A stand-up comic argues that comedy should serve the audience, not the performer's ego. Jim Murphy's Inner Excellence shifted how he approaches his craft, moving from self-indulgent performance to audience-focused service through mental training.
I think it just started to make me really—
I'm a comic, right? So it's like, it seems on face value the most narcissistic, self-indulgent, masturbatory art form that there is. It's like, I have a microphone, here's 2,000 people, everyone shut up and watch me work, and you laugh when I stop talking.
That was one of the most profound pieces of that book where I was like, oh shit, yeah, like, of course.
It's not about me crushing and me feeling great and getting money and getting more followers. This is about you guys.
So the big question, how did Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life by Jim Murphy change your life?
I think it just started to make me really—
