The (Real) Life of Pi

Today is March 14th, which means it’s National Pi Day! (March 14 = 3/14. Get it…?) In honor of this ridiculous holiday I, along with my wife Amanda and my friend Fred Gleeck made a fun video about the real life of Pi. Enjoy watching and please share! About By Avish Parashar. As the world’s only Motivational Improviser, […]

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Halloween Humor!

Happy Halloween! I hope you are having a nice “All Hallows Eve!” And for those of you caught up in Sandy’s wrath, I hope you are safe and that your recovery is proceeding nicely… To lighten the mood (and tap into the spirit of the day) here is a collection of Halloween/Horror Movie related posts […]

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Motivational Cliches and Improv Comedy

Here’s a video clip of me performing as part of a Comedy Night at the National Speakers Association: (Note: the video starts out wobbly for some reason, but then straightens out) The theme of the night was “Whose Cliche is it Anyway?” All the participants were given 8 “motivational cliches” and we each had to weave […]

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HolidayFun Guide!

Today is December 23rd. For many people, myself included, this will be the last day of work before a week-long holiday. I don’t know about you, but I like to spend my holiday time doing three things: 1)      Spending quality time with friends and family 2)      Reflecting on the previous year and planning for the […]

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Friday Web Roundup: Talent and Vendors, Harassing Debt Collectors, Suing For Lack of Sex, Losing a Gold Medal Because of a Ponytail, and Darth Vader’s Ridiculousness

  It’s Friday! Stop doing work and start checking out some fun links from around the interwebs… Talent and Vendors Here’s a post from Seth Godin’s blog about the difference between a “talent” and a “vendor.” From the post: “That’s the key economic argument for the distinction: if you treat an artist like a vendor, […]

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Friday Web Roundup: Laughter makes You Healthy, Irrational People Get Violent, Rich Kids Have Too Much Time and Too Little Sense, Stupid Infomercials, and Super Mario Gets a Portal Gun

It’s Friday and, knock on wood, the east coast has not been hit with an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, locust plague, or an invasion of seemingly benevolent but in fact incredibly hostile aliens (though there are still two days left in the week…). To celebrate our first “natural disaster free” week in almost two weeks, here […]

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Friday Web Roundup: Confronting Stupid, Lessons from Border’s, Bill Gates’ Crappy Plan, and the World’s Worst Video Game Armor

Its Friday, Friday, Gotta get Down on Friday, which means it’s time for a little good old fashioned procrastination. Here are a few links you might enjoy – I know I did! Confronting Stupid  A great little post fro Seth Godin’s blog about how more and more jobs these days “require a different sort of […]

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Winners of the “185 Teachers Walk Into a Bar” Contest!

The first ever Motivational Smart Ass contest is now officially over, and we have a winner! I want to thank everyone who participated. This being my first time trying this, I honestly had no idea how it would go. I’m excited to say that I am super happy with the participation and results! There were […]

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Friday Web Roundup

I tend to surf the web more than I should (you might call it, “procrastinating”). Rather than letting all that idle time be a complete waste, I decided to compile the interesting stuff I came across and share it with you. Enjoy! Life Lessons From 40 Films in 7 Minutes Some fan edited together a […]

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MSA Contest: Win a Book! (“185 Teachers Walk Into a Bar…”)

It’s Contest Time! As you may or may not know, my background is in improv comedy. As a professional speaker, I show audiences how they can use improv comedy ideas to think quickly, communicate better, and react quickly to change. I wrote a book on it – Improvise to Success – and now you have […]

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