#354: The "WIN" Formula; *Reassess, *Recalibrate, *AND WIN.

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Chapters

• 0:00 The Formula for Success
• 1:12 Comedy and Punching Up
• 2:45 Writing Down Good and Bad
• 4:30 Finding Value in Progression
• 5:27 Benefits of Self-Reflection

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Part of what I do as a comedian is I'm constantly reassessing my information, making adjustments and going for the win Meaning, I feel like one of the greatest formulas of success, whether you're shooting a two-point shot in basketball or you're an army field sniper or something like that. Right is, the only way to get better at your technique is to evaluate your own results and then, after that, should, as the only way to get better at your technique is to evaluate your own results and then after that, should there be adjustments, then you make them and then, when you go back, you execute and you're even better. Right? I think that one of the best lessons that I learned in the army was doing something called an after action report, which was kind of difficult in some aspects, meaning it was basically, after you're done a mission, you're supposed to look at things that you did good at, and even things that you did bad at, and write them down and make those corrections. But what if you had something nothing but like a great day? Okay, it's harder to find a bad and good, but even then that part of that's like part of what the challenge is. So I you really put it on yourself to find greatness in greatness and find greatness in potential weakness, if that sort of makes sense.

Speaker 1: 1:12

Lately I've been going through my comedy and in the comedy world they call it punching up. It basically means like making your jokes tighter and stuff like that. And I am constantly doing that and sometimes there will be no changes. And I am constantly doing that and, um, sometimes there'll be no changes, and that's a great repetition because that means I get to rehearse and get one step better memorizing and knowing and really becoming one with, like the words that I'm saying making it subconscious. So, uh, someone in the back that's uh, you know, has a. Uh, someone in the back that's uh, you know, has a? Um, like a waitress or something, may have like four drinks, maybe they get. She gets bumped over, they hit the ground, it crashes and it distracts everybody, except for me on stage Having that laser focus, you know, drilling something, so that even subconsciously you know it. It's like you're on autopilot. That's the only way to do things, which reminds me there's actually another um, uh, podcast. What are you doing as far as how to memorize everything? Um, but that, that'll be next week. Um, but uh, yeah. So last night I basically took two full minutes, which is a whole lot If you consider each. Each one minute in comedy more or less represents one week of work. So in an hour that's basically an entire year's worth of work or more. It could take two hours, right.

Speaker 1: 2:36

I mean, how often does a musician come out with a new album? Maybe every year, maybe not, but generally speaking, when you space it out more, which is part of the battle, right. When you, if you space it out more which is part of the battle, right, if you space it out more, to like once every two years, probably better, higher quality, but you also become less relevant. So you have to fight that battle as well. So it's like, do you do something? It's like half an album with good songs and the other kind of filler which I hate to say, but it's kind of a common trend, especially nowadays. You got that single, anyway, getting off on a tangent. But yeah, whenever I get an opportunity to reassess, recalibrate and execute and win, I feel like it's one more internal check that I get to do. That you can do if you try it out.

Speaker 1: 3:22

So, no matter what your sport is or whatever you do, write down what you did good and write down things that maybe were bad, okay, not even in a big way. Okay, some things may be more glaring, obvious to you, right? Others maybe not. But finding the bad and good is such a challenge. I mean, what if you were like an expert? What if you were like a martial artist? Right, you're a UFC fighter and you win a fight in the first 30 seconds, okay, and you do it, maybe through like a submission. You get a guy, you start trying to choke him and he taps out Okay, that's a solid win for you. Very simple, very easy, okay. But how could you find that? And that good? Right, but how could you find that in that good right?

Speaker 1: 4:06

When I look through my material that I know that works and I'm trying to make it better. It's not easy, okay, but you still get positive repetitions. Shooting that basketball, okay. Trying to choke out that guy metaphorically or maybe really, whatever right, or, in my circumstance, in my comedy. Because you get to be more in depth with the material, get to really memorize it Again, it becomes a part of you. I'm so passionate about always being progressive and always being better, right. This is one of the biggest, one of the biggest contributors to my success and my growing success that I've ever had. And again, if it's, I get to say it out loud compared to just knowing it. It really it makes another imprint, not just on a positive memory, positive reinforcement, right, but it's like you get to hear it out loud, you get to think things out loud, and that's one of the things also that I love about this podcast is because it's great for the listener, but it's also great for me because I get something out of it and I'm always down for progression.

Speaker 1: 5:12

If you want to be better, listening to this stuff more than likely in some aspect well, almost Not always, but almost always okay, there will be something that you can get from it, because that's the only thing I'll ever say. I'm only going to say things that are going to make me better. So if you're selfish and I said in a funny you know how funny a weird way but if you're selfish in a good way, right, uh. And you're interested in improving yourself, right, I'm not really. I think that's selfish regardless, wrong term, right, uh, listen to this stuff, because there's always going to be something in there for you, because I'm only going to put stuff in here for me and it won't be isolated, it's broad. So anyway, y'all have a beautiful day. Thank you so much for your time in advance. I'm Benja Welldone. Until next time I'm out, peace, thanks.