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24 Lessons from 24 Hours: The 24 Hour Podcast Challenge Highlights
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How much can you really learn in 24 hours? It turns out quite a lot. Check out the highlights from the 24 hour podcast challenge I hosted on 13th-14th October 2022.
š§¢ "Get fired up by what fires you up and do what you love" ~ Mat Hunter
š§¢ "The greatestĀ currencyĀ you'll ever own is the way you treat other people" ~ Jack 'The Lad' Hayes
š§¢ "Build your network, get your connections, academics will get you so far but one you start in any professional area your career develops through contacts" ~ Alex Jones
š§¢ "If you areĀ resilient, and you are consistent and you areĀ persistentĀ and you are constantly out there trying to make your business model work, just keep at it" ~ Dodge Woodall
š§¢ "I think if you want to get anywhere in life, you've got to give 100%, they're the main skill sets that you see from every top player that I played with, hard work, that's just number one" ~ Will Buckley
š§¢ "Be relentlessly, relentlessly your authentic self" ~ Lewis Hatchett
š§¢ "To have real impact on the world we need to encourage independent thought" ~ Austin Okolo
š§¢ "The worst thing you can lose is hope, as long as there is hope you can get through anything" ~ Rachel WatkynĀ
š§¢ "Take one step at a time, keep going and it's amazing how far you can go" ~ Giles Palmer
š§¢ "You've got to laugh more, life is to short" ~ Matt Turner
š§¢ "Be in the moment and enjoy what you do" ~ Gordon Greer
š§¢ "You can be as successful as you want, whatever that looks like for you, you can make all the money in the world if that's what motivates you, but at the end of your life when you have nothing, all you have is love, and all you have is the relationships with the people in your life that you've built over that time and all the money in the world is not going to help you at that point' ~ Leigh Otterson-Walter
š§¢ "I think positivity is my biggest thing, I always try and put a positive spin on it' ~ Steven Edwards
š§¢ "We can find inspiration in the most unlikely places" ~ Martin Leppard
š§¢ "Live with gratitude, be thankful for what you have in this life, that's it" ~ Sonny Cutting
š§¢ "Carpe Diem, Seize the Day" ~ Rob Duce
š§¢ "Instead of thinking about what could go wrong, think about what could go right" ~ Tom Freyberg
š§¢ "My mantra in life is always gonna be crack on mate, and that's why I say to all your listeners is get on with it, you got something to do today, just get on with it, get a plan get it going and CRACK ON!" ~ Jon Saunders
š§¢ "Don't think about your network as something your growing with an outcome in mind, just keep on making connections cause they will drive things" ~ James Greenfield
š§¢ "What's the choice? The choices are to lie in the gutter or look at the stars" ~ Sarah HurstĀ
š§¢ "Find balance and surround yourself with positive people in all you do" ~ Mo Kanjilal
š§¢ "Don't put yourself to the bottom of the list" ~ Marcella Whittingdale
š§¢ "Get up in the morning and pledge to make every second, every minute, every hour count" ~ Carole Gilling-Smith
š§¢ "Do something that is bigger than you" ~ Donna Holland
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