Intention Is Everything

This world isn’t perfect. It’s messy, chaotic, unpredictable — full of misunderstandings, mistakes, and people who don’t always say what they mean or mean what they say. That's why intention matters.

To me, intention might be the most important thing we carry.

In business, intention reveals whether you're building something that helps people — or just helps yourself. It shows in how you treat your team, your partners, your audience. Are you creating something with care, or just chasing credit? Are you giving people value, or just taking their attention?

In relationships — romantic, personal, professional — intention is everything. You can’t control outcomes. You can't control people. You mess up. So will they. But if your intention is honest, if you’re showing up with love, respect, and the willingness to grow… people feel that. It allows for forgiveness.

And in comedy — where I’ve built my life — intention is the difference between something that just fills time and something that's real.

There’s a lot of noise in comedy today. People chasing virality. People using a microphone just to get attention. But stand-up isn’t about being listened to — it’s about connecting. And the only way you connect is if your first intention is to be funny. That’s the job.

Yes, you can speak truth to power. Yes, you can challenge people. You can even change minds. But that only works if your first goal was to make them laugh. Otherwise, you’re just preaching. And people didn’t pay to get lectured by someone with a loud shirt and a lazy eye.

Audiences are smart, smarter than you. They feel your intention — to entertain, to explore, to connect through humor. And they also feel when it’s performative and self-serving.

I'm not perfect. I don’t always get it right.

I do always try to be honest about what I’m doing, in comedy and in life. Because in a world full of chaos, intention is one of the few things we can control.

And when your intention is clear, the audience doesn’t just laugh — they trust you.

And that’s when something special has an opportunity to exist.

– FunwithLex