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Finally reading Impro on you folks' recommendation and it's an astounding book, I've never read another one like it 
I had tears in my eyes a fraction of the way into the first chapter...
It's such. A. Hopeful!! Vision of the world. You can tell from the voice he uses that everything here is full of magic
It's such. A. Hopeful!! Vision of the world. You can tell from the voice he uses that everything here is full of magic
I can't wait to recommend this to anyone who is in a position to teach, mentor or lead
There is so much wasted potential energy when these interactions come from a place of fear
There is so much wasted potential energy when these interactions come from a place of fear
Ohhh this right here 
This is the precise thing I learned to get from "nervous interviewer" to "good interviewer"
Occasionally I get flustered and think "wow that interview didn't go well" and it's pretty much always when I don't manage to do this
This is the precise thing I learned to get from "nervous interviewer" to "good interviewer"
Occasionally I get flustered and think "wow that interview didn't go well" and it's pretty much always when I don't manage to do this
There are many things in the Status chapter which my dancer's instinct recognises
Trying to get people to change tiny little body things because it changed the whole way I partnered with them
"if you just change how you're holding your knees..."
Now I know why!
Trying to get people to change tiny little body things because it changed the whole way I partnered with them
"if you just change how you're holding your knees..."
Now I know why!
Conversations are 100% more fun when you can status flip back and forth between you
I love love interacting with people who /play/ with me with their words and body language
Something for me to learn is to be more observant, open, and actively /inviting/ play
I love love interacting with people who /play/ with me with their words and body language
Something for me to learn is to be more observant, open, and actively /inviting/ play
My pillow talk game is about to get so much better just from this chapter
Ever grateful to my first dance teacher (in Argentine tango, which I sadly no longer do) who made me learn to hold still before he taught me any moves
As this framing might put it, play high status to the dancefloor, and then you can status play with your partner
As this framing might put it, play high status to the dancefloor, and then you can status play with your partner
I feel called out 
What was that thing on Screen Apnea I was reading the other day?
Staying in all day is gonna really take a toll on some folks, just in terms of psychological reactions to _space_
Staying in all day is gonna really take a toll on some folks, just in terms of psychological reactions to _space_
*butterfly meme*
is this middle management?
is this middle management?
Many solid learnings, but I also cannot understate the sheer quantity of deep belly-laughs I'm getting from this book 
Particularly the examples
Particularly the examples
I love love love how he talks in a way that shows he truly believes that it's not the case that anyone "just can't do" something 
Damn, remembering all the genres of art I stopped producing because I internalised that it wouldn't be good so I tried harder which made the art worse and then cycle 
No, worse than that: not just that the art wouldn't be good. That I as a person was deficient
Inelegant, clumsy, forced, tasteless. Ugly
For some naive poetry and some lacklustre sculpture? An awkward audition?
Damn
Inelegant, clumsy, forced, tasteless. Ugly
For some naive poetry and some lacklustre sculpture? An awkward audition?
Damn
"trust your mind"
This whole section
I remember my first drama class aged 11, I didn't get on with it even though I tried so hard. My imagination was dry and I envied my classmates' flair
I was already too afraid. Foreign, scared of the language, desperate to be liked
This whole section
I remember my first drama class aged 11, I didn't get on with it even though I tried so hard. My imagination was dry and I envied my classmates' flair
I was already too afraid. Foreign, scared of the language, desperate to be liked
I gravitate towards the people who make me feel safer this way, relaxing my guard a bit at a time
I have a strong flinch reaction, even with them, when I sense some judgement
Sometimes someone /tells/ me they think my ideas are good, but I see in their face that it is not so
I have a strong flinch reaction, even with them, when I sense some judgement
Sometimes someone /tells/ me they think my ideas are good, but I see in their face that it is not so
I love "obvious", in non-fiction and learning contexts. "Obvious" means simple, useful, popular, worthwhile, and best of all - memorable.
I should extend that to creative pursuits too!
I should extend that to creative pursuits too!
