Damien Hughes

See, one of the challenges here, Damien, is that we exist in a world now where there are shortcuts for other areas of life.

You know, people are constantly looking on social media and seeing success coming easy to other people.

Everybody is sharing perfection rather than the struggles in life.

So I can understand how, for all of us listening to this episode, we're looking for shortcuts.

You know, what's the most common question you and I get asked?

What's the one thing that links all of your guests on high performance?

And people are asking that question because

They think there's a shortcut to it.

And I guess I'm reminded of the time when we were on tour and we were in Manchester and we spoke to the absolutely hilarious Russell Kane, who said that people would come up to him and go, oh, I really want to be a comedian.

Can I be on your ticket for the next gig and maybe just be on your undercard and be your warm-up guy?

And he would say to them, listen, you know when you see someone with massive muscles, right?

you don't just assume that they got them easily or you don't ask if you can have their muscles, you get in the gym and you do the work.

And he would always remind those people that he's had to perform to empty clubs for 25 years with no one laughing to get where he is now.

And I think it's a real challenge, particularly for young people growing up in this comparison culture that they only see other people's success.

And of course, there are also lots of people willing to sell you a shortcut.

There are grifters everywhere telling you that they have the secret to doing it quicker, easier, faster, cheaper than everybody else.

So in many ways, the cards are stacked against people who are patient, people who do the right thing, people who have those strong morals.

enjoy learning my craft rather than just being fixated on the outcomes are so key what about though people who are listening to this and they're listening to it because they've spent years trying to get to a place they want to get to and they haven't got to that place and they actually know that there is a shortcut they can take there is a quick route there is the real world equivalent of juicing

What do we say to those people?

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