Seize the Day.
Tomorrow.
Paul is a stand-up comic, writer, and inspirational guru. He writes for Chicken Soup for the Soul. He has dozens of TV appearances and a recently released Dry Bar comedy special. Paul is also a featured speaker at corporate events, conferences, and other special engagements.
500+
Stages Played
4
TV Specials
Comedian by Trade.
Optimist by Accident.
Paul Lyons grew up in a house where laughter wasn't a luxury — it was the primary coping mechanism. His father, "Pop," taught him that life is mostly suffering interrupted by sandwiches, and that the suffering is funnier in retrospect.
He spent decades performing stand-up, navigating cruise ships, corporate boardrooms, and a pandemic, armed with nothing but a microphone and an unreasonable amount of optimism. His philosophy: Carpe Diem, Mañana. Seize the day. Just maybe not today.
Carpe Diem, Mañana.
This book is about Paul's daily struggle to live effortlessly. A collection of stories from four decades of family life, comedy clubs, spiritual confusion, and the stubborn belief that things will probably work out — just maybe not today. Funny, honest, and just philosophical enough to feel earned.
The Archive
Stories from a guy who's been sitting still and noticing.
Pop.
His father was a complicated man who communicated mostly through sighs and sandwiches. Paul spent decades trying to figure him out and finally did — about ten minutes too late.
Carpe Donut.
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits — eating donuts.
More from the Archive.
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01
2 Legit 2 Quit
On the stubbornness that passes for resilience
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02
Recovering from Purim
The holiday that keeps on giving (and giving)
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03
The Paranoid Optimist
Expecting the best, bracing for the worst
Family Vacation: An Oxymoron.
The whole family in a minivan. Five hundred miles. No air conditioning. Plenty of material.
Read the Dispatch
Bring the Fun to Your Corporate Parties.
Paul has played 500+ stages — comedy clubs, cruise ships, boardrooms. Nobody's complained yet. Laughter included.
"We are what we're focused on."
Still reading? Then you might as well hire him.
Book Paul for your next event, workshop, or existential crisis. He shows up on time, brings his own material, and leaves the audience in better shape than he found them.