Jimmy Carr: "I Was Laughing & Crying When He Died". Jimmy Opens Up About Being Cancelled & How Anxiety Is The Flip Side Of Creativity!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Learn the lessons behind the laughter, learned from over 20 years in the world of comedy. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning comedian, writer and TV host for shows including, ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, ‘Roast Battle’, and ‘Big Fat Quiz Of The Year’. In this conversation Jimmy and Steven discuss topics such as, why we don’t think about death enough, how to speak so people listen, the power of imposter syndrome, and how to find out what you want to do in life. 00:00 Intro 02:01 How Are You, Jimmy? 03:07 Every Single Person Has Life Dysmorphia 08:59 What Is the Point of All This Work? 12:35 What Is Our End Goal? 14:08 People Crave the Success Not the Journey 16:47 You Should Be Feeling Imposter Syndrome 18:45 I Entertained My Sick Mother 19:54 The Unmeasurable Stuff Is the Important One 24:29 Depression 25:46 Men's Mental Health 27:30 What Is It to Be a Man 33:25 Losing My Religion 33:52 How Do You Deal with Grief in Your Life? 35:19 The Passing of Sean Lock 38:27 Business Is Life 39:12 The Issue Is Young People Are Not Given Enough Agency 41:52 How Comedy Teaches You to Be a Good Communicator 45:06 The Importance of Taking Risks 52:38 How To Deal with Rejection 55:31 Knowing Who You Are & What You Want to Do 58:44 Is It Motivation, Luck or Talent? 01:02:14 Being Cancelled 01:06:12 Would You Erase Your Worst Moments? 01:15:26 Artificial Intelligence 01:26:37 Self Expression 01:30:51 Jimmy's Eating Disorder 01:35:31 Advice to Younger People 01:38:25 Why You Should Sweat the Small Stuff 01:42:45 Having Confidence 01:43:40 Netflix Special 01:46:09 Dave Chapelle Attack 01:50:38 What Would You Tell Your Kids? You can watch Jimmy’s new Netflix stand-up special, ’Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer’, out on the 16th April 2024. You can purchase tickets for Jimmy’s brand-new international tour, ’Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’, here: https://bit.ly/49u9iex Follow Jimmy: Twitter - https://bit.ly/4awtUEe Instagram - https://bit.ly/3PULKbt YouTube - https://bit.ly/3xrXsEc Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Fiverr: fiverr.com/diary Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I remember being at home and getting the news and laughing and crying and then it hits you.
0:07.0	I was very upset by it and he was just just so funny.
0:16.5	You're a fantastic crowd.
0:17.6	Thank you very much.
0:18.6	And good night, thank you. Would you please welcome Jimmy Car!
0:25.0	One of the most respected and best love comedian in the world,
0:30.0	the king of one-liners.
0:32.0	Okay, strap in everyone, you ready?
0:34.0	I'm going to start teaching comedy
0:36.0	because it teaches you how to come up with original thoughts
0:39.0	to find your voice.
0:40.0	You'll be chasing imposter syndrome,
0:42.0	and it's great, you should feel it every 18 months.
0:43.7	You learn that failure is one of the great gifts of stand-up comedy and to learn how to lose gracefully.
0:48.8	It's a good test of how much you want something.
0:50.4	How do we know what we actually want? I love what I do now, but I often question whether I should go be like a DJ.
0:55.0	Do what? I can answer that question for you.
0:57.0	No, you fucking shouldn't.
0:59.0	I know everything you do you think, oh, maybe we can make a few quid out of this?
1:02.0	No. As a guy that's touring the world, 300 days ago. you think oh maybe we can make a few quid out of this no.
1:02.8	As a guy that's touring the world 300 days a year what advice would you give me on how
1:07.0	to be a better communicator?
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