This episode is with Daniel Kramer, a 24 year old cousin, fellow podcaster, keen sportsman and someone who’s relentlessly curious to find ways to improve himself.

Born with only 40% vision in one eye and then diagnosed with ADHD, his story and approach to life is truly extraordinary.   

Some of the inspiring and thought-provoking topics we cover are:

- Having to accept constant help at hand from a young age, and the challenge then to craft his own independence as he grew older.
- At aged 14  being forced to lie flat dead still for 2 weeks after eye surgery the feeling of being lonely and helpless encouraged him to accept his situation 
- How this has meant he’s adopted a philosophy of Life events happen for me and not to me
- Benefit of learning from others and letting them help you the feel good factor they experience from doing so 
- Showing gratitude when accepting help
- In US asking for help is seen as weak and yet by simply lowering your ego can be seen as strong 
- Our accept-help blockers often come from our default to help out everyone else first versus ourselves 
- It’s not selfish to priorities yourself first, since you gain the energy and self-love to be better placed to help others 
- Being selfish is when you don’t share your success, lessons learned, achievements, and are always looking for something in return 
- Creating an accepting and asking for help culture will help the mental health of society
- We don’t know what’s behind the perfect picture on social media - to not judge and perhaps reach out to offer help
- Pat yourself on the back when you accept even the small offers of help to start to make habitual changes in your life
- Biggest way to pay someone back who has helped you is to help someone else

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