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When does dedication become obsession? With Stephen Hendry, Jill Scott, Jonny Wilkinson and Brent Hoberman

The High Performance Podcast

CHAPTER

The Joy of Self Control

I was a procrastinator I would never do things that I didn't want to do because I thought it would be too painful. Only when you actually do that thing that you realize the real pain. Like I'm 44 and not in the very best of shape and my bones creak and everything else but I'm trying to lose a bit of weight right. The real joy at the moment is just proven to myself that I can do it. Can I stick to a really rigid really strict diet for three months? That's how much pleasure I get from eating five bags of Christian evening when I'm a bit peckish or letting myself down. And there's a discipline is choosing between

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