Comedian Ryan Long Shares His Perspective on Success

In this clip, comedian Ryan Long discusses his philosophy on achieving success and building a career. Moving away from his typical comedic routines, Long offers a more serious take on the effort required to excel in one's field. He emphasizes the importance of consistent hard work and "stacking receipts"—a metaphor for accumulating tangible proof of one's experience and accomplishments over time. The video captures a moment of reflection from the performer as he speaks directly to an audience about the reality behind perceived talent.

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park.jihoNewcomerSep 14, 2026

I got my first paying gig as a guitarist/singer when I was 14. The singing part was horrible because my voice was changing. I squeaked like a clarinet. But people went on and on how talented i was on the guitar. By that time, I had been playing for 8 years, no less than 2 hours a

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isabela.carvalhoNewcomerSep 14, 2026

who pushes this clown? I mean it's surely positively all and all scripted and in very bad low writing skills but it sells I see (the matching idiots are everywhere I know) but still who pushed this clown this much to put on the stage?

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kowalski.janNewcomerSep 14, 2026

I hate this asshole

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santos.markNewcomerSep 14, 2026

What would you do if you couldn't fail? I'd remake the government out of people that would never be greedy, never step out of line, and never work against the best interests of the people. Y'know, since we're just throwing out dreams

alejandro_ramrezNewcomerSep 14, 2026

Am I the only one who think this is absolute shit ? Why so many Post of this mf

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mateus_95xNewcomerSep 14, 2026

People with reach do whatever sells tickets, they realized people go to his shit shows to laugh not because they see quality but because they are miserable and want a break so these comedians do what the market ask for them, just ask the muslim preacher. Anyway Scripted garbage.

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seoyeon60NewcomerSep 14, 2026

I would think this was scripted, but I recently found that he is very intelligent, well-read, informed, educated, and quick-minded. So this might be just a regular conversation to him. Regardless of his fame, I'm sure he would be a great dude to have drinks with

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chinedu_39xNewcomerSep 14, 2026

This man's like 20x's better than a jordan peterson. short precise and accurate. Someone posted Him the other day talking about Loss, that rang so true.

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sota_takahashiNewcomerSep 14, 2026

I always keep telling people that 90% of "talent" is the work you don't see someone has done in the past. "Oh, you're so talented towards X!" "No, bitch. I worked hard to be good at X".

leila.toumiNewcomerSep 14, 2026

He is extremily intelligent.