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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

E136: Lilly Singh: My Deepest Insecurities Led To My Greatest Achievements

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Lilly Singh is one of the biggest influencers on the planet who was the first woman of colour to have a syndicated talk show on network television, but after it was abruptly cancelled she’s had to start from scratch on what she wants to do and where she’s going.

With over 14 million youtube subscribers and over 11 million instagram followers, the world has always had a keen interest in Lilly’s story. She’s an incredible person who builds from her strong foundation of values, and has had to think increasingly more about what exactly those values are.

This is also the first instalment of The Diary of a CEO: USA, as I caught up with Lilly in California. Over the coming weeks and months, you will get to see some incredible conversations with guests the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Bringing more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise. Get ready, because this is going to be an unbelievable journey.

  • Early Years - Having to prove I was worthy
  • The reason for starting Youtube
  • What helps you when you’re going through pain
  • The skill that made you different
  • Why are you wired to be disrupted?
  • Do you think you are enough?
  • Advice when stuck at a crossroad
  • Your late-night talk show
  • The impact the criticism had on you
  • What happened after your show got cancelled?
  • What makes up the foundation of your life?
  • Panic attacks, meditation, and breath works
  • Struggling to form friendships
  • What does success mean to you?
  • Relationships and expectations
  • What's the hardest question you could be asked?
  • The last guest's question

Lilly:

https://www.instagram.com/lilly/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfm4y4rHF5HGrSr-qbvOwOg

Lilly’s book:

https://www.amazon.com/Be-Triangle-Being-Getting-Shape/

Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos

Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo

Sponsors:

Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven

Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx

Transcript

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0:00.0

Could you do me a quick favor if you're listening to this?

0:01.8

Please hit the follow or subscribe button.

0:03.6

It helps more than you know.

0:04.8

And we invite subscribers in every month

0:06.4

to watch the show in person.

0:07.6

I wanted to be powerful and to have influence

0:11.6

because I wanted to prove people wrong.

0:13.6

You can't start being internet for very long

0:15.1

without sub-mowing upon Lily Singh.

0:17.2

Lily Singh! Lily Singh!

0:19.4

I was born into the reality of being a disappointment right away.

0:24.2

There were rules about being a woman.

0:26.6

My mom did not grow up with queer culture.

0:29.2

So for me to expect her to operate

0:31.4

from a place of my lived experience,

0:33.4

how was that math ever gonna add up?

0:35.1

What? She's our first episode of our Little Lake with Lily Singh?

0:39.5

You've got given a late night's show.

0:41.0

When I said that, you said,

0:42.0

I'm so sorry. Tell me why you said that.

0:43.7

Because I don't think the thing was good.

0:47.0

The community that I did this show for

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