It's no sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society.

There's lots of factors in our culture which are undermining our ability to be the best version of ourselves.

Depression and anxiety are not technical malfunctions in the main,

they are signals.

They're telling us that something's gone wrong in our lives

that we need to change.

None of us are going to lie on our deathbed

and think about all the likes we got on

Instagram and all the issues we bought. We're going to think about moments of love and meaning

and connection. Focus and attention are at the heart of all human achievement. There is a lot

indicating we are in a serious attention crisis. The solutions are there.

We can do it. We can sort this out, we can fix this. And you know, this is in the interests of everyone. That is the voice of author Johann Harry who

joins us on today's episode of High Performance, the show that explores the stories and ideas

of some of the most extraordinary people in the world.

I'm J. Humphrey and like a lot of you I'm simply fascinated by just unlocking a better version of myself.

And I'm Damien Hughes, an expert in high performance. I've worked with the England

National Football team, Scotland Rugby, and professional sports teams right across the world, and with

leading business people to help them understand how to get the best

out of themselves and others. In this podcast we discuss both how people achieve great things and the why that drives them to do so.

And both of us are very excited to welcome Johann Harry on to today's show.

He's a New York Times best-selling author.

He's written about a diverse range of topics including focus,

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