Hugh van Kylenburg
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that the ego is an illusion and that you don't have to spend your life worrying about bullshit.
And what you've made, in my own mind, what I've made myself to be is not real.
Someone who can't fail.
Someone who's like just, you know, always...
Yeah, well, yeah, on professional evidence to a degree.
Yeah, professional evidence, yeah.
But that failure ended up being the best thing because my life has been so much more relaxing since then.
And it's like, and the more you're honest, and as you guys know, you've sort of built this out of that really, the more you express your, you know, your vulnerabilities, the more people actually do, you know, warm to you.
But it was really about me just giving up my ego.
Honestly, they're not...
Not worrying about what people think and realising people don't think about you, even if they do, it doesn't matter.
The deeper you get into that, the more relaxing your life is.
I recently read a, I don't know if it's true or not, but it rang true to me, a survey had been done that the happiest people in the world are the people who think about themselves the least.
So real joy doesn't come from, you know, me telling myself I'm a great comedian or me looking at my success or me, you know, looking at the fact I've got a lovely wife and lovely kids.
It doesn't come from that.
It comes from forgetting about myself and just appreciating being alive.