Blog Category: Personal Development

Episode 244: Let Yourself Laugh & Remember One Thing. That is the key to getting better at anything. Geno Bisconte told me, “I kept getting depressed because here I was 20 years later, barely making a living at telling jokes.” We were both sitting at the bar at Standup NY. I was so scared I […]

Episode 244: He Was in a Gang at 13. Now He’s Uniting The World Through Ping Pong “I was shot twice by the time I was 13,” Wally told me. “I owned six guns. Everyone I grew up with then is dead,” he said. He then walked back to his side of the ping pong […]

Shawn Stevenson, host of The Model Health podcast said, “In the lab, they found anti-depressants in the New York City water system.” Anti-depressants! Ok, no problem. I’ll drink tap water. Save on therapy costs. In NYC everyone has to go to therapy. It’s a requirement. “This week my therapist said…” “There’s also these other chemicals […]

Episode 240: The Comedians Toolkit – The Best Joke When Patton Oswalt, one of the top comedians over the past several decades, was going through the worst experiences of his life this past year, he wrote an entire post about one joke Gary Gulman made. ONE JOKE. Oswalt starts off: “This is…so perfect.” I like […]

Alex Berenson had the dream job. But he was unhappy. And perhaps it even scarred him in some ways. He switched it up. To his true dreams. To the dreams he had for himself since he was a child. I want to do this. First off, Alex has written 11 bestselling thriller novels. Alex knows […]

Episode 235: Win Hearts and Minds “Have a spirit of adventure, the desire to learn something new, be an explorer and never get too comfortable.” “Imagine this room is filling up with poisonous gas,” Tim said. He’s looking straight at me. “There’s two doors behind me, one window and one to either side.” He points […]

Episode 234: Getting Past Anxiety & Learning How To Play Again Charlie fell into the death trap so many people fall into. I fall into it. It’s a daily challenge to LIVE. “I could feel the alarm bells going off in my body. My vision… and my hearing felt weird. My body was falling apart.” […]