That’s when he set his sights on becoming a comedian.

Martin began as a magician but discovered that what he loved was not magic, but performance.It’s an awesome example of taking on just manageable difficulties. Then he took on a twenty minute gig and even added in three poems to read just to add enough length. Then he did a five minute skit or a ten minute show at a club.

His early jobs were short routines or magic tricks of a few minutes.

It is fascinating how he slowly expanded his shoe length with each gig.

Eventually, he stayed on the bus long enough to transform what he learned into his own routine. So many of his acts started as something learned from a friend or adapted from a coworker.

He is the definition of The Helsinki Bus Station Theory.

It was by performing his routines in public five or six times per day and by constantly adapting material from friends that he developed stage confidence and a unique routine. The early years of Martin’s career were poor and unsexy, but they were filled with tons of practice.

Perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

All entertainment is, or is about to be, old fashioned.

Audiences don’t laugh when they are in the light.

Darkness is essential for stand up success.

In his words, “10 years spent learning, 4 years spent refining, and 4 years spent in wild success.” This summary also includes key lessons and important passages from the book. My notes are informal and often contain quotes from the book as well as my own thoughts. This is my book summary of Born Standing Up by Steve Martin. OL18168744W Page_number_confidence 89.81 Pages 218 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.7 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210204105148 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 415 Scandate 20210202022654 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781847824240 Tts_version 4.Steve Martin was one of the most successful comedians of his generation. In his words, his career involved “10 years spent learning, 4 years spent refining, and 4 years spent in wild success.” This fantastic book provided beautiful insights not only into the details of his comedy act, but also into his early life and career development. Urn:lcp:bornstandingupco0000mart:epub:76e6163a-99e9-4e4d-a3f8-c2c1534bcd8c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier bornstandingupco0000mart Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t70w8kk1v Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781847824240ġ847824242 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.11 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000207 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:01:27 Boxid IA40055119 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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