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E98: How To Stop Being A People Pleaser

In this Episode, M.T. is joined by Amani Simpson, an award-winning youth coach, speaker and filmmaker.

In this wholesome conversation they discuss how he moved from being stabbed to now working to save and inspire young people, his acclaimed short film 'AMANI' starring Joivan Wade, which has now been watched nearly 4 million times and how he thinks about his journey now.

Time Stamps

01:06 Did you choose your work or did your work choose you?
02:13 You were glad you got stabbed?
05:15 Getting bullied in school
12:00 Creating the short film AMANI with Jovian Wade
21:15 The hardest thing I've ever done
32:19 I've changed the narrative in my family
37:30 Advice for people who feel they aren't growing
52:51 Your new film Save Me

In this Episode, M.T. answers questions from our community on the crisis currently engulfing the Middle East.

Many of us don't know what to think and swimming through all the media narratives can be difficult. This is a good guide for anyone trying to make sense of some of the moving parts of the conflict.

Rory Sutherland is one of the world's leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.



In this, his second appearance on Common Sense Pod, we tackle a range of issues from AI to politics to big tech.



01:11 Tik Tok Algorithms

11:01 Changes to remote working

26:36 Elon Musk and Twitter

38:44 How can we harness AI

40:55 Im 10% Ghanaian

43:50 What is Conservatism

56:32 The problem with the Intellectual left

1:19:25 The right is correct about this

1:33:32 Dominic Cummings



Do let us know what you think

Timi Merriman-Johnson is an award-winning financial content creator, podcaster, author and founder of Mr MoneyJar, a UK-based financial education company.

02:20: How would you describe the work you do?
10.53: Rich dad poor dad
10:00: Why do you subject yourself to all this pain
15:27: What we think about people changes what we think about them
24:46: Growing in confidence
31:32: Organising your finances

Success is often defined as failing forward and not losing motivation. In this episode, we explore what it looks like to develop a resilient mindset

Alex Haydock-Wilson is a British track and field athlete. In 2023, he became British 400 metres champion. He was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 and came back with a bronze medal.

00:43: How are you feeling
03.20: My identity isn't built on winning
10:00: Why do you subject yourself to all this pain
26:08: Letting go of old identities
43:33: Why does the World Championship medal mean to you
47:42: The power of narratives

Kenny Imafidon is an entrepreneur, author, and social commentator

When he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit Kenny faced a minimum of thirty years behind bars – longer than the life he had lived.

In this podcast, we talk about his transformative time in prison, and the people and conversations that took him from being on trial for murder into the company of some of the most successful people in the world.

That Peckham Boy (His new book) is a real-life manifesto calling for positive change for those on the fringes of society.