Jun 29, 2023
Can you be “too confident”? How entitled is too entitled? In
this third of a series of Happy High Status takeover episodes, Viv
talks to broadcaster and journalist James O’Brien, LBC presenter
and author of How They Broke Britain (coming in Nov 2023), about
challenging difficult and entitled people (especially certain
privately-educated politicians), coming to terms with his own
insecurities and finding a kind of humility after experiencing a
major setback in his forties. Plus James reveals how he went from
being someone who felt sick talking to people at parties to feeling
comfortable in himself. Is it a good idea to put on your own “cloak
of entitlement” when questioning someone who loves the sound of
their own voice? What do you do when faced with people who are so
confident that they’re tipping into arrogance? And how can we all
listen to each other a bit better and make space for different
points of view?
Viv's new book, Happy High Status: How to Be
Effortlessly Confident, is out now.
@vivgroskop
James O’Brien’s new book How They Broke Britain is out in Nov
2023.