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Many Dimensions of Money

We’re all familiar with the physical currency of money. This is a measurable and tangible form of money, for example, how much we have in your bank accounts, how much cash we have in our wallet (note: credit cards don’t count!). We sometimes transform this physical currency into material goods, which may convey a status. [...]

What Comedy Improv Taught Me About Life

After a year of beginner comedy improv classes, our director gave me the green light to enroll in the intermediate comedy improv class. I began taking improv classes in 2006 to learn how to be “present”. At first I was so terrified, I had to psych myself up to even get to class… and sometimes [...]

A Danger of “Experience”

A popular improvisational (improv) comedy exercise is called the “Cliff Hanger”: After every few lines in a scene, one of the (usually a pair of) performers would incorporate audience suggestions into their scene. Audience members may provide suggestions on pieces of paper that were folded up for the performers to open and use as periodic [...]

Are You Afraid of Success?

When you are afraid to fail, you are afraid to start. When you are afraid to succeed, you self-sabotage. You may find yourself doing something that would set you back at the most opportune moment. You know, when you’re just about to get that chance to show how good you can be? Fear of success [...]

That I Am [Video]

Video of the contest speech… this live performance differs from the transcript in that I had improvised and made reference to the contestants’ who went before me. Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe about who you are? Do you know how easily you may form beliefs that can direct years – [...]