What’s Your Biggest Insecurity and How Does it Influence Your Comedy?

I think most comedians feel like frauds at some point. The imposter syndrome. I felt like the biggest fraud for a long time, because I came into the comedy space much later in life, after two other career paths. I struggled when things didn't go as planned or I lost control of the rhythm of my set. Now, I still feel like an imposter sometimes, especially when established comedians, peers or comedians I respect are in the room watching me. That used to make me nervous and on my tip toes and make me do my best "sure fire" jokes.

But lately, something has changed. Now its the opposite. It makes me work harder and take more chances on stage. I still am very alert, but instead of doing the sure fire hits that have proven to work, I take chances on new jokes or new tags and see how I can react and do better.

I still play to the audience and not the comedians in the back but now I feel like I belong. But when I am on a show with established comedians, especially in New York or L.A., there is still that imposter syndrome lurking the background. hashtag#standup hashtag#comedy hashtag#careerchange