Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

Knowing who YOU are, and who YOU want to be

Name: Knowing who YOU are, and who YOU want to be
Uploaded: 2024-05-09T16:00:39+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this reflective monologue, the speaker emphasizes the importance of constantly knowing and owning one's identity and aspirations, warning against the…

9 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker emphasizes the importance of constantly knowing and owning one's identity and aspirations, warning against the habit of perpetual self‑comparison. By citing George Eaton’s podcast with Stephen Bartlett—where Eaton boasts massive professional achievements yet admits struggles in his romantic life—the speaker illustrates how an over‑focus on work can undermine personal relationships. The speaker contrasts this with their own strong marital relationship, using it as evidence that clear personal goals and regular sense‑checking against those goals help navigate external pressures, sales pitches, and inspirational distractions, ultimately keeping decisions aligned with what one truly wants to create.

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Because you're going to constantly be comparing yourself. It's knowing who you want to be, knowing who you are, owning it, constantly going back to that in those moments. So listen to George Eaton's podcast with Stephen Bartlett, and I'm probably listening to about 60% of the episode thinking, I am shit. Because he's like, you know, his numbers are insane, 100 million, it's so impressive. And then he starts talking about his relationships. Didn't want to call his girlfriend, couldn't handle a date, hasn't ever worked for him. And I thought, you know what, that might make him happy the way he puts 99% into work and he can't sustain, you know, a romantic relationship. But for me, the relationship I've got with my wife is incredible. It actually reinforced why I make certain decisions. Like, know what you want to create, be prepared that people are going to push you into different directions, and people are going to sell you stuff, and people are going to inspire you to do things, and that's okay as well. But keep sense-checking it back to what you said you want to do.