5 Steps to Taking Action Without Certainty
I recently received the following question via email: “You have given various methods of how to make an idea successful which are very useful and easy to implement. I wanted to check – how do I make sure that my idea will sell or it is the right direction I am going in. Unless and [...]
Building the Flexible Organization: Think Better, Not Back
Let’s face it: change can be a giant pain. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on things and start to feel comfortable, DING! the situation, economy, industry, or world changes on you. Change is inevitable. And yet, no matter how much we all know change is inevitable, so many people resist it. For [...]
Creativity: If You Know What You’re Doing Completely, You’re in the Wrong Place
As humans, we like to have some sense of certainty about what will happen as a result of our actions. That “certainty mentality” is understandable, but it may be the very thing that blocks you from great creativity and success. Here’s a quote from Jerry Seinfeld from the book “Top of the Rock: Inside the [...]
Motivational Improv Game – Blind Line
In this clip, watch Avish play the improv game “Blind Line” to finish his keynote presentation. In Blind Line, the audience has submitted a stack of cards (one per person) with a random line, quote, or saying on it. Avish uses those lines to improvise a motivational speech. Enjoy! To bring this same humor, content, [...]
Giving Thanks, Improv Comedy Style
Tomorrow – Thursday, November 22nd – is Thanksgiving Day (here in the U.S.) It is a day to pause, reflect, and give thanks for all the things we have. (At least that’s what it’s supposed to be. For many, it’s a day off from work, a chance to be gluttonous and watch football, and an [...]
10 Ways to Create Ding Moments that Help You Achieve Goals, Bust Plateaus, and Beat the Competition!
If you are struggling to get out of a rut, achieve a goal, or have your business stand out from the competition, then perhaps instead of working longer and harder you should something completely different and create a Ding Moment! A Ding Moment is an unexpected change that you initiate that changes the game, forces [...]
Be a Master of the Unexpected in 9 Simple Steps
Things will go wrong. Anyone can do well when everything goes exactly as planned. The real test of you and your organization is how well you deal with the unexpected (“Ding!”) when they happen – because they will! The following 9 ideas will show you how to not only react to the Dings of life, [...]
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 [...]
Ding! How to Improvise With Anything Life Throws Your Way!
In my speeches and on this blog, I use the phrase, “Ding!” or “Ding! Happens” If you have seen me speak, then you know exactly what I am talking about. If not, you may be confused. Here then is the explanation of “Ding!” The “Ding!” comes from an improv comedy game that I play to [...]
Are You “Prepared” to Improvise?
“Flying away on a wing and a prayer” is not a good strategy for life… There’s a difference between “winging it,” and “being able to improvise.” Great improvisers understand that the better you prepare, the better you improvise. I was reminded of this as I watched a humorously minor tragedy befall a young Philadelphia student [...]
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