motivation

What Motivates Dave Chappelle & Chris Rock to Continue Performing?

When asked what keeps pulling them back to the stage after all these years, Chappelle & Rock had the same answer: Mastery.  But mastery isn’t unique to comedians. It’s actually the most common goal among all highly-creative professionals. Studies into the psychology of highly creative people have found that mastery is mentioned over 20% more […]

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Is it Better to Be an Introverted or Extroverted Comedian?

Check out the BBC interview I did here on The Why Factor: Why Not Celebrate Introverts? The stand-up comedy industry is full of diverse comedians. However, there is a very interesting (and misunderstood) pattern to comedians’ personalities. Audiences almost always believe that comedians are highly extrovert (i.e. “are the life of the party”). As research

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