Relax, We're All Just Making This Stuff Up!: Using the tools of improvisation to cultivate more courage and joy in your life - Hardcover

Lisewksi, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0997703016 ISBN 13: 9780997703016

Publisher: Finest City Improv LLC, 2016

Synopsis

What if I told you that you would be happier and more confident if you planned less and made stuff up more?
The tools improvisers use to create wonderful--and often hilarious--scenes on stage are easily transferred off the stage and into real life. These tools have changed my life completely, and I want to share that with you.
In this book, you'll find some of our favorite improv exercises as well as real-life examples of how our students' mind-sets and lives have grown and become ultimately fulfilling through practicing improvisation.
This book was not written for natural-born performers, comedians, or people with "talent." It's for everyone, including introverts like you and me. (Yes, I'm an introvert at heart.)
If we aren't happy with our lives, not much else matters. I want to see you living the life you are meant to live, now. I want you to experience true happiness; and practicing improvisation is the most enjoyable, and fun, way to get there.

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About the Author

Amy Lisewski is the founder and artistic director of Finest City Improv. She has over twenty-five years of experience in business and the arts. She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and has trained with dozens of top improv teachers from all over the country. She travels the country as a Vistage speaker to demonstrate how leaders can use the principles of improvisation to improve their leadership skills. She loves the stage and seems to find one wherever she is. She is also a foster mother and an avid sailor, taking risks at home and at sea.

Review

If you've been hungry to connect with your true calling but aren't sure how to start on that journey, this book should go straight to the top of your reading list. Amy showed me how to say "YES! And . . ." to all the good I had already created by helping heart-centered entrepreneurs sell their services without being salesy AND stay open to discovering my even bigger mission that is driving that. As Amy teaches . . . "always add!" And adding the teachings in this book to your success tool box is a winning move!"Lisa Sasevich Author of BoostYourSalesBook.com, The Invisible Close

Improvisation has so many applications beyond the art of immediate comic creation. Amy is a joyful badass* who practices what she preaches. She shares the precepts of improv that give you tools that can be easily applied to so many facets of your life. If joy in your personal and professional life is your ultimate goal, this book is for you.Susan Messing Improviser Bad Ass at Large *because it takes one to know one

If you desire to create the life you are meant to live but aren't sure how to start on that journey, than this book should go straight to the top of your reading list."JJ Virgin CNS, CHFS Celebrity Nutrition & Fitness Expert Author of the NYT bestsellers: The Virgin Diet & Sugar Impact Diet jjvirgin.com

Relax, We're All Just Making This Stuff Up! is exactly what anyone who wants to be more authentic, vulnerable, captivating, courageous and charismatic needs in their toolbox. I first met Amy Lisewski and her improv troupe at a corporate training event. I was instantly pulled in and transfixed by the exercises, the energy, and the feeling I got from the experiences her team guided us through. I've hungered for the opportunity to give myself permission to completely let go, expand my comfort zone, and be willing to fail spectacularly and repeatedly wherever I speak, present, or am in a public space. I've been a public speaker for over a decade, speaking to audiences in the hundreds or thousands--and I need all the help I can get to constantly hone my skills and push to new levels and limits. Next stop for me is improv! I'm inspired to take things to the next step, and Amy can certainly inspire you, too!Mike Koenigs Serial Entrepreneur and 10-Time #1 Bestselling Author YouEverywhereNow.com

If you haven't yet had the good fortune to take an improv class, you're holding the next best thing right here in your hands. With wit, warmth, and an improviser's generosity of spirit, Amy Lisewski shares inspiring stories and super-fun improv games that reveal the life-changing power of this amazing art form. Relax! will help you boost your confidence, unleash your creativity, enrich your personal and professional relationships, and fill your life with so much more--there is no better word for it--joy. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!Martha Barnette Host of the nationally syndicated public radio show A Way with Words

Edition details

• Publisher: Finest City Improv LLC
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997703016
• ISBN 13: 9780997703016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 138