WEBVTT - MINI: Behind The Book - Christian's O'Connell's Unscript

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<v Speaker 1>I Heart podcasts, hear more gold podcast playlists and listen

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<v Speaker 2>Hey?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the Christian O'Connell show podcast. Two weeks time,

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks today, Big day for me. Super excited. The

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<v Speaker 1>book that I've been working on for the last couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years finally comes out on the twenty ninth of July,

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<v Speaker 1>is called Unscript The Radical Act of Being Yourself, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm having a first ever.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the fifth book I've written, and I've been

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<v Speaker 1>asked before to have book launch parties and I've always

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<v Speaker 1>said no, I haven't felt like it was the I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, this wouldn't it didn't really appeal to me.

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<v Speaker 1>But this time the radio station is doing a lovely

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<v Speaker 1>thing for me. They're throwing me a book launch party,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a really kind thing to do, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>inviting you. So starting tomorrow we'll start to give away invites.

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<v Speaker 1>About eighty of you can be. There's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>in Melbourne and then next month I do one in Sydney.

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<v Speaker 1>But the first one is going to be on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty seventh of July. Were going to a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>venue as well. Three hundred and sixty degree views of

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<v Speaker 1>the city as well. And Rio is actually one of

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<v Speaker 1>the In fact, you're the first person on the team

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<v Speaker 1>to read the book. I mean obviously you were. You

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<v Speaker 1>had a long train of long and long flights. You

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<v Speaker 1>started reading the book.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I've almost finished, mate, it is. It is so brilliant.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>It is not a book about even though it's obviously

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<v Speaker 3>a book about conversations, it's not a book about, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>being a brilliant radio host or being you know, a

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<v Speaker 3>great broadcaster.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, well, I wouldn't go to write that we got

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<v Speaker 1>a time wrong an hour ago, and I've been doing

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<v Speaker 1>it twenty eight years.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, who screws that up?

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<v Speaker 1>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>It's about, hopefully you'll get in the sense of what

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<v Speaker 2>it's about.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about the joy of connection, storytelling, what what's happening

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<v Speaker 1>moment as we're drifting apart from each other, the damage

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<v Speaker 1>of that. And my aim for the book really is

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<v Speaker 1>that halfway through it you get excited about having conversations

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<v Speaker 1>in an easier way with people.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and so much of the book is about getting

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<v Speaker 3>out of your own way. It's not about adding more

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<v Speaker 3>things onto your plate or things to do it's actually

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<v Speaker 3>taking things off your plate, getting out of your own way,

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<v Speaker 3>and being able to have better conversations, better connections, better relationships.

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<v Speaker 4>I actually noticed it helping me.

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<v Speaker 3>I got a haircut on Sunday and I was, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>thinking about the book, and you know the way you

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<v Speaker 3>engage with people. I had the best chat I've had

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<v Speaker 3>with someone in some time.

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<v Speaker 2>That's exactly the impacts I want from it. I haven't.

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<v Speaker 1>I was telling my wife and kids yesterday because they

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<v Speaker 1>were going, is Rio enjoying it? I said, yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>came in Monday, was talking about it, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>the thing that I can't stop thinking about is you

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<v Speaker 1>said you were surprised how vulnerable and personally is I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I've put everything into that book.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I like because it really is.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the way that you see the world, it's awesome,

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<v Speaker 3>very you know, some very personal and vulnerable moments that

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<v Speaker 3>you've chosen.

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<v Speaker 4>To share with everyone.

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<v Speaker 3>And truly I was reading and I was so proud

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<v Speaker 3>of you. I was like, Wow, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 3>I would have the courage.

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<v Speaker 4>To put this out into the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And the fact that you've done it and it's in

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<v Speaker 3>print and it's brilliant it's so wise, it's got so

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<v Speaker 3>much heart to it. I think anyone, no matter who

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<v Speaker 3>you are, no matter what your job is, no matter

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<v Speaker 3>what point in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a lovely thing to say I thank thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>That will get so much out of it. I'm so

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<v Speaker 4>excited for this to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be in the world. I'll tell you what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a book.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, you write at a certain age. I'm fifty three,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why I wanted to write this book. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like I started to think about doing this when I

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<v Speaker 1>was interviewing Jerry Seinfeld.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>He brought a book out for the first time, his

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<v Speaker 1>own book, and it was a lot of his routines,

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<v Speaker 1>and midway through the interview, I suddenly realized, I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's write this because he's of a certain age and

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to leave something behind of permanence about.

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<v Speaker 2>What did you do, what did you learn? What did

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<v Speaker 2>you with your time here?

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<v Speaker 1>And so I've been lucky to do this incredible job

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty eight years now in two different countries, do

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<v Speaker 1>different parts of the world, and I've learned so much

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<v Speaker 1>about connections, storytelling and speaking. I felt like what a

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<v Speaker 1>lovely thing is to write that down. My daughters will

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<v Speaker 1>want to read it as well. What a lovely thing

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<v Speaker 1>to have. This is what I've been lucky enough to

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<v Speaker 1>learn and to pass on to people. I felt like

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<v Speaker 1>it was the responsibility.

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<v Speaker 3>It is if it really comes through like that, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think, I think the impact is going to have

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<v Speaker 3>on people.

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<v Speaker 1>You seem almost surprised that it was wise. One of

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<v Speaker 1>my daughters read a chapter and went, well, it's really

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<v Speaker 1>surprisingly wise and that I shot, went, what do you mean?

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<v Speaker 1>And she really she'd upset me and she went, well, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I mean, I guess you would have wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>you're fifty three, but.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're saying we haven't. We don't see a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of it. But the book you is hidden in

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<v Speaker 2>there is a wise man.

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<v Speaker 3>We spend half an hour at every day doing like

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<v Speaker 3>monkey bands or something. Yes, I know there was a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit surprising how deep and saved the wisdom was,

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<v Speaker 3>but it is there.

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<v Speaker 1>Nonetheless, Well, I'm glad you enjoyed the book, so you

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<v Speaker 1>can pre order it still for another two weeks. A

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<v Speaker 1>book TOPEO on Amazon or dimis're going to be on

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<v Speaker 1>to pre order it, and everyone is pre ordering. It's

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<v Speaker 1>still the office Stoll there for the next two weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>If you pre order it and you send me the

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<v Speaker 1>receipt Christian at Christian O'Connell dot com today, you get

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<v Speaker 1>ultimately invited as well to a YouTube live show I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing in three weeks time at home with Christian. But

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<v Speaker 1>starting tomorrow we're going to give away the invites to

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<v Speaker 1>come and join us unscript and uncork. You can have

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<v Speaker 1>a glass of wine and Rio is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>doing the Q and A. They asked me, who did

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<v Speaker 1>I want to do the Q and A? And out

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<v Speaker 1>of everyone I've worked with in my career, you are

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<v Speaker 1>someone who I've seen go from joining this team. I

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<v Speaker 1>hired you when you had no radio experience. You were

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<v Speaker 1>hired to write a copy for social media posts. It

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<v Speaker 1>was very clear when you lied that you were listening

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<v Speaker 1>to the show, you hadn't heard a single show. But

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<v Speaker 1>I just love this guy swagger and the audacity to

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<v Speaker 1>lie to my face. Where this guy's got the core

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<v Speaker 1>skills that you need to carve out a career and

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<v Speaker 1>breakfast radio. And I've seen your journey to now being

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<v Speaker 1>with me front and center on the show from where

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<v Speaker 1>you were six or seven years ago. You're someone actually

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<v Speaker 1>living proof about what happens when you do start to

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<v Speaker 1>move closer to the true version of yourself and what

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<v Speaker 1>the book is talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>Unscript definitely, Matam, I'm truly honored to be there for

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<v Speaker 3>that not and to be part of the Q and

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<v Speaker 3>A and for me like coming through the show all

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<v Speaker 3>of these things that I've learnt from you over the

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<v Speaker 3>last seven years.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully you have everything. Just keep learn the good stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>What are the other stuff?

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<v Speaker 3>So much of that comes through the book as well,

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<v Speaker 3>and it was it's really really special.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, it's cooled on script and we start to

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<v Speaker 1>give away the invites tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>Christian O'Connell show on Podcast