I’m often motivated by mustard.

When I first started doing comedy I’d have to follow Tonight Show comics, folks with their own Comedy Central and HBO specials, SNL cast members, and movie stars. If I listened to the voice in my head that said, “Oh my god, she’s so much better than me”, I’d never get on stage. So I remembered mustard.

It’s from this video of Malcom Gladwell at TED talking about how there’s no such thing as “better” mustard. Every mustard is someone’s favorite.

“Mustard does not exist on a heirachy. Mustard exists… on a horizontal plane. There is no good mustard or bad mustard. There is no perfect mustard or imperfect mustard. There are only different kinds of mustard that suit different kinds of people.”

So I get on stage and be the mustard that I am today. Fortunately, it’s usually someone’s favorite.

(And sometimes a girl tries to see if I’m a squeeze bottle!)

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