rant · moment 21 of 21
America's Missing Plan B and Flipping the Script on Tampa Tony
from Tim's Big Audition with Chris Distefano | The Tim Dillon Show #308 · #308
3 min
Tim argues America obsesses over 'follow your dream' messaging with no plan B, credits having kids with grounding him, and jokes about turning his dad's advice back on him regarding gambling and lack of hustle.
- America has no Plan B — the culture obsesses over following your dream and becoming a CEO, but never teaches how to actually construct a life when that fails.
- Having kids reframes everything: pushing a daughter in a swing or getting them to school becomes the whole point, not selling out MSG.
- Tim's father kept telling him to make everything smaller and stop trying to make his life so big, which is how his dad actually lives.
- Tim brings up Bernie Sanders and the pattern of temporary clarity after near-death or good medical news that disappears by the next day when you're back yelling about traffic.
- Flip the script on Tampa Tony: tell him he has a podcast, YouTube channel, and should explain his digital media strategy instead of complaining about your career.
- If Tim makes his life smart he gets fewer gigs, so his strategy is to embezzle money and gamble it on FanDuel instead.
- Ben is going to Europe for two weeks with his wife in August, and Tim is struck by how much money these people clearly have.
- Tim is trying to make sure Ben can go for the full two weeks with his woman, and anyone who knows Tory Burch should have her contact him.