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Popular Posts

Useful Lessons from Stories of Me Doing Something Stupid

• Three Powerful Problem Solving Lessons You Can Learn From My Stupidity
• The “Holy Guacamole” Guide to Trying Something New
• 4 Ways You (and Your Team) Can Keep Kicking Ass, Even When Things Go Wrong
• The Shattered Glass Syndrome: A Simple Way to Reduce Stress and Drama in Your Life

Motivational Kick in the Ass

• Why Stupid People Succeed
• Wanna Get Good at Something?
• Why People Hating What You Do is a Good Thing
• How to Avoid Making Stupid Mistakes Out of Stupid Anger

Business Lessons

• 5 Ways to Make Your Product or Service Stand Out More than a Human Wizard at a Vampire Ball
• 6 Horrendous Leadership Types
• Customer Service Credo: Deeds, Not Words
• The Three Simple Keys to Small Business Success: Clarity, Quality, and Marketing

Pop Culture

• What You Can Learn from Woody, Boo, and Mr. Incredible
• Rating the Business Acumen of Horror Movie Monsters
• Communication Lessons from MTV’s “Jersey Shore”

Motivational Lyrics

• 5 Great 80′s Motivational Songs
• 5 Great Motivational Songs From 80′s Movies
• Great Motivational Lines from Rush Songs

Presentation Skills

• 5 Conference Speakers That Can Kill a Conference
• How to Quickly Put Together a Great Speech
• Talk Gooder: 3 Lessons From Stephen King’s “On Writing”
• 5 Ways to Suck as a Conference Breakout Speaker

Video Posts

• Progress, Not Perfection [Video Post]
• Getting Worse to Get Better [VIDEO]
• Video: Ranting on Stupidity (Especially When Driving)
• My Professional Speaking Demo Video

Audio Posts

• Ranting About Success: Interview with David Newman
• Audio Interview: Turning a Whole Bunch of Random Content Into a Great Speech
• Audio: Improv Comedy For Sales – “Say Yes And!”

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Avish

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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+

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