How To Fail With Elizabeth Day Kirsty Young - ‘The great benefit of age? You give less of a f**k.’
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Dec 11, 2024 Kirsty Young, a celebrated interviewer known for her empathetic style, discusses her journey from broadcasting to personal growth. She shares candid thoughts on the struggles of connecting with her birth father and her humorous failures as a quiz-show host. The conversation reveals her insights on aging, stating it brings liberation and a refreshing indifference. Kirsty touches on her experiences interviewing notable figures, coping with a chronic illness, and her whimsical wish to have run off with a Guatemalan tribesman, ultimately choosing love with her husband instead.
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Success Is About Being Present
- Success changes with age and circumstance, shifting from future-focus to valuing the present.
- Kirsty Young defines success as not prioritising the future over the present and being fully there for small moments.
Interview For The Listener First
- A great interviewer plans for the audience, not the guest, shaping questions to reveal what listeners want to know.
- Kirsty Young reads thoroughly and then allows the interview to go where it needs, prioritising the listener's experience.
Early Rejection From Birth Father
- Kirsty recounts her earliest failure: failing to excite her birth father enough to stick around beyond a few weeks.
- She describes how that early rejection left a long-term imprint that influenced behaviours and self-storying.