Jimmy Carr: "I Was Laughing & Crying When He Died". Jimmy Opens Up About Being Cancelled & How Anxiety Is The Flip Side Of Creativity!

About this episode

Learn the lessons behind the laughter, learned from over 20 years in the world of comedy. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning comedian, writer and TV host for shows including, ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, ‘Roast Battle’, and ‘Big Fat Quiz Of The Year’. In this conversation Jimmy and Steven discuss topics such as, why we don’t think about death enough, how to speak so people listen, the power of imposter syndrome, and how to find out what you want to do in life. 00:00 Intro 01:01 How Are You, Jimmy? 02:07 Every Single Person Has Life Dysmorphia 07:59 What Is the Point of All This Work? 11:35 What Is Our End Goal? 13:08 People Crave the Success Not the Journey 15:47 You Should Be Feeling Imposter Syndrome 17:45 I Entertained My Sick Mother 18:54 The Unmeasurable Stuff Is the Important One 23:29 Depression 24:46 Men's Mental Health 26:30 What Is It to Be a Man 32:25 Losing My Religion 32:52 How Do You Deal with Grief in Your Life? 34:19 The Passing of Sean Lock 37:27 Business Is Life 38:12 The Issue Is Young People Are Not Given Enough Agency 40:52 How Comedy Teaches You to Be a Good Communicator 44:06 The Importance of Taking Risks 51:38 How To Deal with Rejection 54:31 Knowing Who You Are & What You Want to Do 57:44 Is It Motivation, Luck or Talent? 01:01:14 Being Cancelled 01:05:12 Would You Erase Your Worst Moments? 01:14:26 Artificial Intelligence 01:25:37 Self Expression 01:29:51 Jimmy's Eating Disorder 01:34:31 Advice to Younger People 01:37:25 Why You Should Sweat the Small Stuff 01:41:45 Having Confidence 01:42:40 Netflix Special 01:45:09 Dave Chapelle Attack 01:49:38 What Would You Tell Your Kids? You can watch Jimmy’s new Netflix stand-up special, ’Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer’, out on the 16th April 2024. You can purchase tickets for Jimmy’s brand-new international tour, ’Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’, here: https://bit.ly/49u9iex Follow Jimmy: Twitter - https://bit.ly/4awtUEe Instagram - https://bit.ly/3PULKbt YouTube - https://bit.ly/3xrXsEc Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices