Stand up Comedian Mona Shaikh

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An incredible interview with an incredible women. Thank you to the lovely & talented Mona Shaikh. You can find her material here:
https://www.instagram.com/monascomedy/

https://www.linkedin.com/checkpoint/challengesV2/AQFqnlQ-st-fIwAAAXPzTZ-BKos-UPIU0-OW0WDlU1S7WiTv2I4v-EKwOFd7O7J2YctFaeWGDEiGB_xkdGI2e4P4DjwuzNmjZA

https://m.youtube.com/MonaShaikhComedian?uid=KmhSCKQoNjYxb0VFrzpPzQ

http://www.minorityreportz.com/

https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/49840526

Speaker 1 (0s): Well, good morning everybody.

Speaker 0 (14s): Or is it good afternoon or is it good evening? I guess it depends on when you're listening to this. However, whenever it is, you're listening to this. I'm hopeful that it's good. I had a great weekend cause I'm recording this on Monday. I spoke with an incredible woman this weekend that had such an amazing story. It was like the hero's journey.

And it made me think about how strong people can inspire the lives of all of us. At times we all face adversity. And at times we all face obstacles that we seem are insurmountable and often a lot of us get stuck. And when we get stuck, I think it's important to turn to the stories of people who have made it through those tough times. As an example. So much of the media today is commodified.

And as a father who has a young daughter, I often worry about the examples for her to follow. As far as strong women, my wife is incredibly strong and beautiful, and my mom and the women in my family are very fortunate. They're all that way. The woman I spoke to today, mrs. Mona's shake is a standup comedian who came from Pakistan at the age of 14. She has overcome so many obstacles and the way she carries herself, our outlook on life and her ability to fight with the heart of a champion is really inspiring.

Now, wish I'm hopeful that we'll be seeing more of her. And I wish she was on prime time giving talks at schools and I really admire her courage and I really admire her willingness to be open about life. And I really admire her. So that being said, I hope everyone here enjoys this interview with an incredible woman and you can look her up on the internet on Instagram and are all her links will be in the notes for this particular podcast.

So thank you. I hope you enjoy Aloha.

Speaker 1 (2m 52s): Hello. I'm so Mona, how you doing?

Speaker 2 (3m 0s): I, I got, I'm not gonna lie. I was a little nervous. I was a little stressed out there for a minute, but I feel much better now. Thank you.

Speaker 1 (3m 8s): Thank you. You discovered a new platform. You can connect all your stuff on here and you can, the world can get to know the greatness of George Monte. That is so kind of you to say that. Thank you.

Speaker 2 (3m 21s): Yeah, it's interesting. Cause I was looking at similar platforms to try and understand how to connect everything. Yeah. And it's so nice to know someone that had gone through this that you can kind of piggyback their experience and have them teach.

Speaker 1 (3m 37s): I'm all about that. Piggyback this back is strong. Let's do

Speaker 2 (3m 42s): It is strong. Mona. I've been watching some of your videos.

Speaker 1 (3m 45s): Can I tell you something? Yes.

Speaker 2 (3m 48s): I think you have one of the most amazing stories ever.

Speaker 1 (3m 54s): It's so sweet. You're so kind

Speaker 2 (3m 58s): Truth. I mean, so for a lot of people in my audience that may not know you, maybe you can share a little bit with them, how you got from Pakistan to becoming a successful standup comedian in LA

Speaker 1 (4m 11s): On a boat, on a boat, the boat right. Would have taken way too long. Also I did seasick. So there's also that, how did I, you know, so my family story is, you know, you hear a lot of immigrant stories and I don't know how many immigrant stories you've heard, but there's usually are very similar in the sense, Oh, I came here with $5 in my pocket that kind of our family story is not so much about $5 in my pocket story. Our story is that I have four older brothers.

I'm the youngest and the only girl out of five kids because my parents didn't have a radio or television set. So we ended up being like five and I was like, you guys didn't have any other form of entertainment. Like you just kept making people stop it, stop it. And then I, but the thing is that like in the seventies, my second and my third brother were given expired vaccination for polio and they ended up getting polio because of it.

So my second and my third brother got polio. Of course there was no treatment for them in Pakistan at the time or really around the surrounding areas. So my mom would write letters to hospitals around the world, pretty much saying, Hey, I have two sick kids. They need help. Like I need to get them treatment. And then finally after much trying and after much persistence and just kind of, you know, writing letters out Shriners hospital and Lexington, Kentucky responded to our family and they were very kind. And they said, you know, if you guys just fly yourselves out here, we'll pay for everything.

And that's how we started coming to America, but I didn't move until I was like 15. So my brothers work, I was like six months old when my mom left me behind which at the time I thought it was horrible. I was like, Oh my God, how could you leave a baby behind? And now I look back. I'm like, that was a good move. That was a really solid move. And I'm glad you did that. Mainly because also I think because of my early adult years, my mom wasn't around, my mom is as an individual is very, very strong, solid person.

But the moment you kind of overlap her with the mom part, it just gets up. It gets fuzzy. Once he, George, it gets fuzzy real fast. That other part, maybe the mom things, not for you. You know, my mom was just very strict, very, you know, like, like a good Xapo would be, you know, kinda like the good could stop a feeling going out.

So I guess, you know, as a kid that doesn't really leave much room for you to grow. Cause my mom traveled to the U S so much to get my brothers treated, to get their treatments and stuff. I had a lot of free time on my hands. And that's where all the, this world, the funny thoughts started coming in. That's what started getting all funny up here. So that was just like, it ended up kind of becoming my skate to like write stories and create like funny, weird things. And yeah, I think for me, so like I moved out, my parents sent me here to live with my four older brothers.

Cause my parents never really lived here. They would just come visit. So they sent us here for, to get educated and stuff. So my four brothers came here and then it was like, Oh, do we send the girl or not? And my mom was like, no, no, no, the girl totally goes at the boys, goes in the girl, which is totally kudos. Kudos to my mom. So I got here and yeah, I grew up in Jersey city, which I did not know was located in America because the moment I got here and I was like, this can't be America.

There was no way in hell. This looks like, caus...