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

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
02:01 How Are You, Jimmy?
03:07 Every Single Person Has Life Dysmorphia
08:59 What Is the Point of All This Work?
12:35 What Is Our End Goal?
14:08 People Crave the Success Not the Journey
16:47 You Should Be Feeling Imposter Syndrome
18:45 I Entertained My Sick Mother
19:54 The Unmeasurable Stuff Is the Important One
24:29 Depression
25:46 Men's Mental Health
27:30 What Is It to Be a Man
33:25 Losing My Religion
33:52 How Do You Deal with Grief in Your Life?
35:19 The Passing of Sean Lock
38:27 Business Is Life
39:12 The Issue Is Young People Are Not Given Enough Agency
41:52 How Comedy Teaches You to Be a Good Communicator
45:06 The Importance of Taking Risks
52:38 How To Deal with Rejection
55:31 Knowing Who You Are & What You Want to Do
58:44 Is It Motivation, Luck or Talent?
01:02:14 Being Cancelled
01:06:12 Would You Erase Your Worst Moments?
01:15:26 Artificial Intelligence
01:26:37 Self Expression
01:30:51 Jimmy's Eating Disorder
01:35:31 Advice to Younger People
01:38:25 Why You Should Sweat the Small Stuff
01:42:45 Having Confidence
01:43:40 Netflix Special
01:46:09 Dave Chapelle Attack
01:50:38 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.

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