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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Moment 39 - Jimmy Carr: The Truth About Hard Work

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO.

Jimmy Carr needs no introduction and is one of the biggest names in British comedy. Jimmy has hardly been off our screens for the last two decades. But what people may not know is that Jimmy has another side to him. When he was in mid-20s, Jimmy was in a boring office job, without much joy or direction in his life. But he set himself on a journey of self-improvement. Out of nowhere, he decided to quit and start again, the rest, as they say, is history.

Hard work is something that in our society has developed a reputation for being toxic but what really is the truth about hard work? In this weeks moment episode Jimmy talks to us about the myths of hard work, this 'toxic' narrative and the importance of woking hard vs working smart.

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Jimmy:



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0:00.0

What role does hard work play in our society?

0:06.3

It's right, in becoming a successful individual

0:08.8

or whatever pursue or whatever passion you're pursuing.

0:11.3

There's probably a counter narrative

0:13.5

that I think has emerged in our country,

0:15.4

maybe because of social media,

0:16.7

has allowed people to converge behind that

0:18.6

and relinquish responsibility of their situations

0:21.5

by calling hard, referring to hard workers being

0:23.5

a really, really toxic thing.

0:25.6

And I felt that more recently.

0:27.2

I didn't see it when I was young ago.

0:28.4

I mean, let's, you know what, let's have a, you gambling, man.

0:32.2

Not, not, I mean, in life, not in the casino.

0:35.3

Yeah, let's put a bet on that.

0:36.7

Let's see how that works out for them.

0:38.9

I just don't think that's gonna bring them happiness.

0:41.3

Which part?

0:42.3

Hard work is toxic.

0:44.0

Okay, okay, don't do hard work then.

0:48.0

Could luck, dummy?

0:49.6

It's just not gonna work for you.

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