#144 - PAUL MORT - Two Blokes, Zero Notes, One Very Unhinged Chat

I sat down with my good pal Paul Mort straight after an event he'd invited me down to speak at, hit record, and had no plan whatsoever.What came out wasn't really a business podcast. It's about pace, obsession, escapism, ADHD, and what it's like being a dad to kids who are wired the same way you are.What we get into:Why the day you plant the seed isn't the day you pick the flower — and how much pressure that takes off you in the quiet stretchesMinimum effective dose, and why the boring version of consistency is harder than the dramatic versionFreezing Tuesday night in Stoke vs Wembley on a Saturday — who you actually are when it's not funWhy everyone asks for thirty books in January and reads fourEscapism, and why we both need somewhere the phone doesn't comeADHD as an interest surplus rather than an attention deficitWhether a label gives you relief or gives you an excuseParenting a kid with the same wiring as you — and getting the push/pull balance wrongThe runway: realising you've got a handful of years left where they still want to come with youCringe mountain, and why being embarrassing is the job descriptionFair warning it's sweary and it goes everywhere. That's rather the point.LinksPaul Mort: https://www.instagram.com/paulmortofficial/Thrive at 40: https://www.skool.com/thriveat40 If you got something out of this, a rating and a review genuinely help more people find it.