362 - Dani Zoldan: Reflecting on Reinvention: Why Stand Up Saved My Life

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

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🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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I’d always been interested in comedy, but I was completely terrified to go up on stage. But now I’m obsessed. I interview as many of my favorite comedians on the show as I can, so I could learn from them. I want to know everything. Not just...

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.4	Even though I had done stand-up before, you were the first person to ask me to start doing it consistently.
0:22.0	This was almost a year and a half ago now and I got obsessed with it after that.
0:28.4	But stand-up comedy is by far, by far the hardest skill I've ever had to learn.
0:33.2	Learning stand-up comedy has helped me in so many other areas of my life that it was worth it.
0:41.2	Did you always want to do stand-up?
0:44.2	Yeah, I've always loved stand-up. I was really into it. I've always been really into it.
0:48.6	You never thought you would be going on stage.
0:50.6	I wanted to, but I was too terrified too.
0:53.4	I was barely brave enough to do public speaking.
0:57.2	I was 10 times as terrified to do stand-up.
1:07.2	So, okay. We've got Donnie's holding on the show.
1:12.2	Donnie, how's it going?
1:14.2	Good.
1:15.2	So, Donnie, many people might not know him, but...
1:18.2	Yet.
1:19.2	After this podcast, he owns stand-up New York, the comedy club in New York City that now I'm a co-owner.
1:26.2	Even though I had done stand-up before, you were the first person to ask me to start doing it consistently.
1:35.2	This was almost a year and a half ago now.
1:37.2	I got obsessed with it after that.
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