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Hub You - 7 Improv Principles for Creative Flow and Cultural Transformation
So you’re thinking of getting into a bigger house. You call up the real estate agent and make an appointment to go see what the market has to offer. Then you find it, the perfect “move-up” home. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted in a home unless your married, in which case it’s everything your wife has ever wanted in a home.You’d make an offer right then and there but realize you need to sell your old home before you can by this one. You haven’t even put your old house on the market yet. What to do?The real estate agent advises that you could make what’s called a “contingent offer”; buying the new house is ‘contingent’ on you selling the old one.“Oops”, says the agent, “Your old home isn’t even listed yet? You may have wanted to do
4. Co-create a shared "agenda" - the recognition that even the best-laid plans are abandoned in the moment, and to serve the reality of what is right there in front of you. You are co-creating the agenda in real-time. In order to keep the play going, you respond to the moment and an "agenda" co-emerges.
5. Be fully present and engaged - by staying preset to each moment, getting out of planning and into being, you have a wellspring options and choices in each moment. To do so requires engagement and attention. With engagement combined with presence and ye
A power wheelchair is another term for a motor-driven or motorized wheelchair, which is an alternative to a standard manual wheelchair that requires human power. A power wheelchair offers greater speed and mobility to people with injuries or disabilities that limit movement. It is usually recommended for people with permanent or long-term immobility.Because a power wheelchair has more advanced features, you can expect it to be more expensive than a manual wheelchair. The cost can be anywhere from $5,000 to $30,000 for a really sophisticated unit. Fortunately, for those with Medicare insurance, they may be able to take advantage of a Medicare benefit that covers the cost of a purchasing a power wheelchair.However, the wheelchair Medicare must det
When the play goes well, the audience says, "That had to be scripted. It looked too easy." It was easy. When the performance doesn't go so well the audience says, "That looked hard." It was hard.
So what makes it hard sometimes and easy others? What's "the magic formula" that allows a fully formed, coherent, organized play, with believable characters and a plot, to emerge before the audience’s - and our own - eyes? And what gets in the way?
What makes it work when it works? We do not go our with a pre-formed notion of our characters or of a plot or of a conflict, challenge or situation. We just let them emerge based on our interactions, actions, and reactions. The magic formula is the adherence to improv principles. When we adhere to the principles of improvisation, an emergence occurs that is more intelligent, creative, and organized than any one of us could have planned. As with any new emergence, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. By adhering to the principles, a play unfolds so original and unpredictable, that while in it, you have a sense of being entirely in flow - getting to fully experience the adventure as you create it.
The principles that allow this to happen are simple, yet profound. They seem easy, but in practice, they are almost the exactly opposite ways society navigates every day life and work situations. They take re-learning (I say that because we were born natural improvisers and then got educated and civilized out of the playful aspects of it). Below are 7 basic improv principles:
1. Yes And - fully accepting the reality that is presenting, and the adding a NEW piece of information - that is what allows it to move forward and stay generative.
2. Make everyone else look good - that means you do not have to be defending or justifying yourself or your position - you have a group of other who will do that for you. And you are committed to doing that for others. Without the burden of defensiveness, everyone are free to create.
3. Allow yourself to be change by what is said and what happens - at each moment, new information in an invitation for you to have a new reaction, or for your character to experience a new aspect of them. Change inspires new ideas, and that naturally unfolds what's next.
4. Co-create a shared "agenda" - the recognition that even the best-laid plans are abandoned in the moment, and to serve the reality of what is right there in front of you. You are co-creating the agenda in real-time. In order to keep the play going, you respond to the moment and an "agenda" co-emerges.
5. Be fully present and engaged - by staying preset to each moment, getting out of planning and into being, you have a wellspring options and choices in each moment. To do so requires engagement and attention. With engagement combined with presence and yes
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What makes it work when it works? We do not go our with a pre-formed notion of our characters or of a plot or of a conflict, challenge or situation. We just let them emerge based on our interactions, actions, and reactions. The magic formula is the adherence to improv principles. When we adhere to the principles of improvisation, an emergence occurs that is more intelligent, creative, and organized than any one of us could have planned. As with any new emergence, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. By adhering to the principles, a play unfolds so original and unpredictable, that while in it, you have a sense of being entirely in flow - getting to fully experience the adventure as you create it.
The principles that allow this to happen are simple, yet profound. They seem easy, but in practice, they are almost the exactly opposite ways society navigates every day life and work situations. They take re-learning (I say that because we were born natural improvisers and then got educated and civilized out of the playful aspects of it). Below are 7 basic improv principles:
1. Yes And - fully accepting the reality that is presenting, and the adding a NEW piece of information - that is what allows it to move forward and stay generative.
2. Make everyone else look good - that means you do not have to be defending or justifying yourself or your position - you have a group of other who will do that for you. And you are committed to doing that for others. Without the burden of defensiveness, everyone are free to create.
3. Allow yourself to be change by what is said and what happens - at each moment, new information in an invitation for you to have a new reaction, or for your character to experience a new aspect of them. Change inspires new ideas, and that naturally unfolds what's next.
4. Co-create a shared "agenda" - the recognition that even the best-laid plans are abandoned in the moment, and to serve the reality of what is right there in front of you. You are co-creating the agenda in real-time. In order to keep the play going, you respond to the moment and an "agenda" co-emerges.
5. Be fully present and engaged - by staying preset to each moment, getting out of planning and into being, you have a wellspring options and choices in each moment. To do so requires engagement and attention. With engagement combined with presence and ye
Acne Rosacea is an emotionally stressful skin condition that left untreated, can also cause overgrowth of tissue. The correct term is papulopustular rosacea – which actually not a type of acne at all. Although it looks like common acne it is a weakness in the blood vessels in the face that cause them to dilate more easily and for longer periods of time than normal – sometimes permanently.Adult acne rosacea is a disease that affects the skin on the face, most notably the cheeks, nose, forehead and chin, that appears like a red rash. The causes are not known. Symptoms begin in the adult years between the ages of 30 and 60.Rosacea runs in fair skinned families and tends to be more severe in men but more prevalent in women. Although there is no
The principles that allow this to happen are simple, yet profound. They seem easy, but in practice, they are almost the exactly opposite ways society navigates every day life and work situations. They take re-learning (I say that because we were born natural improvisers and then got educated and civilized out of the playful aspects of it). Below are 7 basic improv principles:
1. Yes And - fully accepting the reality that is presenting, and the adding a NEW piece of information - that is what allows it to move forward and stay generative.
2. Make everyone else look good - that means you do not have to be defending or justifying yourself or your position - you have a group of other who will do that for you. And you are committed to doing that for others. Without the burden of defensiveness, everyone are free to create.
3. Allow yourself to be change by what is said and what happens - at each moment, new information in an invitation for you to have a new reaction, or for your character to experience a new aspect of them. Change inspires new ideas, and that naturally unfolds what's next.
4. Co-create a shared "agenda" - the recognition that even the best-laid plans are abandoned in the moment, and to serve the reality of what is right there in front of you. You are co-creating the agenda in real-time. In order to keep the play going, you respond to the moment and an "agenda" co-emerges.
5. Be fully present and engaged - by staying preset to each moment, getting out of planning and into being, you have a wellspring options and choices in each moment. To do so requires engagement and attention. With engagement combined with presence and ye
According to latest reports, the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, is increasing the total number of income tax returns selected for audit. But it isn’t as bad as it sounds, because the audit rate has actually gone down. On an average, the IRS audits around 1 percent Americans every year. That minimizes your chances for receiving an audit notice from the IRS, but doesn’t completely rule it out.On your part, you need to ensure that your tax return doesn’t attract unwarranted importance. This becomes more important if you’ve made some manipulations in your returns. Your objective should be to show your returns to be as normal as possible so that they mix in with the innumerable other returns. Still, many Americans do make the mistake of showing huge ded
1. Yes And - fully accepting the reality that is presenting, and the adding a NEW piece of information - that is what allows it to move forward and stay generative.
2. Make everyone else look good - that means you do not have to be defending or justifying yourself or your position - you have a group of other who will do that for you. And you are committed to doing that for others. Without the burden of defensiveness, everyone are free to create.
3. Allow yourself to be change by what is said and what happens - at each moment, new information in an invitation for you to have a new reaction, or for your character to experience a new aspect of them. Change inspires new ideas, and that naturally unfolds what's next.
4. Co-create a shared "agenda" - the recognition that even the best-laid plans are abandoned in the moment, and to serve the reality of what is right there in front of you. You are co-creating the agenda in real-time. In order to keep the play going, you respond to the moment and an "agenda" co-emerges.
5. Be fully present and engaged - by staying preset to each moment, getting out of planning and into being, you have a wellspring options and choices in each moment. To do so requires engagement and attention. With engagement combined with presence and ye
The Hero's Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188+ stage template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succeed in the craft.[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lord of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1979)].THERE IS ONLY ONE STORYTHE HERO'S JOURNEY:a)
4. Co-create a shared "agenda" - the recognition that even the best-laid plans are abandoned in the moment, and to serve the reality of what is right there in front of you. You are co-creating the agenda in real-time. In order to keep the play going, you respond to the moment and an "agenda" co-emerges.
5. Be fully present and engaged - by staying preset to each moment, getting out of planning and into being, you have a wellspring options and choices in each moment. To do so requires engagement and attention. With engagement combined with presence and yes-anding, you can't do anything but be co-creative.
6. Keep the energy going - no matter what is given, or what happens, you accept it and keep the energy gong. Unlike in everyday life, where people stop to analyze, criticize or negate, in improv you keep moving. A mistake happens - let it go move on. The unexpected emerges - use it to move on. Someone forgot something important - justify it and move on. Just keep moving.
7. Seek the good of the whole - always carry the question, "How can I best serve this situation?" and then you have a better sense of when to run in and when to stay back, when to take focus and when to give it, how to best support your fellow performers and how to best support the scene. By focusing away from how you will look into serving the larger good, you have more creative impulses and resources available to you at any moment. And the choices you make are more in alignment with the higher levels of creative integration that form a coherent play.
So, what make it "look hard" when it is not working so well? Simple, any violation of the principles. If one of us tries to orchestrate, or worse impose, our own agenda or plot on the piece. If one of us tries to be the "star" and take too much focus. If even one of us is not present to what is unfolding, moment-by-moment. If one of us worries about the plot, and starts to figure out how to "save" it. If we expect someone to should respond in a certain way. In short, anything that gets out of the moment and out of support - and into our controlling heads.
The truth is, in each performance we have some magic moments and some more effortful ones - some that work and some that fall flat. But by adhering to the improv principles we significantly increase the magic and decrease the efforting. A creative - and suprisingly logical - play can then emerge through that fresh and alive energy. We, and the audience, then get to experience the real-time excitement of riding the flow of a creative emergence.
Creativity is naturally self-organizing system. We are meaning makers, and left to our own devices, our brains naturally seek order, coherence and meaning. Once you allow yourself the freedom to explore and play; set the guidelines of play - i.e., improv principles; and then get out of the way, creativity can develop and unify all kinds of things that otherwise would seem impossible.
The principles of improvisation serve a much larger purpose than performance - they have the ability to create the life-giving container for cognitive, personal, organizational, social, political, and spiritual transformation. I see them as rules of engagement for a mo
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