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How Burnout, Cancer, And Silence Rewrote A Life - James Brett
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What if the most powerful shift you can make in midlife isn’t another push, but a pause?
In this episode, I sit down with James Brett—a former high-stakes sales leader across Europe and Asia Pacific—whose life was redirected by a diagnosis and a sudden confrontation with his own limits. Moving from boardrooms to a hospital bed forced him into a kind of listening he had spent years avoiding. What he discovered is that resilience isn’t built through force; it’s built through presence, pacing, and deep respect for the body.
James shares how he transformed dysfunctional teams by…
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