Stress & Self-Belief
Thinking On Your Feet Training Course
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Legendary Chicago teacher of comedy improvisation Del Close is famous for urging students to, among many other things, follow the fear. Thinking on your feet with clients, in a pitch, in a difficult conversation or professional confrontation can be scary. Anger or anxiety can seem to surround us.
Up Next in Thinking On Your Feet Training Course
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The Gut - Part 1
Improvisation guru Keith Johnstone says that someone‚ whose inspired, is being obvious. He's not making any decisions, he's not weighing one idea against another. He's accepting his first thoughts. 'Going with the gut' is not appropriate 100% of the time, but it's equally limiting to believe it's...
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The Gut - Part 2
Going with the gut' can feel like a leap of faith. However, it's not a reckless, random guess, but a choice to listen to your intuition, to make a holistic assessment, and to heed any hunches you may have.
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Notice & Engage
When we're effectively thinking on our feet we're often simply noticing and wondering. We see other people in the room and notice their body language, energy, anxiety, pace, breathing and so on. This video suggests that now is the time we most need to stay open to possibilities...
