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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗
When I was about 18, I worked on the chicken counter in a large supermarket, and every morning I had to pierce 64 birds on to industrial skewers to load up the rotisserie. That was very grim.
On a cosmetics production line. I walked out after half a day.
Scrabbling about under dusty floorboards as an electrician in my early 20s.
Christmas elf at the Rainforest Cafe.
I was in Kensington Gardens and this couple stopped me and said: “Hey, could we get a picture? I said: “Sure.” I put my arms around their shoulders, and they looked at me and said: “No, can you take a picture of us?”
“Oh, he’s all about money.” I’ve never charged anyone in all the years I’ve been doing one-to-one work. That’s my gift to the world.
Impatience. My dad said I was born in a hurry.
To have been one of the people who brought hypnotherapy to the world.
People mistaking my kindness for weakness and stealing from me.
Pleasure is a glass of champagne, happiness is when you are living your values. I get up each morning and I’m excited by the day, and I have good health. This is the happiest that I’ve ever been.
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