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🗓️ 17 December 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Zibby interviews internationally acclaimed speaker, renowned podcast host, and bestselling author John O’Leary about his heartfelt and empowering new book On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life. At the age of 9, John survived a near-fatal fire. He shares the gutwrenching details of the accident, the heroic siblings who saved him, the torturous hospital treatments, and the unconditional love that guided him through it all. He also describes the journey from hiding his past to selling out arenas and shares his hope that people will find themselves in his story and be inspired to live a life on fire, filled with possibility and purpose.
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1:30.5 | John O'Leary is the author of On Fire the Seven Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life. |
1:36.4 | In 1987, John was a curious nine-year-old boy who was playing with fire and gasoline |
1:41.6 | created a major explosion in his house and was burned |
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