Is there a passion that you have always want to explore? Is it too late for you? Will you be successful? Should you just stick to what you know? What will people think?
Sound familiar? Take a leap of faith! It doesn’t need to be all or nothing to explore your passions!
Writer/Comedian/Actor Yaw Attuah joins the conversation on Cue To Cue this week to encourage us to take a leap if we want to and explore why it’s gnawing at you. You need to try it and see if it’s really what you’re looking for. Yaw will take us on a journey on how he took a leap of faith in becoming a comedian and how his worst set turned out to be the a great learning experience. He reminds us that we can demystify the unknown and learn from moments when we fall.
Don’t wallow in your failures. Don’t let the beast grow! Confront your biggest fears!
In this episode:
- The difference between any comic and a better comic is how you frame the joke.
- How modesty can be dishonesty when we don’t acknowledge our own skills and achievements.
- The importance of critique in nurturing your creativity.
- How a performance solidified his leap of faith as a comedian.
Yaw Attuah: Creative Risk Taking, Comedy Writing, And Building Resilience
A little about Yaw:
Yaw Attuah is a comedian, writer and actor from Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. He was a finalist in the 2017 Toronto Comedy Brawl competition and competed in comedy competitions in Brantford, ON and San Diego, CA. He debuted his critical and audience hit one-person show ‘Rhymes with Wow’ at the Toronto Fringe Festival July 2018. Yaw has completed the Second City Toronto Writer’s program and the prestigious Second City Conservatory program. As a stand-up comedian, Yaw has performed at many well-respected clubs/venues across the North America and has opened for Comedians Sam Jay (SNL), Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero), and Eliza Skinner (Drop the Mic on TBS)
Follow Yaw!
Instagram: @yawexperience
Twitter: @yawexperience
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