How to nurture your craft—the smart way, with Amanda Seales, comedian, actress and producer

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Amanda Seales has surely lived a thousand career lives—and no doubt put in her 10,000 hours of practice—all in the pursuit of refining her craft as an entertainer. To say it's paid off *might* be an understatement. After years spent working as a host and doing one-woman shows, Amanda has become a multi-hyphenated entertainer (and with a master's degree from Columbia University, no less!). Today, Amanda is a regular on HBO's "Insecure," has guest-starred on "Black-ish," and, earlier this year, released her debut stand up special, I Be Knowin on HBO. Oh, and she also has hundreds of thousands of fans who follow her comedic wit on Instagram and on her podcast, Small Doses with Amanda Seales. In this episode of Girlboss Radio, Sophia and Amanda talk about everything from what it takes to thrive in so many industries to how we can all network in the digital age. Plus, hear her tips for how we can all set healthy boundaries at work and beyond. To keep up with Amanda, follow her on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/amandaseales/ To listen to her podcast, check out Small Doses with Amanda Seales wherever you get your podcasts. Have feedback on the show? Email us at [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sophia Amruzzo, founder and CEO of Girl Boss. And this is Girl Boss Radio, the show for and about
0:15.0	ambitious women exploring the wins, losses, and insights learned on the
0:20.1	winding road to success.
0:31.4	On today's show I'm chatting with comedian, actress, writer, and producer Amanda
0:35.3	Seals. Amanda has an uncanny knack for taking serious topics and injecting them
0:39.5	with a dose of humor that makes them relatable and interesting.
0:43.2	In addition to performing stand-up across the globe,
0:45.4	enduring colleges doing comedic lectures,
0:47.8	Amanda has also become a series regular as Tiffany on HBO's insecure.
0:52.2	She's guest-starred on Blackish and released
0:54.9	her debut stand-up special, I B-Noen on HBO
0:58.0	earlier this year.
0:59.2	I'm excited for you to hear our conversation up ahead.
1:01.7	Here's a little bit of what Amanda shared during our
1:04.0	chat. I don't know who I think I am. I don't know who I thought everybody else was. But here at 38,
1:10.0	I can safely say that I have had the epiphany that when I give other people the advice,
1:15.6	like people especially black women will ask me like, you know, I just feel like I'm being
1:19.2	misunderstood at my job, like you know, I feel like I'm you know just not getting to be myself and I'll tell them like
1:24.4	but it's your job like they don't need all of you your friends get all of you your family gets all of you like
1:29.2	at your job like give them like give them like give want to give them that you feel makes you
1:34.4	feel comfortable if it's still so uncomfortable then that's not the job for you. Stay tuned for my chat with Amanda.
1:55.0	Hi, thank you for joining me on Girl Boss radio.
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