Common Sense with Mike Omoniyi

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