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Damien Hughes

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The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Let's have a listen to Jamila explain it.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Can I advise anyone to go and listen to that and stick with it in the end?

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Because she still gives us what I would still regard as the best answer to the question of what is your weakness?

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

And what's been the reactions to sharing that?

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

That's brilliant.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

I love that.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Because that's a really elegant way, isn't it?

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

And an honest way, an authentic way.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

But I like the idea of it gives you a plausible explanation of it that most people can empathize with.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Yeah, I like that.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

I recently chatted with Steve Peters at an event who was talking about imposter syndrome and he was like, that's your brain doing its job perfectly well.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

It's what it should be doing.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Because it's saying there's something important to you and you're questioning whether I have the ability to meet it.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

And if I don't, what do I need to do to be able to

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

address that challenge so yeah I think it's a great idea should we listen to one of my favourite footballers of the last few years that we've certainly sat down and spoke to Scott McTominay because we met him when he was still at Manchester United and he was still meeting the challenges there but then he faced the fear of leaving his comfort zone going out to Italy and has thrived in a new league

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Here he is.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Yeah.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

He had those emerald green eyes, didn't he, that really sort of like drew you in.

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

not thinking deeply about things and diving headfirst into bad decisions all the time yeah exactly it's about recognizing that it's a signal isn't it that's telling you this is important to me there's that there's something significant that I need to address here and having the willingness not to think that that courage is the absence of fear it's the willingness to go and be comfortable with those moments of discomfort

The High Performance Podcast
What Are You Actually Afraid Of? | The Truth About Fear & Self-Doubt

Yeah, so if you think about like these emotions, remember Simon Sinek when he spoke to us about, we often don't have a language for our emotions.