Letter To My Younger Self with Dame Mary Perkins DBE, co-founder of Specsavers
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Whilst sharing her letter to her younger self and reflecting on her 40 plus years spent building an empire, Dame Mary shares her words of wisdom, the things she wished she had known at the start of her journey.
Gracious, grounded and utterly genuine, Mary’s words which resonate as much today as they have.
This is your micro shot of inspiration and an episode that brings to life the transformative power of a simple letter.
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| 0:00.0 | What a great way to live your life by treating others as you would wish to be treated yourself. |
| 0:07.3 | This would be adopted as the values of my company, but remember it's difficult to do day in, day out all year round. But do try, because looking |
| 0:18.1 | after each other is what life is all about. Hello, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to letters to my younger self, a beloved part of conversations of inspiration. |
| 0:35.0 | I wanted to bring you poignant moments from the many years of recording this |
| 0:39.2 | podcast which has changed my life, drawing on the gracious vulnerability of my guests, |
| 0:45.9 | where we can absorb what I believe are some of life's biggest learnings. |
| 0:51.0 | This micro-podcast is brought to you by Royal Mail, a business who understands the power of a simple letter. |
| 1:00.8 | Today I reintroduce one of the most honored guests Dame Mary Perkins, the |
| 1:06.6 | visionary founder of Spexavers. A woman so humble and so gloriously down to earth at times it can be hard to believe she's actually |
| 1:15.6 | responsible for building one of the UK's most recognizable brands. |
| 1:20.6 | And when I listened again to Mary's letter, I was struck by her reflections on a whole life's time work. |
| 1:28.0 | And I have to tell you, these are some serious words of wisdom, everyone. Mary knows better than anyone that success doesn't come easily. |
| 1:37.8 | It takes hard graft and you have a |
| 1:45.0 | passion to stick with it but as she says in her letter if you're not afraid of hard work and |
| 1:46.0 | you have passion for what you do then anything is possible. |
| 1:51.6 | Dear Mary, well it's probably a good thing that we can't see into the future. |
| 1:57.0 | That way we can't manipulate what path our lives will take. |
| 2:02.0 | That being said, it was the best decision for you to listen to Dad. |
| 2:07.0 | He was an exceptional man who started life in Lancashire working in the cotton mills and ended up his life as an optometress and he was a chimney |
| 2:17.2 | sweep and a photographer and even a furniture remover with the OSHA brothers in Guernsey. Both mum and dad had |
| 2:26.1 | difficult times but love their family, friends and everyone they met and this |
| 2:31.5 | is going to stand you well all your life. Remember when you read |
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