When does dedication become obsession? With Stephen Hendry, Jill Scott, Jonny Wilkinson and Brent Hoberman
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we look back upon some of the guests whose dedication to High Performance has had a detrimental effect on other elements of their lives. Jake and Damian explore the difficulties associated with going 'all in', while reliving moments from Jill Scott, Brent Hoberman, Stephen Hendry and Jonny Wilkinson.
Listen to their full episodes here:
Jill Scott: https://pod.fo/e/17147d
Brent Hoberman: https://pod.fo/e/172e1d
Stephen Hendry: https://pod.fo/e/c12f9
Jonny Wilkinson: https://pod.fo/e/9cca4
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| 1:06.0 | the High Performance podcast and we know that you can't always spare an hour or sometimes a bit more |
| 1:10.5 | than that to hear one of our long form episodes but what we actually love to do is regularly look |
| 1:15.5 | back on previous guests who've joined us and try and find a common theme and Damien's with him |
| 1:19.9 | as always. Hey Damien. Hey Jake. He's actually in a hotel room in Barcelona. His life is clearly |
| 1:25.0 | far more glamorous than mine. I'm in a cold room in Norfolk. What we thought Damien was that we |
| 1:31.6 | would just look at some of the advice or some of the messages from our guests over the past year |
| 1:36.6 | about getting work life balance correct making sure that like there's not too high a price |
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