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Example: The Dark Side Of Money & Fame | E152

Example is a music artist, producer, writer and rapper who has been leading the way in the music industry for the last 16 years. A trailblazer and an innovator, Example started out as a rapper before moving over into dance, lighting up Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Global Gathering among many, many other festivals. Topics: 0:00 Early years 07:50 Aspergers 10:39 Your demons at a young age 12:45 Wanting to quit music 15:09 Money and fame turning you into a monster 23:50 Hating yourself 26:07 Self medicating 33:42 What made you get out of that reckless phase? 35:50 Advice for someone in a reckless phase 37:37 Spirituality and breath work 44:27 The miscarriage 48:09 Your future 52:25 People thinking you’re no longer making music 56:56 Competing with a former version of yourself 01:02:09 The new album 01:04:33 What matters? 01:06:18 The last guest question Example: https://www.instagram.com/example/ https://twitter.com/example https://music.apple.com/us/artist/example/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ba... Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com

Example (Elliot Gleave)guestSteven Bartletthost
Jun 16, 20221h 13mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
June 16, 2022
Duration
1h 13m
Channel
The Diary of a CEO
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Example is a music artist, producer, writer and rapper who has been leading the way in the music industry for the last 16 years. A trailblazer and an innovator, Example started out as a rapper before moving over into dance, lighting up Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Global Gathering among many, many other festivals. Topics: 0:00 Early years 07:50 Aspergers 10:39 Your demons at a young age 12:45 Wanting to quit music 15:09 Money and fame turning you into a monster 23:50 Hating yourself 26:07 Self medicating 33:42 What made you get out of that reckless phase? 35:50 Advice for someone in a reckless phase 37:37 Spirituality and breath work 44:27 The miscarriage 48:09 Your future 52:25 People thinking you’re no longer making music 56:56 Competing with a former version of yourself 01:02:09 The new album 01:04:33 What matters? 01:06:18 The last guest question Example: https://www.instagram.com/example/ https://twitter.com/example https://music.apple.com/us/artist/example/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ba... Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com

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  • Example (Elliot Gleave)

    guest
  • Steven Bartlett

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Example (Elliot Gleave) and Steven Bartlett, Example: The Dark Side Of Money & Fame | E152 explores from Fame And Chaos To Fatherhood And Clarity: Example’s Awakening Musician Example (Elliot Gleave) traces his journey from a loving but intense childhood and early bullying through the brutal realities of the music industry, sudden fame, and self-destructive behavior with drugs, alcohol, and infidelity.

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