I‘m really enjoying this book - I‘m listening to the audiobook read by the author, who was on the news team at ABC and dreamed of anchoring GMA or the Nightly News. I had to laugh when he recounts a meeting with his boss in which the boss bluntly tells him, “You‘ll never be a weekday news anchor. You don‘t have the looks, and your voice is too grating.” He‘s not wrong! When I started the book, it took me a few minutes to get used to his voice.
Ruthiella Stacking! Sounds interesting. 😃 14h
CSeydel @Ruthiella It is! But he‘s very upfront about his prejudices when it comes to meditation and spirituality - it gets frustrating time and again hearing him mock the people he‘s turning to for guidance - but it‘s usually so he can show that he‘s actually been an idiot and his stereotypes are all wrong. It feels he‘s marketing this to people like him, in fast-paced competitive careers, who think meditation is woo-woo nonsense. 14h
CSeydel @Ruthiella point being you have to have a high tolerance for him being pretty rude just to show how much he‘s changed his views 13h
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Ruthiella Thanks for the tip! 👍 12h
GingerAntics Oh I love his voice! I love their app! He was on GMA for a while… until that whole panic attack live on air thing. I think he Co-anchored the weekend GMA for a while. 4h
CSeydel @GingerAntics Good memory! Yes, he was a correspondent for GMA when he had the panic attack, and later he co-anchored the weekend show. He also hosted Nightline for a few years. 2h
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