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“I think that if you’re able to be flexible, you open yourself up to all possibilities of getting to the place that you eventually want to be.” - Josh Johnson   Each week, your failed it! podcast host and improve it! founder Erin Diehl, will take you on a comedic journey that flips the “highlight reel” of Instagram on its head and shows you the grit, creativity and determination it takes to overcome your disappointments, embrace the suck, and design the career you’ve only dreamed about.    On today’s failed it! episode, host Erin Diehl introduces stand-up comedian, writer and performer, Josh Johnson, to speak about how he stands up and embraces failure! *Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the pandemic.*   Welcome to failed it!

• [3:59] The real Diehl on the real Josh Johnson
• [7:26] Josh’s failure resume
• [10:04] The first year of stand-up
• [13:26] Podcast idea that didn’t come to fruition
• [22:36] 3 lessons Josh learned
• [23:45] Doors don’t get slammed, but get closed slowly
• [25:06] “I think that if you’re able to be flexible, you open yourself up to all possibilities of getting to the place that you eventually want to be.”
• [27:45] improve it!’s WFH (work from home) membership
• [34:12] “Time only builds and helps them to get them where they want to go.”
• [35:47] Josh provides 3 action items for you that he learned
• [37:53] “Reading is a lot like exercising”
• [43:03] What did Josh fail at today?
• [44:44] Fail Yeah!
• [46:21] You can follow/DM Josh on Instagram and Twitter and Facebook
• [47:24] Check out Josh’s album ‘I Like You’ on Spotify, Tidal, etc.
• [48:08] Rate/Subscribe on iTunes and screenshot you listening by tagging us using #faileditpodcast!
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  Josh Johnson is a stand-up, writer, and performer from Louisiana by way of Chicago. He is currently a writer on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and has been featured on Kevin Hart’s Hart of the City. Josh was named one of Comedy Central’s ‘Comics to Watch’ in 2015 and one of the Just For Laughs Festival’s ‘New Faces’ in 2016. He is a former writer and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he also made his late-night debut in 2017.   As a stand-up, Josh has performed at clubs, colleges and festivals around the world, including JFL Montreal, Bumbershoot, Moontower, SXSW, Riot LA, Bridgetown, High Plains and the New York Comedy Festival and was named New York’s Funniest Comic at Caroline's during the New York Comedy Festival in 2018.   On screen, Josh has appeared on CONAN, @Midnight with Chris Hardwick, and Netflix as part of

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