E188: Richard Osman: The Untold Story Of A TV Legend's Addiction

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Richard Osman is a television host, former creative director of a world-leading production company, and the author behind the biggest literary sensation since Harry Potter., the Thursday Murder Club series.

In this one-of-a-kind conversation, Richard reveals for the first time what has motored him from a working class, single parent household to the top of the television and literary worlds.

There’s more to Richard than meets the eye. He’s had to battle through self-doubt, addiction, imposter syndrome to have one of the most remarkable, multi-faceted and varied careers we’ve ever featured. We’ll let Richard take it from here.

Topics:

Early years
Knowing the impact not to see your dad would you act differently now?
Being shaped more by your mum
Watching the TV when you were younger
Your disability Being too tall
The 'Storm' in your 20s - your addiction
Unlocking ideas from your therapist
Why were you successful?
What is creativity to you?
How intentional is success
Groups making creatives ideas vs individuals
You wrote this book without showing anyone
Tell me about your doubts
What clouds did you connect to create this book
How has it affected your happiness?
What is happiness to you?
Family Monogamy
What is this book doing for people?
The last guest question

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Transcript

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0:00.0	my books wouldn't be as good if I hadn't gone through that trauma.
0:03.2	You're not gonna preach an arsemane legend, Edmund!
0:05.2	That's telling novelist. Television producer presented.
0:09.2	If you have a trauma of any type and you were looked after and your guided through it,
0:13.2	you can come out the other side. If however, you're sort of left alone in your trauma,
0:17.7	your own solutions never work.
0:20.4	I never sat and thought, oh, I've got a problem with my life.
0:24.8	But I would have addictive behaviors around food.
0:27.2	When did you realise that it was their strange behaviour?
0:29.8	I mean, it's an addiction. There's no other way of putting it.
0:32.0	It's like having a bottle of vodka, then having another bottle of vodka, then having another bottle of vodka.
0:36.7	If you see somebody is different, they do not need to be told.
0:40.3	I've had that with my height, you know, and I know you're just thinking,
0:42.4	yeah, but it's just me. You think you're but it's just you and five other people every single day.
0:47.5	I didn't live the life I should have done for many years.
0:50.8	I wish I'd been more myself in those years and I would have taken much less success and much more happiness.
0:56.8	What is happiness? Glush, that's a good question.
0:59.2	Well, here's the way I always think about it.
1:02.3	That makes a lot of sense.
1:03.4	Hmm, you think?
1:06.5	Without further ado, I'm Stephen Bartlett, and this is the Diary of a CEO.
1:10.8	I hope nobody's listening. But if you are, then please keep this yourself.
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