By almost any measure I am an experienced performer and director of improv whereas my stand-up career has been short and not especially auspicious. By pursuing both projects (and many others besides) I know that I'm exposing my personal brand to jibes like: -
For a stand-up comic he makes a terrific theatre director...Yet to take such criticism to heart is to invite paralysis. Anyone who wants to lead a multidimensional life has to ignore David Ricardo.