The Secret To Manifesting Success | Kevin Hart EP 763

0:00Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:12Everybody's not going to like you. And there was one moment where I felt like everybody was supposed to. I felt like everybody is supposed to like me. Man, I'm a nice guy. I'm a lovable, nice guy. Why wouldn't you like me? What I found, I was like, look, everybody's not going to like you. And you can't change that. You can't control that. So it's my job to be happy with my attempt and what it is that I'm trying to do. That's my job. So, you know, as you're going to perform at said small environment, I realized that each one of those opportunities was a way for me to work on me, my craft. And I'm supposed to take something out of that moment that's good.

0:55whether it's two laughs whether it's 20 whether it's 100 i have to take something away from this experience and improve off of that yeah if if i go do these things and everything about these things are always bad well that means that i'm i'm doing something wrong right it can't always be bad there has to be something good that's coming out of it i'm just not i'm not searching for it. So I found a way to search for the good. I found a way to search for the positive side of my experiences. And as I continued to do that, I developed a high level of shoulder shrug. Everybody's story is different. And what I find is that it takes time for everyone.

1:44Even the easiest road is still met with some degrees of difficulty. At somewhere, some point, you're going to go into some degree of difficulty. There are no easy roads. So when I was coming up and I'm not getting the auditions, I'm not getting the opportunities, I had to say to myself, it's going to come. If I put the work in, it has no choice but to come. Now, as I'm saying that and doing that, I'm looking around. There's certain comedians that were doing the same stuff over and over again for years and years and years. Certain comedians that felt comfortable were just making whatever the money was.

2:28It wasn't about the money. It was about the craft. So I knew that if I got better at the craft, that I would eventually get to the money. And that's what my focus was. Granted, I'm a part of a very small percentage. And, you know, you have to attach some luck to it. and the hard work with the luck is an amazing collaboration. But I knew what I had to do. So there were no other options. I didn't have other baskets with eggs in it. This was it. There were no other options, right? There was nobody to really lean on because nobody saw the gold in comedy. Why do all these comedy clubs all over exist?

3:09Why do these colleges book comedians every year and the colleges have to spend a certain amount of money on entertainment? Why are comedians the ones that are best suitable for hosting jobs, personality driven jobs, etc.? Radio personalities. There's so many doors that get open. Talk shows, yeah. Yeah, from the world of comedy. So when you look at that and you realize that, it's just about figuring out how to get there. That's the hardest part. How do you get there? How do you go down that road? What are the goals? What are the accomplishments that are baby accomplishments, but they become bigger?

3:50First one is getting to the comedy clubs. Like getting to the comedy clubs, that's major. Now I'm a working comedian and I'm working. Am I a regular host? Am I a comedy club's feature? All right, that's here. So now how do I work on being a headliner? Let me get some material. so that way when i get the opportunity i'm ready yeah oh wait but how do people come see me i gotta figure that out i gotta get i gotta get my likeliness up at the time this is these are all little hills that you have to climb but after climbing them they pay off comedy doesn't come easy you know the most talented you still gotta learn how to be a comedian you still have to to learn how to tell a joke.

4:34You still gotta know beginning, middle and end, a punchline, a segue, a set. You still have to do all those things. So, you know, we're in one of the most critiqued professions in the world. You're not funny, boo you. It takes a lot of skill and craftsmanship to be a good comedian. Honing in on that craft and perfecting that craft for doing your best in synth too, that's a job within itself. Making people laugh is easy. If you're funny, naturally funny, or being comedian is a different ballgame. The amazing thing about life, you have no idea. It's your job to try to do your best to grow and to set up whatever you can for those around you.

5:29And if you don't have people around you, then you're living for yourself. But it's your job to do the best that you can in doing that. Along the way, you're going to make mistakes. What bank robber do you think ever put the plan together to rob a bank to get caught after? You don't think that in their mind, this is going to be a life-changing moment. You don't think that people that overdose on drugs think that there's no shot that it can happen to them? You don't think that there's actual mistakes that happen within bad decision making? There is. You know, my little girl, my daughter, she went to go pet a dog and the dog started growling and barking real crazy.

6:16My daughter ain't went to go pet a dog since. Do you think that she thought in her mind this dog is nice because all dogs are supposed to be nice? It's not until you see that they're not that you know they're not. I say all that to say you have to experience some down to know why you're getting up.

6:44I am so excited for you to finish the rest of your day strong. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to click the link in the description and it'll take you to the full episode of my other show, The School of Greatness. Make sure to come back tomorrow for another episode of The Daily Motivation Show.