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The Philosophy of Modern Standup: Lesson 3

Treat it like a job

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Liam McEneaney
Apr 25, 2026
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Wang Yingming, Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general during the Ming dynasty.

Lesson 3: If you want standup to be your job, you must treat it like a job.

“To know and not to do is not to know.” — Wang Yangming

Perhaps you are saying to yourself, “We are three lessons in and I haven’t learned how to write a joke, deliver a joke, get booked, or do crowd work. When do we get to the meat of the matter?”

The answer is:

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