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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Lilly Singh: ON Why She Took A Break From YouTube

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Business, Mental Health

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Being a YouTube creator can be difficult for anyone, but Lilly Singh really is superwoman.Despite the success, things haven’t always been easy for Lilly. She opens up about everything: how it feels when being called a role model, her relationships both personal and professional, even her struggles with depression and defining what success looks like in her life.Today’s conversation is a deep dive into what drives her to keep creating at such a prolific level and why she’s determined to keep using her influence for positive social change.

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0:00.0

This desire to not waste time and not waste opportunities and not waste this life is honestly what drives me because i know what it feels like to not like life.

0:09.3

Yeah so i don't want to go back to that place.

0:15.5

I really hope that you've subscribed to our podcast we've got over a thousand five star reviews i'm genuinely so grateful for all the love and support.

0:25.8

And i'm so excited to introduce to our next guest today's guest is none other than Lily saying aka superwoman the incredible youtube phenomenon now i've been a huge fan of hers for a very long time she's got a super kind heart she's incredibly motivated and hard working and on top of all of that she's someone who really wants to have a deep impact in the world.

0:54.4

The incredible thing about lily is that despite her amazing success she stays so grounded and so humble and so accessible and she had so many refreshing insights about building the right community finding the right friends building meaningful relationships and i can't wait for you to hear her perspective.

1:14.2

Of course we all know her as a super hilarious funny comedian and involved in so many incredible projects but she's also such a huge change maker having such an incredible impact through all of her work around girl power please welcome to the show my good friend and someone i can't wait for you to connect with lily sing.

1:36.1

I am genuinely so excited and grateful to introduce this next guest to you she's a multi faceted comedian entertainer and actress and the founder of girl love she's actually one pretty much every award i can think of sometimes i think she doesn't need an introduction but i want to share a bit more about her she's collaborated with everyone from the rock to build gates to us.

2:06.0

Smith to Selena Gomez the list goes on and on and on she's launched her own book she's launched her merchandise she's launched an incredible show and now her production company her name is none other than lily sing aka super woman and beyond all these incredible achievements she's someone that i've admired and watched from a distance for so very long been a fan and a follower but she's so genuine so down to earth such an incredible energy to be around and i can't wait for you to experience.

2:36.0

this amazing human lily thank you for being how much did my publicists pay you to say all of those things that wonder quite a lot quite a lot actually thank you that's the best intro i'm so happy to be here and the feeling so mutual jay is phenomenal and i would be the world's the right here right now with you you're the sweetest you're the sweetest and i and i genuinely feel this like when i was looking through your bio when you look at everything you've achieved and i know you've worked incredibly hard for it and i know it hasn't come freely cheaply or by luck it's been so much hard work from your side.

3:06.0

but i want to ask you out of all your successes all your achievements what's been the most meaningful thing for you.

3:11.6

woo that's a tough question besides this moment right here sitting with you.

3:15.6

this you know i used to be embarrassed with this answer but i've decided i'm now deciding i'm not embarrassed by this answer this is my answer okay my answer is collaborating with the rock that is honest and i know that seems kind of like surface level basic but i'll tell you why when i was younger he was my biggest inspiration like i wish i could take you back to little lilies bedroom with posters of the rock all over my first email address was the rock 85 and i'm going to just obsessed on the announcements when they'd call my name and i'm going to say hello to you.

3:45.5

you know when i was in elementary school they say lily the rock saying like literally it was an obsession so they always say don't meet your idols because they might not be who you want them to be he is so incredible and not only getting to work with him and meet him but just having him as a mentor who kind of guides me gives me advice it's been a dream come true to know that this person i looked up for so long is such a great human being and that's really important and that's i think that's a beautiful answer i don't judge you for a tour i think it's incredible when your 15 year old self would high five you for something right like that yeah it's like it's like the

4:15.5

that's not only the vanity of like he's so cool and famous and the rock and he's so hot he's very hot but it's also just like oh this person has proven to you that you can work really hard and be really successful really rich really famous really nice and i think that's the greatest lesson you taught me is you can still be a good person even if you have all those things and you build a real relationship yes like that's the most special thing too i feel like yeah my goal is just to build enough of a relationship with him where in our next life we get married so i'm really trying to like pave that foundation

4:45.5

i love it seems to be going well i mean yeah i'm i feel good about it i love it i used to be a huge rock fan too i remember reading his or to biography

4:53.9

you mean still is yeah still is i mean like when i was 15 16 i remember reading his or to biography and just being blown away

5:00.9

oh yeah i had it too i wrapped it in surround wrap do you did okay i didn't go that far but i remember being one it was one of the first books i actually read

5:06.8

yeah and it was just a shame actually yeah and it was just and i only read it because i was so into

5:10.8

wrestling and i was like oh wow let me get this book and it was just mind blowing i couldn't believe it that there

5:14.6

was so much to someone that i just was the wrestler amazing we love you the right that we love you this is

5:20.0

this is why this is why this podcast is dedicated to the right right no i love it awesome now and that's a

5:26.7

great answer thank you for being honest it's great answer and and it is beautiful to see your

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