Jimmy Carr's sacrifice question ends at Asda
A High Performance interview clip draws roughly 303,000 views amid eighteen uploads mixing reflection with crowd work.
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What are you willing to sacrifice to get where you want to be? #jimmycarr #highperformance
The punchline involves groceries. Jimmy Carr's most-watched new upload starts with character and ambition, then brings a lofty conversation neatly down to Asda.
In "What are you willing to sacrifice to get where you want to be? #jimmycarr #highperformance", Carr describes discipline, motivation and obsession as ascending levels of effort. His definition of the last is the revealing bit: "What could be play for you and work for them?" He asks what people are prepared to give up for the future they want, before the interviewer offers a maxim about everyone wanting to eat but few being prepared to hunt. Carr's supermarket alternative supplies the comic landing.
The comments pick up the distinction between being told what to think and learning how to think. Others debate his hierarchy, arguing that discipline is what remains when motivation fades. It is a conversation, rather than simply an applause line.
That reflective streak ran through a busy week, with uploads about self-confidence and young people's prospects alongside the familiar audience exchanges. "Asking Jimmy for one small favour... #jimmycarr #crowdwork #hecklers #standupcomedy" is currently attracting the most daily viewing, while an earlier selection of classic jokes remains busy too.
The channel added 40,000 subscribers over the week, and daily viewing is running above its usual pace. Among the nearby stand-up channels, Ali Siddiq is also seeing notably stronger daily viewing than usual, while Dry Bar Comedy is quieter. Carr's week leaves room for both sides of his delivery: the considered answer and the quick exit through a supermarket joke.
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What viewers say
HOW to think vs WHAT to think
@Uncle_JesterSee it on YouTubeThat's backwards. Motivation gets you started. Discipline is what keeps you going. Displine is why you don't need to do your "I'm going to go to the gym." New Year's Resolution again. Only having motivation is why you quit in February. Motivation eventually dies.
@DNAOrbbSee it on YouTubeEveryone wants to eat, not Everyone wants to get up at 4am to farm for the food.
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The higher aim of discipline is not in becoming skilled in the management of unworthy appetites, but in the development of character which is no longer dependent upon gratifying their impulses.
@bryandoyle765See it on YouTubeI'm always impressed by how deep he is. 😊
@michelegagnon5618See it on YouTubeSo love listening to Jimmy- philosophical & so bright
@audreybrassSee it on YouTubeYou’ve got a brilliant way of looking at things, Jimmy!
@tsdelaneySee it on YouTubeLife according to Jimmy. Real, wise and witty. Love ya bro!
@Michael-r1iSee it on YouTubeVery insightful, well put sir
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- Channel
- Jimmy Carr
- Subscribers
- 2,310,000 ▲ 40,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 33,870,912
- Videos published this week
- 18
- Video published
- October 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 302,713
- Views on its first day
- 94,352
The numbers
Here is how Jimmy Carr's uploads and audience moved over the week.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which level of effort does Carr place above motivation in the High Performance clip?
Carr puts obsession above motivation, describing it as work that feels like play to the person doing it.


