Simon Squibb: Investing in Strangers, Building Businesses and Our Education Problem (E322)

Before we get started, let me tell you you can now listen to High Performance Add Free. Start your free trial now on Apple, Spotify, or head to our website so you can listen to our episodes uninterrupted. I've gone and asked thousands of people in the street what their dream is, and I've seen what's stopping people. And there's lots of things. I think people should lean into pain more. They should take risk more. On the other side of pain is joy. But we could easily say no now, can't we? We got too weak and it's got too easy. Go find out who you really are, not what the school's told you you're gonna be, or what your friends think you are. Go find out who you really are. That's the voice of businessman, podcaster, and social media creator Simon Squibb, who joins us today on high performance. I'm Jay Comfrey, and alongside our brilliant expert Damien Hughes, this is the show that explores stories, ideas, and mindsets from some of the world's greatest high performers. Now

It's likely that you'll recognize Simon from his social media videos which often go viral, where he just walks up to strangers With a very simple question. What's your dream? A question which is also the title. of his new book. And look, it can sometimes feel really easy to get this pressure that you can always be hustling or grinding or pushing yourself to the next level.

But in this episode with Simon, we actually explore the importance of having dreams, the reality. of pushing to get to the next level. How you can identify what it is that you want in life. And once you've done that. how you can go about achieving it. This was a really interesting conversation with someone who, as you're gonna hear, is keen to challenge assumptions and conventions wherever he sees them.

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