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As if Monday wasn’t bad enough, this post features me.
Worse, a video of me.
Talking right at you.
I know … I know …
You can blame the lovely Franck Vinchon who is doing a project on what challenges enable.
Part of this is because he’s always been passionate about the power of challenger brands, the other part is that in a world where we seem to do everything we can to avoid the hard stuff, maybe we need to remember what that allows us to do and become.
Sometimes.
Anyway, he very kindly asked me to be a part of this project … and despite the fact he’d have got much better answers if he’d asked the people/clients who have to work with me … I have given it a go.
There’s two points I should mention.
One. I need to acknowledge that challenges don’t always end up with a happy ending and so it’s important not to forget, discount or dismiss anyone who has experienced and endured that. It’s dead easy to position people who overcome – and even succeed – against challenges as some sort of brilliant individual. But in the vast majority of cases, it tends to be either because of being born into some sort of privilege or just dumb luck. I definitely fall into both of those camps with my life. And occasionally – but only occasionally – it has a little to do with grit, determination and stubborn perseverance.
Two. I can’t believe how different I look since the last video I made with Franck. Sure that was 4 years ago. Sure I have spent the last 10 months on a big health kick. But Jesus Christ! Nothing highlights this more than the glasses … which are the same ones I’m wearing in both videos. I appreciate no one will care, but for me, it’s a huge thing which kind of reflects why the loss of weight has been more about the emotional impact it has had on me than the physical.