Unscript
eBook - ePub

Unscript

The Radical Act of Being Yourself

  1. 191 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Unscript

The Radical Act of Being Yourself

About this book

Your magic is in the mess.

Christian O'Connell is the only broadcaster in history to achieve #1 ratings on two continents and is the first National Breakfast host in Australian radio history. For almost 30 years he has connected with millions of people daily โ€” without scripts, without safety nets, and often without a plan. He's written a warm, funny and deeply honest guide to the one thing we're all starving for: real human connection.

In Unscript, Christian shows how invisible scripts โ€” handed to us by family, culture and fear โ€” quietly run our conversations, our relationships and our lives. We perform when we could be present. We impress when we could express. And the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be keeps growing.

With his WAVES framework โ€” Wonder, Attune, Vulnerability, Enjoy and Surf โ€” Christian offers a way back. Not to a better version of yourself, but to the real one. The one that was always there, underneath the act.

The real you โ€” unpolished, unscripted and gloriously imperfect โ€” is not the problem. You don't need to become someone new. You just need to remember who you already are.

Because your magic is in the mess.

Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2026
Print ISBN
9781394419364
eBook ISBN
9781394419388

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction: The gift in your imperfect story
  7. PART I: Static
  8. PART II: Tuning in
  9. PART III: Transmission and reception
  10. Conclusion: Talking each other home
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. References
  13. End User License Agreement

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