Show Notes
Katt Williams, who tests his jokes in around 100 cities before shooting a special, joins Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness. Rejection works as feedback on delivery, and self-worth anchored before the answer makes every no easier to hear. The conversation covers sales as a numbers game and the principle that the audience is never wrong.
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