meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Moment 29 - How To Fearlessly Pursue Your Dreams: Ben Williams

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

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

We’ve all got dreams, yet not everyone is willing to pursue them. So what does it actually take in order to achieve the life of our dreams?

I put this question to Ben Williams, former Royal Marine, to find out how he found his purpose and turned his life around.

Episode 68 - https://g2ul0.app.link/jhWxHvDnHkb

Ben:
https://www.instagram.com/ben_williams_cm/

Watch the episodes on Youtube:

The Diary Of A CEO live - Sign up here - https://g2ul0.app.link/diaryofaceolive

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I've got a very good friend, Domain, who I know what Mimey is saying this because we talk

0:08.2

about it openly, who is going through tough times at the moment.

0:12.1

He sounds very, very similar to the guy that you described who was having those negative

0:15.8

thoughts and was looking for purpose in life.

0:18.4

And I'm almost searching for the advice to give him.

0:20.3

I think that's why I'm asking you the question because he is that guy that sat in his car

0:24.6

looking up at the sky, wondering what's the point in living.

0:28.2

What is it that takes you from that place to putting the shorts on and saying, do you

0:32.1

know what?

0:33.1

I'm going to do something for me for once.

0:34.3

I'm going to help myself.

0:35.3

No one else is going to get me out of this situation but me.

0:38.7

That bit there feels like the hardest mountain to climb.

0:43.6

I guess for you, it was that sense of purpose and prestige and that was, you know, this had

0:47.4

been your childhood dream or like, there's also this quite I sometimes ponder on, which

0:51.5

is change happens when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of making

0:55.0

a change.

0:56.0

Like when life becomes such so much, it would be it would suck less to go and be beasted.

1:02.2

Yeah.

1:03.2

Yeah.

1:04.2

You've got to want something.

1:06.6

That's what I looking back at having learned everything along the way.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FlightStory, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FlightStory and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.