The absolute extremes; why some are compelled to push beyond the edge and what can hyper-driven business people learn from these folks?

There’s the neuroscientist continuously violating his brain to override his disgust response.

The hardcore wrestler turning natural-born agitation into curated ultraviolence.

The architect hanging from hooks in her flesh at weekends, to better get out of her head.

The ultrarunner who draws parallels between his current pursuit and his former life smoking crack.

The BDSM don helping people flirt with death in order to feel more alive.

The ballet dancer who could not separate her identity from her practice until at death’s door.

And the porn star-turned-MMA fighter for whom sex and violence are two sides of the same coin.

Where this is going is there is a part of human nature compelled to test our own limits. But what happens when this part comes to define us?

Which is a reason I wanted to deep-dive with Jenny Valentish, who has a new book out, ‘Everything Harder Than Everyone Else’.

It’s about people willing to do the things that most others couldn’t, wouldn’t or shouldn’t. By delving into their extreme behaviour, there’s a lot that us mere mortals can learn about the human condition.

Jenny is also a journalist who freelances for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and Rolling Stone.


Here’s what to expect in this episode:

✅ 20:53 - The upside to trauma
✅ 31:38 - How to apply compartmentalisation to switch between the roles we play
✅ 35:02 - How to avoid addiction taking over from discipline in your home life


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