Boy George: Meet The Real George O'Dowd (E307)

Before we get started, let me tell you you can now listen to High Performance Add Free. Start your free trial now on Apple, Spotify, or head to our website so you can listen to our episodes uninterrupted. You know, when you're someone like me, there's a lot of reputation. And it's quite fun when you walk in and blow people's minds by not being what they thought. In the beginning when I was dressing up, my mum would go, look at him. And my dad would just lower his newspaper and go, if he wants to get beat up, let him go out like that. You're given a name and a narrative about who you are. And if you're lucky or a little bit different, you break away and you break the chain and become Something else. Your boy George. You created him.

So Treat him with a bit of respect. Well that was the rather distinctive voice of Boy George, who joins us on High Performance today. I'm Jay Comfrey. And on this show. We simply meet the most incredible people on the planet.

to learn how they've lived and find inspiration for our own lives. And I'm Damien Hughes, an expert in the world. of high performance cultures. I'm lucky enough to work with people to help them understand how to create environments. They get the best out of themselves.

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