair Campbell: What I've learnt about winning in politics, sport and business
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy.
Alastair has written seventeen books including a Number 1 best-selling analysis of what it takes to win in politics, business and sport, Winners and How They Succeed, and two personal memoirs on depression and the pursuit of happiness.
His latest, Living Better: How I learned to survive depression, was also a Sunday Times best-seller.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Hype Performance World Cup! |
| 0:04.0 | Go on! |
| 0:06.0 | I can't say anything else, I'm too busy, goodbye. |
| 0:09.0 | That's Florence. |
| 0:11.0 | My daughter attempting to introduce this week's |
| 0:14.0 | Hype Performance Podcast. |
| 0:16.0 | You know what, I think we should get straight into it this week |
| 0:18.0 | because we've got a brilliant episode with a man |
| 0:20.0 | who has spent his life at the heart of government. |
| 0:22.0 | Flo, what you need to just do is say |
| 0:24.0 | here's what to expect on today's episode. |
| 0:27.0 | Here's what to expect on today's episode. |
| 0:29.0 | Very good. |
| 0:30.0 | I hope you're all having a great half term as well. |
| 0:32.0 | I get to call Lai every day on social media about a rack |
| 0:37.0 | 45 minutes to dodge dossier that every single day. |
| 0:41.0 | And I know I didn't lie, |
| 0:43.0 | but that's never going to make any difference to the people who say that. |
| 0:48.0 | So I think strategy is the most important. |
| 0:50.0 | And in a well-functioning organisation, |
| 0:54.0 | you won't have got to the top unless you're good at that. |
| 0:56.0 | But sadly, I think a lot of organisations people do get to the top |
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