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The James Altucher Show

448 - Dave Barry: How To Have More Humor in Your Life

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dave Barry is a comedian and the author of "Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog." The book is really funny. I rarely laugh out loud while reading. I have Dave tell me about the inspiration for the book and some of the ways his life has changed (for the better) at age 70, including how to have more humor, more joy and feel an overall sense of satisfaction and goodness. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.    Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.6

This is the James Altiger show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.6

Today on the James Altiger show.

0:15.4

I know so many comedians who aren't happy, you know more than I do, but there's not

0:19.7

a lot of happy stand-up comedians like, no, although I'm happy.

0:24.4

There you go.

0:25.4

You're probably a shitty comedian.

0:27.4

It's a show, but I guess I had 20 years of adulthood where I was successful.

0:33.7

No, miserable.

0:34.7

Oh, comedian or humorous woman looks for what's wrong.

0:38.5

So you have to kind of really practice that over and over again looking for what's wrong.

0:41.9

That is exactly what comedians are doing.

0:44.2

Everybody wants the world to be rational.

0:47.5

Everybody wants there to be an explanation for things.

0:50.8

And yet it's so irrational.

0:51.8

It's completely irrational.

0:53.6

You can't make humor impaired people suddenly have a sense of humor and you can't make stupid

0:58.0

people smart and you can't make assholes not the assholes.

1:01.2

You can't.

1:02.2

So you can like enjoy them or just ignore them.

1:05.4

Those are your best two options.

1:06.8

Confronting them is not a good option.

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