Michael Jr. - Shifting Your Perspective

Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends

Bob Goff

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Gifted comedian, actor, podcast host, and author, Michael Jr., lives life with the punchline in mind. His laugh-out-loud stand-up shows, paired with his remarkable humility and candor, have landed him appearances on shows including The Tonight Show, The Late-Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, BET's ComicView, and more. A touring comedian, Michael Jr. uses comedy to inspire audiences to find their purpose and live a life fulfilled. Michael Jr. has spent a significant portion of his career making laughter commonplace in uncommon places such as homeless shelters and prisons, in addition to empowering his audiences with an appearance in Sony Pictures' feature film War Room as well as starring roles in Selfie Dad and MORE THAN FUNNY. Out on April 13, 2021, Michael Jr.'s debut book, FUNNY HOW LIFE WORKS, shares pivotal, often hilarious stories from his life, punctuated by self-reflections, universal truths, and earnest encouragement for readers to pick up the same threads and lessons in their own lives. On the home front, Michael Jr. is happily married and is the father to five beautiful children.

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Producer : Tatave Abeshyan
Producer & Co- host : Scott Schimmel

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome, friends, to another episode of the Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and friends.
0:12.6	I'm your host, Scott Shimmel, and I'm here to introduce you to today's episode with
0:17.6	Michael Jr., if you're not familiar or a fan yet, you will be after this episode.
0:24.4	Michael is one of the funniest people I've ever interacted with, no joke.
0:30.0	The incredible wit and sharpness of his brain. If you think Bob is funny and he is hilarious to
0:37.7	me, you're going to love Michael Jr. and they're almost doing laps around each other
0:44.0	in this conversation with Whitty Funny comments. But most importantly, I think what you'll get out
0:49.7	of this conversation is a really small but significant change in Michael Jr.'s perspective
0:56.4	on his ambitions. And maybe just maybe you're feeling kind of like you're hitting a wall
1:01.5	a little bit with where you're headed. Perhaps there's another way to think about it.
1:05.4	Perhaps there's another perspective. There's a quarter-twist as Bob likes to say
1:08.8	to the approach that you're taking. So listen up to Bob's conversation with Michael Jr.
1:15.4	Michael, so good to be with you. Hey, for people that haven't been exposed to you, do they call you
1:21.7	Michael Jr. Jr. or Michael? Tell me like, well, I don't know if it's the right phrase to say in
1:28.7	this climate with the pandemic to say people haven't been exposed to you. It's just a little weird
1:33.2	Bob. I just want to throw it out there real quick Bob. You can expose to me. Wow. Yeah,
1:38.8	Michael Jr. is good. I like for people to just, Michael Jr. is fine. Actually, that's what I want
1:43.0	to say. I want to say, Michael Jr. is fine. Yeah, we can link that to this thing. Yeah, so this
1:49.5	is that type of being positive is actually not the attribute you're looking for.
1:56.0	I'm a little all sorts of negative people right now. Oh, you've taught me so much about not only
2:02.4	joy, but loyalty and friendship. I recall rolling into 60. And then there you are. Like, and you
2:11.3	don't live close by. And I just want you to know that it meant a lot to me that you're the kind of
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