Alex Mackenzie
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, I would say I pass probably 20 to 30 people doing the same thing every day on the highway from gig to gig.
Yeah, you know what?
That's pretty funny.
I think that most parents, Jewish or not, you know, my Canadian mother, same thing.
You know what's so funny?
My mom was very, like, when I was working in the mill, she was always like, oh, you got to get out of there.
You got to go and do something and chase your dreams, you know?
And then when I was like, hey, I'm quitting my job to do this.
She's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, you can't just quit.
I mean, what are you?
What are you, crazy?
Like...
Exactly.
Yeah, that was the plan.
Oh, I would say, you know, the biggest thing that comes of it that you realize later is it's not what you're doing, it's who you're becoming.
So I would say that is the biggest thing I've taken away from it.
Like at the beginning, you're like, oh, I want to do comedy.
I'm so excited to chase this dream.
But then as you get into it and you get years down the road of chasing the dream, you realize that the real reward isn't the doing comedy, but it's the person you're becoming along the way.
Wow.