Hey everybody, I just want to take a moment to talk about a new thing I'm doing.

Over the years, many of you have reached out to me telling me how much you love the podcast,

but also wish there were more personalized takeaways and more in-depth interactions with our guests

to hear what they think about comedy. This is why I'm now launching my new digital academy,

Blueprint for Success. With exclusive interviews and comedy philosophies of stars and industry veterans,

personalized versions of the industry standard podcast, commercial free, and one-on-one coaching

time with me. Blueprint for Success will give you the powerful tools that will take you up the

elevator beyond the competition and reach the highest possible levels to achieve your dreams.

Whether it be stand-up, sketch, improv, acting, writing, producing, directing, hosting,

radio podcasting, social media influencing, or even if you want a career behind the scenes as

a manager or an agent. Now I'm here to help, personally. We'll go on an express train of comedy

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and the comedy business on my website at BarryCats.com. Together, we'll take your career where you

want it to go. All I can think about is what my preparation has been and how I want to present

myself to you. That comes with being prepared so that you can be yourself and take the room so

that you don't have to be focused and worried about, oh, did I get my lines? Am I ready for when

the lines do come? But it's also, and I think stand-up helped me with this, it's being able to kind

of do a warm-up, you know, warm-up your audience. And that audience might be one casting director,

it might be, you know, a casting director and a few employees. It doesn't matter what

who's in the audience that day. You just got to show up and do your best set.

Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me,

BarryCats. Glad to have you back. Hope you're having a great summer. I know I am.

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