Trish wants to be a stand up comedian more than anything in the world but she’s just experienced her first big failure.
It was five minutes of torture.
The absence of laughter was deafening.
Every joke fell flat. Every second felt like an eternity and she could feel every eye on her taking it all in.
To the audience it felt uncomfortable but to Trish it felt raw and devastating and personal.
It was humiliating! No, beyond humiliating! It was mortifying!
And yet Trish’s ambition to become a stand up did not falter but ‘maybe’ she pondered ‘maybe I could do my next gig from off stage, you know, out of sight? Or maybe I could send in a pre recorded video and everyone could just watch that?’
Why these solutions?
Because they would put more distance between her and possible heart breaking failure.
It would limit her potential but it would also cap the vulnerability.
I’m sure Trish will figure out soon that there is no avoiding this level of failure.
That if she wants to make it as a stand up comedian she has to expose herself fully.
If you want the success you have to come to terms with the devastating raw hurt.
Trish has to sink or swim in the spotlight, continuously.
Thomas Duggan 