Lewis Jenkins (COO) on 'the problem with chasing happiness'

This weeks guest is Generation UK's Chief Operating Officer,  Lewis Jenkins. Starting out his decade globe trotting around the world, Lewis always knew he wanted to travel, explore and work abroad. Deciding to pursue a career in finance, he witnessed the financial crash first hand as an intern on Wall Street in New York, and subsequently found himself in his mid twenties totally broke and struggling for work. Flash forward one year and he was training as a political risk consultant, flying business class around the world while trying to stay afloat in the harsh corporate climate, or, in other words, got everything he ever wanted in the form of a high flying job and 5 star travel…By the end of his twenties, Lewis had ticked a lot of boxes in terms of hot girlfriends, a prestigious masters degree, five star travel and the trappings of success... but he wasn’t happy. Realising he was chasing something totally unattainable, he quit his job and bought a one way ticket to Australia with nothing but a business plan and an idea. In this episode we discuss all things travel, unemployment, chasing perfection and how getting everything you can possibly want is sometimes the worst thing that can happen to you...Our Favourite Millennial Minesweeper Quote this week was;“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now - Eckhart Tolle  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.