Trevor Noah ON: How to Turn Bad Experiences into Healing Experiences & Finding Calm in Chaos

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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Health & Fitness, Business, Mental Health

4.8 • 28.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Today, I am talking to Trevor Noah. Trevor is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Under Trevor, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” has broken free from the restraints of a 30-minute linear show, producing engaging social content, award-winning digital series, podcasts and more for its global audience. He has written, produced, and starred in 11 comedy specials, including his most recent, “Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia,” which launched in November 2018 on Netflix. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” and its young readers adaptation “It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood,” which also debuted as a New York Times bestseller. Trevor opens the conversation by sharing what it was like growing up, how he sees the rest of the world, and why it felt like it was okay growing up the way he did. We then exchange thoughts and perspectives on topics such as finding the true meaning of having a ‘home’, the type of friends we often surround ourselves with and why, finding independence in a completely new and foreign place, and being mindful of yourself and in one with your inner thoughts.

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0:00.0	We are so attached to the idea of who we are, you know,
0:04.0	with its design by what our parents always said about us.
0:06.5	But sometimes I find I would get so attached to that,
0:10.0	that then I would be afraid to let go because I don't want to lose me.
0:13.9	I don't want to lose me. I know me.
0:16.0	If I want to lose me, do I still love me?
0:24.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose,
0:26.9	the number one health podcast in the world.
0:29.0	Thanks to each and every one of you that come back every week to listen, learn and grow.
0:33.4	Now you know that one of my favorite ways to learn is by learning people's stories,
0:37.9	by diving into their hearts, their minds, their souls, if they're willing to share that.
0:42.6	And try and understand what we can learn, what we can hear, what we don't understand.
0:47.1	Maybe there's a part of their journey that we didn't know enough about.
0:50.3	And I found stories become a huge compass for me in my life.
0:54.1	And that's why I try and share those with you here.
0:56.6	And today's guest is someone that I've actually wanted to talk to for a long, long time.
1:00.5	I would say I've been probably trying to book this podcast for like two years in the making.
1:04.6	So I'm very, very excited this evening.
1:07.1	And just so you know, he's had a crazy busy day.
1:10.0	It is officially 7.45 pm on a Monday night when we're recording this in New York City.
1:16.3	I'm doing my the one and only.
1:17.4	Someone who needs no introduction, Trevor, Noah, Trevor.
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