There are glimpses of Carr here as he touches on his relationship with his parents, shares the story of throwing in his corporate job at Shell to take a chance on comedy, offers a mea culpa for his ‘tax thing’, and speaks of his partner and child, but largely this is a book of advice on how to find your purpose and be true to yourself.

The funniest and most enjoyable "self-help" book ever - barely feels like one while you read, because quite often it has as many jokes per minute as a stand-up show, and despite talking about his own story, the narrative voice is so energising and encouraging. Jimmy is a household name, well-known for hosting Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10 Cats, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Big Fat Quiz Of The Year in addition to presenting Comedy Central's Roast Battle UK and Your Face Or Mine. Everything in it will not be for everyone (certainly wasn't for me), but if you can find one or two things that inspire you, that might be good enough I reckon. I'm now navigating the dating scene with the finesse of a stand-up comedian, all thanks to the comedic wisdom within these pages.If you were in your mid 20s in the late 1990s, living with your family, no bills/mortgage and in a well paid job - would you say it was relatively easy or difficult to give up said job to pursue your dreams? He is a regular on all the top panel shows, including QI and A League Of Their Own, has performed as part of The Royal Variety Performance three times, and a judge on BBC1's I Can See Your Voice. Now Rickles knows everyone in the room is staring at Marilyn, so he waits a beat and says, ‘I thought I told you to wait in the truck.

Reality is an illusion and feelings aren't facts but the thing that messes with us is that we assume they are. The distress or anxiety about a situation that can cause us grief; it's probably only 10% of what happens to us is an actual problem, the other 90% is how we respond to the problem. There are so many millionaires with all the money in the world, and yet all they’re looking for is the urge to find some more. This book brings together lots of strands of self improvement, growth and mindful productivity, all while encouraging people to enjoy the journey and do what fulfils them. I know that is more or less the description advertised but nevertheless I wasn’t expecting so much of the preaching.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It tells the story of Jimmy's life - the transformation from white-collar corporate drone to fake-toothed donkey-laugh plastic-haired comedy mannequin - while also explaining how to turn your own life around and become the you you've always dreamt of being. Reality is an illusion and feelings aren’t facts but the thing that messes is that the most facts that we don't learn from these ideas most of what happens to us isn't something that is 10% of what happens to us is the problem but 90% is how we respond to the problem and that’s what really matters.

Hugh Grant is a friend and Monica Lewinsky is a friend of a friend and if you haven’t seen her TED Talk on being publicly shamed, may I recommend you stop reading, go and watch that and come back. Critics of mass culture have a trick of weighing the worst of the present with the best of the past. This book tells the story of how Jimmy turned it around and got happy, through the redemptive power of dick jokes. One of the biggest-selling comedy acts in the world, Jimmy consistently does stand-up to sell-out crowds, performing his shows at venues in over 40 countries.

Overall, if you pick this book up, you are in for some guaranteed laughs and perhaps a few life lessons along the way. It is as funny as expected, surprisingly thought provoking and peppered with short anecdotes that most may have never heard before. Môže to byť super trebárs pre tínedžerov so zmyslom pre čierny humor, ale pre čitateľa od 17 rokov vyššie je to takpovediac cringe. Z nejakého dôvodu je to self-help kniha, kde sa snaží dávať vážne rady do života, a tie rady do života sú bohužiaľ neuveriteľne banálne a predvídateľné.

At just 20, it’s cheaper than Scientology, quicker than therapy, and significantly less boring than church. Let's dive into the world of my romantic endeavors, where a simple attempt to read this book on a date led to unforeseen consequences.We mess up more times than we succeed but if we don't learn from the failures that we make we haven't learnt anything at all but in the failures that we make that's where we learn. Please note that it isn’t exactly an autobiography; It really is a preachy self help book peppered with anecdotes, yet, nonetheless still an enjoyable journey. It tells the story of Jimmy’s life – the transformation from white-collar corporate drone to fake-toothed donkey-laugh plastic-haired comedy mannequin – while also explaining how to turn your own life around and become the you you’ve always dreamt of being. And I really enjoyed the story where he went to a Royal Variety Show and another about meeting Bruce Springsteen that is really funny. If laughter really was the best medicine, the NHS would be handing out this book in Nightingale Hospitals.