Barry Hearn: How I Still Wake Up Every Day Hungry to Win

Someone said once about me, he's not the brightest candle in the room, but he burns longer than anyone else. And that's exactly what I do. I won't be defeated, you see. That is the voice of Barry Hearn, the legendary sports promoter, founder of matrium sport, a chartered accountant by trade and the man who turns snooker, darts, fishing, and boxing into global commercially dominant empires.

This is a conversation about the fundamental laws of success and why, for Barry, everything's a competition. Listening, as Barry lays out his incredible Ten Rules for Life, and he shows us why being unbeatable is a mindset which you can choose not a skill that you're born with. He shares with us his think poor to stay rich philosophy, and how pressure is only felt by those who fail. There's a brilliant story in here about how he nearly lost everything, standing in the snow on Christmas Eve, nineteen eighty eight, one deal away from bankruptcy.

It could have been written by Charles Dickens. But most powerfully, he talks about his mum, a working class snob as he calls her, instilled in him an unbreakable work ethic that still drives him today. We're going to start this conversation with that exact mindset, the chip on his shoulder, the hunger to build something from nothing, and his refusal to let anyone else write his story. I'd like you to join me and welcome Matchroom founder Barry Hearn to High Performance. Your decisions are defined by your ten rules for life.

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