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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Moment 20 - Jim Chapman on How He Overcame His Failure Anxiety

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO.

It seems that in the modern world we live in ‘anxiety’ is a word we are all becoming far too familiar with. The same can be said for many celebrities and online personalities who at first glance may seem untouchable, however when you look a little deeper, no one has it all worked out.

In this extremely open and honest clip, Jim reveals how a complicated childhood became the source of many of his issues. He also reveals how he has come to identify and overcome his anxiety for both himself and his new family on the way!

Transcript

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0:00.0

What kind of dad do you want to become? Because you've got a kid on the way now, perhaps again.

0:10.8

Yeah, thanks. It's really hard to say this because I know that every first time prospective parent

0:18.9

goes, oh, I'm going to be the last dad. And actually, invariably, we'll all fuck up at some point.

0:23.8

It's going to happen. I think for me, if I can have a child and if I can instill in them the waste of time

0:33.7

in anxiety, just the sheer nonsense of it, I really want them to understand that worrying does

0:44.2

nothing. Yes, all right, we can be stressed about things. There are times when life is hard and

0:49.8

things, there's challenges to overcome, but you overcome those challenges when they present

0:55.8

themselves. There's no, my therapist wants her to me. When you worry, you rob yourself twice,

1:00.4

right? Because the first time around you're overwhelming, you're thinking about nothing,

1:05.2

but a potential problem, which may never ruin his head. If it doesn't ruin his head, then you've

1:09.6

wasted time worrying about it. If it does ruin his head, then you're forced into action because you

1:13.4

can't stay in that situation. So why stress about something that's never going to happen or,

1:18.3

you know, something that you will solve if it does happen? So I really want my child to understand,

1:24.8

just be content, I think, and to know that both me and Sarah and all of our families, so my siblings,

1:32.9

my mum, Sarah, siblings and her parents will always be there to help. You know, I think that,

1:39.2

if I can do that, then I'll have done a good job. I also want to make sure I'm around enough.

1:44.3

My job totally allows that. Like, I have time. I can work as little or as much as I want. That's

1:50.2

the beauty of my job. Obviously, I work less, I earn less, but, you know, I can make those sacrifices.

1:54.6

I don't at the moment. That's my problem. I work constantly because I like what I do and because

1:59.8

of the constant, it's anxiety. I'm constantly worried about if I take my foot off the gas, what happens next.

2:05.3

I find that fascinating, but I picked up on that before we started recording. Right. Because every

2:10.1

time we talked about your screenplays or other things you're working on, you would then end the

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