How long would it take MrBeast to become a good stand-up comedian? The speaker argues that the ten-year rule for mastery misses the point: natural talent matters. Jerrod Carmichael's vulnerability on stage is something you either have or you don't.
If I dedicated my life to trying to be a stand-up comic, how long do you think it would take for me to get good at it? Everybody says it takes you 10 years to get good, but I just think it all depends on your natural capacity and inclination for it. Like, there's some people I've seen when they're open micers, they're amazing. They just have great stage presence. They have great stories. They're amazing on stage. Jerrod Carmichael was like that. Everybody was turning left and he was just turning right. His vulnerability, his stage presence. The question he just asked is like, how long would it take me to be as good as Ariana Grande at singing? You're like, how would I even?
