Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

How growing up without a father impacted Mark

Name: How growing up without a father impacted Mark
Uploaded: 2023-02-16T17:00:05+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: Mark grew up without a father and learned to build confidence alone, which sometimes tipped into arrogance. Now he channels that into being the stable…

16 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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Mark grew up without a father and learned to build confidence alone, which sometimes tipped into arrogance. Now he channels that into being the stable, encouraging presence for his kids, partner, and colleagues that he never had.

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It used to be my chip on my shoulder. Think about my children. They've got a great mum and dad who support them 100% of the way. They give them confidence, they give them belief. When you haven't got that, you need to find it from inside. And the thing is, especially with men, what we find we're doing is we're always proving ourselves. Like, there's a certain calmness about someone that's from a nice stable background, but when you haven't had that advantage, it's in you. I was always proving myself, always having to be the loud one, always having to be like the cocky, self-assured You know, possibly, you know, that fine line between confidence and arrogance. I think I stepped on the wrong line quite a lot of the time. I think that was true, and I've learned about that. And the difference really for me is now, like, everyone I work with, especially in that predicament, I feel like I'm their dad.