Hey everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barrycats.

This is an unusual day for me. This is the first time in over a decade that I have ever done an episode

alone and people have been asking me to do it alone for a long time and I haven't done it which shows that I'm

either stubborn or set in my ways or whatever. But the more I talk to people, the more I interact with people, the

more I engage people on the blueprint for success, it's quite evident that people have a lot of interest in my opinion and whether anyone agrees with my opinion or not in my entire

career I've only gotten paid for one thing and that's my opinion.

So what I decided to do today, which I'm excited about, is answer a bunch of questions that people have given me.

I haven't really looked at these questions. They were assembled for me. I haven't really looked at these questions. They were assembled for me. I don't really know the order, how many I'm going to get through in the hour, but one of my favorite things about life is the

unknown.

And so today it'll be the unknown.

And so if you want to reach me you can do so at

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you can do so by going to my YouTube channel and subscribing and you can watch

whatever you want. So without further ado I'm going to start answering some

questions.

First question is from Amy D.

Located in Colorado in the Colorado Springs Denver area. Her question is, is there anything besides not being an asshole and persistent hard work that you've noticed the greatest comedians have in common.

Thank you, Amy.

I think one of the things that I've noticed the most about artists is the dedication to the of every routine they do, even when it doesn't feel that way.

So there's those people who just I think when you watch somebody like Jerry Seinfeld

and he's writing things down on a legal pad all the way to if we take that documentary that I was in, comedian Ornie Adams, who constantly

is adjusting little pieces of the routines to make sure everything works the best way and

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