7 Awesome Things About October
It’s easy to get depressed when October hits. The summer is both socially and literally over. The days are getting shorter. And Old Man Winter is waiting in the wings to ruin your good time. But October has some real positive things too. Halloween Halloween is a cool holiday. It is really the only one […]
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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+
5 Things You Can Learn From a Comedian About Business
I have a guest post on Businessweek.com! Check it out here: 5 Things You Can Learn From a Comedian About Business If you like it (and why wouldn’t you?) pass it around ! About By Avish Parashar. As the world’s only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, […]
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Single Person’s Rant
Let’s start the week off with a little humor I recently posted an article titled, No Singles The article was about the customer service I received at a convenience store, but I see how the title could lead people to believe it was about the discrimination and annoyances singles people face. So, I thought it […]
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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+
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+
For Your Enjoyment: The “Best Of…”
This blog has been going a little while, so some of you new folks may not have explored the old posts. So here I have selected to “top” posts from my blog for your enjoyment. They were selected based on reader feedback and my own thoughts. If you want to introduce someone to this blog […]
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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+
5 Things You Can Learn From the Movie “Jaws”
Jaws is my favorite movie of all time. As I was sitting there one day, I thought about how may simple success lessons we can all learn from Jaws. So of course, I just had to share them with you! 1) Two brains are better than one In the now iconic opening sequence, a teenage […]
5 Things Every Kid Should Learn In School
I have been known to rant about the stupidity of people from time to time. This got me thinking about why some of this stupidity wasn’t stamped out an early age, which led me to pontificate on the educational situation in the U.S. So I came up with a list of 5 things every kid […]
5 Examples of Everyday Stupidity That You Will Encounter this Week
Ding! Happens. No matter how much you plan or mentally prepare, life will throw you curveballs. That’s why I teach people how to improvise. When most people think of dealing with the “Dings” of life, they think of major, giant events. And unfortunately, they will happen. Much more likely and frequent, however, are the little […]
5 Great Sites I Visit to Laugh or Learn
As you can probably tell, my goal for this blog is to give readers a laugh while giving them an idea or two to think about that may help them do better in business or life. I don’t know too many other websites or blogs that do that, but I do know a bunch that […]