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If I could choose just one thing I learnt from my time in radio that I& #39;d share as a talk, it would be the realisation of one of the most the fundamental things that drives us all: A desire to be heard and acknowledged. https://twitter.com/DrJessTaylor/status/1320477042060742657">https://twitter.com/DrJessTay...
I was doing my breakfast show then, and I had this little segment after the 7am news that I called "The Breakfast Boost."
The idea and execution was simple: A 10-minute(ish) window. Three tracks. You choose. Text or tweet. As long as it was positive / uplifting in its message.
The idea and execution was simple: A 10-minute(ish) window. Three tracks. You choose. Text or tweet. As long as it was positive / uplifting in its message.
I did this every day. Without fail.
One random morning, a text flashes on the computer screen. This person says how they had been, at some point in the weeks prior, on the verge of suicide.
They sent a text, making a request.
One random morning, a text flashes on the computer screen. This person says how they had been, at some point in the weeks prior, on the verge of suicide.
They sent a text, making a request.
I happened to see that text and play their song. Pure chance on my end.
That song saved a life that day.
That song saved a life that day.
But it wasn& #39;t just about the song.
It& #39;s that someone somewhere listened to them. And followed through.
It& #39;s that in that moment, they mattered.
That& #39;s what song requests are, in my view. Acknowledgement. "I hear you."
It& #39;s been 8 years since that text. It& #39;s never left me.
It& #39;s that someone somewhere listened to them. And followed through.
It& #39;s that in that moment, they mattered.
That& #39;s what song requests are, in my view. Acknowledgement. "I hear you."
It& #39;s been 8 years since that text. It& #39;s never left me.
**one of the most fundamental
