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Nov 2021
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E87 - Alastair Campbell: What I've learn...

High Performance
About this episode

Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy. 


Alastair has written seventeen books including a Number 1 best-selling analysis of what it takes to win in politics, business and sport, Winners and How They Succeed, and two personal memoirs on depression and the pursuit of happiness. 


His latest, Living Better: How I learned to survive depression, was also a Sunday Times best-seller.


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