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The Art of Making Sh!t Up Norm Laviolette

The Art of Making Sh!t Up By Norm Laviolette

The Art of Making Sh!t Up by Norm Laviolette


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The Art of Making Sh!t Up: Using the Principles of Improv to Become an Unstoppable Powerhouse by Norm Laviolette

Work together to up your chances of business success The Art of Making Sh!t Up combines the lessons learned from a personal journey with the teachings derived from years of honing valuable skills through performing and presenting to thousands of people to demonstrate how working together has helped others found and grow several multimillion-dollar companies. By focusing on topics that serve as pain points and detailing the tools and techniques of improv, this book helps people and organizations utilize new skill sets to be more productive, more accepting, and more "all in" to create a stronger teammate and team. Remove the fear of failure Recognize when and how to trust your instincts Celebrate and embrace the ideas of others Listen effectively-to both people and your environment Thinking is hard. Listening is easy-and is most often the springboard to huge ideas. Find out how it can work for you with The Art of Making Sh!t Up.

About Norm Laviolette

NORM LAVIOLETTE is the Co-founder of Improv Asylum, IA innovation, Laugh Boston and Asylum Gaming and Esports (AGE). He leads Improv Asylum and IA Innovation's strategic business and artistic vision locally, nationally and globally. Norm has firsthand experience in building companies from start-up to multimillion-dollar businesses. Norm knows why culture is integral to long-term success and has built a team that exemplifies why communicating, listening and trusting are so important.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix Chapter 1 I Am Who I Say I Am 1 Chapter 2 Listening to Understand 9 Chapter 3 Building Off of Other People's Ideas 17 Chapter 4 From Spark to Flame 23 Chapter 5 The Fear of Looking Stupid 33 Chapter 6 People Don't Think about You as Much as You Think They Do 37 Chapter 7 Facing Failure: Be Wrong to Be Right 45 Chapter 8 Heightening 55 Chapter 9 Yes and, Maybe, No 61 Chapter 10 Small Decisions Add Up 77 Chapter 11 The Cult Factor 85 Chapter 12 Be Patiently Impatient 93 Chapter 13 Pain Tolerance 99 Chapter 14 Luck Is Like a Train 105 Chapter 15 Fire the Assholes 109 Chapter 16 Ushers, Vomit, and Why People Clean Bathrooms 113 Chapter 17 Diversity Is a Choice 119 Chapter 18 Are You Worth $10 an Hour? 123 Chapter 19 Nobody Knows Anything 127 Chapter 20 Who Gives a Shit? 131 Chapter 21 Everything I Know in Business I Learned from Coaching Girls Softball 135 Chapter 22 Trapped in the Bowels of the Grand Bazaar 145 Chapter 23 The Ambassador and the Bathroom 149 Chapter 24 China Talk 153 Author's Note on "Shit" 163 Acknowledgments 165 About the Author 167 Index 169

Additional information

GOR011913560
9781119558217
1119558212
The Art of Making Sh!t Up: Using the Principles of Improv to Become an Unstoppable Powerhouse by Norm Laviolette
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2019-06-07
192
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