5 Things I Love About Improv Comedy
Someone recently asked me why I like improv. I rattled off my standard answer of “it’s so much fun!” But afterward, I started giving the question more thought. Here then, are 5 things I came up with that I love about improv. There are more, but this is a start (maybe there will be a […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
How To Be a Great Improv Comedy Audience Member
I believe that everyone should learn and practice improv comedy. (yes, that means you!). However, I am fully aware that if you are at an improv comedy show there is a much greater chance that you are in the audience than on the stage. Though you are much more likely to be watching than performing, […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
The Step by Step Process to Improvising With Anything
In many of the posts on this blog, I refer to “the step by step process to improvising with anything.” If you have seen me speak, then you are probably familiar with what that process is. If not, you may be confused. Here then, I lay out the entire process for you: When Ding! Happens […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
The Fine Art of “Grodining”
GrodiningDefinition: To flat out deny someone by saying “no,” offering little or no explanation or alternativeEtymology: I don’t know what etymology exactly means, only that it has nothing to do with bugs. So I will say that this term comes from a bit part by Charles Grodin in the Mike Meyers movie, “So I Married […]
Ponce de Leon Should Have Smiled More…
Here’s an article about an eight year study of 100,000 women that reports that the women who were optimists had a lower general death rate and a 30% power death rate from heart disease. The researchers didn’t know the exact cause, but there is a correlation. I often say in my speeches, “life is too […]
Yin/Yang: The Missing Ingredient to Your Success
(This is from my Improvised Musings E-Zine. Sign up for it now and get the MP3: “How to Think Quick” Free!!) What does almost getting sideswiped in a parking lot have to do with the concept of Yin and Yang and your success? Keep reading… I was driving in a parking lot one day and […]
“Call me back,” Click. – Aaaargh!!
You know what I hate? Receiving voicemails that simply say, “Hi, this is so and so, call me back.” Click. What’s up with that?!?! I hate it!! Ding! Give me some info! Why are you calling? What do you want to talk about? Is it good or bad? What’s barely better, but still annoying, is […]
Shangrila May Be Closer than You Think!
Have you ever been so focused on something that you missed the obvious? I did recently, but fortunately I learned a lesson from it… Last Friday night I was going out to meet some people for dinner at a restaurant I had never been to. It was called “Shangrila” (there’s a restaurant that has no […]
Want to Be Happy? Do Some Improv Comedy!
From a Scientific American Mind magazine article citing a study at Harvard and Princeton on accelerated thinking and mood: “Results suggested that thinking fast made participants feel more elated, creative, and, to a lesser degree, energetic and powerful. Activities that promote fast thinking, then, such as whipping through an easy crossword puzzle or brainstorming quickly […]
Lessons from a Precocious (Almost) Three Year Old
(This is from my Improvised Musings E-Zine. Sign up for it now!) Kids can be devious buggers, can’t they? I don’t have kids, but I had a funny experience with my best friend’s (almost) three year old daughter that made me a) realize how precocious kids can be and b) made me think about the […]