Alex O'Connor

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2,073 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 25 May

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On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Alex O’Connor: #1 Shift That Stops Endless Overthinking (FINALLY Get Unstuck) · 25 May 2026 podcast

I've been so caught up.

I remember the first time I did a big cinema podcast shoot where I had a whole camera crew and a big guest and I was really excited about it.

And I was reading this guest's books.

I was looking at criticism.

I was obsessive over preparing.

I was so ready.

And I spoke to a friend of mine who's in the same industry.

And I just asked him because he'd done this kind of stuff before.

And I said, like, you've got any advice, any last minute advice?

And he just said, enjoy it.

And I was like, yeah, good point.

We're so often just like not present.

I think anytime anyone's about to do something important, if someone's about to like play their first gig or they're about to do some big career move that they've been waiting for for a long time or about to get married or something, and they're sort of so in their head about it and they're like,

they're living in the future and then suddenly they're living in the past it's just it's you know it's the sort of be way your feet are like live in the present kind of thing but but specifically like enjoy it take a moment to look around and be like yeah this is this is cool yeah i love that uh two more questions uh we talked about this earlier why have you stopped saying yes to as many debates they're about ego oh that was your reason too interesting

Well, I mean, if you want one sentence, that's what I would say.

And it's not always about my ego.

It's not always about their ego.

It's either the case that you've got one person who just wants to prove a point and one person who wants to get to truth, in which case the egotistical one is going to probably trounce them and it's going to be a bit unfair.

Or you've got two people who both are egotistically trying to prove a point, in which case it becomes a mess and a shouting match.

If you have two people that

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