Andrew GSomehow I ended up on the Australian Idol website today and found it’s “Inside Idol” section where kids can ask questions of their celebrity idols and others involved in the show.

One kid had asked a question of Andrew G: “How did you get into the business, where did it start and how did you end up as a host? What did you first do to get you into hosting on television?"

Andrew had a good and simple answer: “Radio. Get into radio and learn about broadcasting, then buy yourself a video camera and practice!"

Someone replied: “i want to do radio , but i guess it takes a very long time to get yourself out there and only fery few are very successful”

I read this and had one of those “feeling sad for the youth of today” moments I’m sure my grandpa experiences every time he takes a breath. I’m kind of on this theme at the moment of being sick of seeing other people live their dreams, hearing the stories, talking about it amongst friends and preaching about it at church, in magazines & on Tv, but no-one does it.

So I replied: If anything doesn’t take hard work or a good measure of time then it’s not worth doing kid. Hard work builds a character in you that you can’t buy in Myers or learn about in a magazine. Andrew didn’t just wake up and be a radio host any less than he woke up and was hosting Aussie Idol.

After 7 years of working really hard - volunteering for years, working jobs I didn’t really want to - I now have a job in commercial radio doing the breakfast radio show in regional WA - 3000km from my friends and family. It’s just another step in the journey if that’s what you want to do.

Stop hearing about other people living their dreams and start telling your own story about how you’re living yours. Once day soon you’ll look back and freak out at how far you’ve come.

Josh: 1 Society of Losers: 0

Link to Aussie Idol question page: http://ate.australianidol.com.au/questionanswer.aspx?category=andrew-3&humanurl=how-did-you-get-into-the-business-where-did-it-start-and-how-did-you-end-up-as-a-host-3826