Bjorn Ryan-Gorman | The Power of Taking Risks to Feel Alive
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
If you want to feel alive, take risks. Skateboarder, comedian and podcast host Bjorn Ryan-Gorman has a life philosophy that applies to everyone. Here's how dangerous activities can help with personal development and why jumping into the unknown is a great way to learn what you're capable of.
Check out Bjorn's comedy, blog and much more on his website | https://www.bjornrg.com
Bjorn Ryan-Gorman is the host of podcasts Size 10 and Wrecking Date Night
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| 0:00.9 | I started learning through listening to podcasts |
| 0:03.4 | about the comedy communities. |
| 0:05.8 | And then when I found out that it was a thing |
| 0:08.4 | just like skateboarding, it's like, you just go do it. |
| 0:11.6 | Literally, if you wanna do stand-up comedy, |
| 0:13.6 | just find an open mic and just go try it, you know? |
| 0:18.0 | And that was really, really cool to me. |
| 0:19.7 | So I moved to Minneapolis and started doing stand-up. |
| 0:24.8 | And then ultimately, the other piece was, |
| 0:28.6 | that's how my sexuality came out was it was just like, |
| 0:31.6 | there's so much self-reflection that you do |
| 0:35.2 | when you're trying to write jokes and like, |
| 0:37.3 | understand and you're just constantly digging into like, |
| 0:40.5 | okay, why? |
| 0:42.1 | Okay, and then why? |
| 0:43.4 | And you just kind of trace it all the way back |
| 0:45.5 | and it's really hard to hide your sexuality |
| 0:49.2 | when you're doing that to yourself, at least, |
| 0:52.7 | is what I experienced. |
| 0:54.6 | I'm Sreeni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast, |
| 1:02.0 | where you get a window into the stories and insights |
| 1:04.3 | of the most innovative and creative minds, |
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