Making Huge Life Changes

I made a huge life change from marketing career to comedian. People ask me how did I do it. So this week I'm talking about some of the steps I took to make this huge life change.

It goes back to summers between college, I was a tour guide in Washington, D.C., and I was great at it! I made up jokes and goofed around with the tourists, and I could remember all the city’s facts and figures. There was another guide though who was a lot older than me, and while she was personable and sweet, but she just couldn’t keep the facts straight to save her life. I'm pretty sure a lot of her tourists left DC thinking that the president lives in the Capitol. She was the nicest woman, but she really confused her facts.  

One day I picked up a guide to learning annex classes that you can take around the city, and I saw that she was teaching a class on DC facts and figures. I was livid! This woman had a side business making extra money teaching people about stuff she couldn't keep straight! My friend Lauren was with me, and I just went off about how could this woman be teaching this class - I should be teaching that class! After my rant was over, Lauren calmly turned to me and said, “Well, Jan, she put the class together and you didn’t.”

Right then I realized the difference between the people who “do” and the people who “rant.” I remembered that woman when I wanted be a comedian, and it helped me take tiny, baby steps towards my goal.  

My tip . . . stop ranting and start making small steps towards your goal. Even if you're not the best person at what you want to do, you're head and shoulders above the rest if you just do SOMETHING. 'cause most people don't.