Aug 9, 2022
In this episode we dive deep into the world of bad habits, overindulgence, and addiction. As someone who regularly overindulged, Duncan cleaned up his act, when faced with the questions, ‘Do you want another drink, or do you want a child?” As he shares his story, we explore some of the science behind bad habits and how as managers we could inadvertently be encouraging them in our own team.
KEY TAKEAWAY
“You want to reward the team. What do you do? You buy them donuts. That's not a reward, in my opinion, that's a punishment. You know, that's, that's not like something to celebrate. That's something that actually makes you feel less good and makes you less good at your job. So why would you do that? I don't buy people chocolate or wine in the same way that I wouldn't buy them cigarettes or cocaine.”
ABOUT DUNCAN
Duncan has done his fair share of overindulgence, strictly speaking he’s drunk more than his fair share of wine and eaten more than his fair share of cake. Along the way he found himself in some interesting places like on stage with S-Club, a stint as Mayor of his hometown and Morris dancing in Westminster Abbey. After 20 years of over-doing it, he cleaned up his act and trained with the Easyway clinic, the world’s most successful stop smoking service. Now he spends his time helping people push over-indulgence out of their life. He lives in Abingdon with one wife, one daughter and two bonsai trees.
Duncan’s Book: Get Over Indulgence: Take Control Find Your Stress-Free Life *
DUNCAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS:
Books
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life Annie Grace * This Naked Mind
The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease (The Addicted Brain) Marc Lewis * The Biology of Desire
CONNECT WITH DUNCAN
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanbhaskaranbrown/
Website: https://www.bhaskaranbrown.com/
ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU
Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.
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