7 Simple Ways to Improvise Around Obstacles and Setbacks!

This past Tuesday, November 29^th, was the fifth session in the Smart Ass Success Teleseminar Series. I was the one being interviewed on this call, and I spoke on the topic of improvising and flowing around obstacles on your path to success.

Below I have posted a six minute clip from the interview, as well as 7 simple ideas you can use to help you improvise and flow when setbacks and surprises throw you off track.  (There were many more…).

If you’d like to get the full audio of the call, plus a bevy of bonuses and access to 6 more calls with awesome experts (along with the call recordings and transcriptions), you can still sign up. Just visit the Smart Ass Success Teleseminar page and sign up now! Regardless of when you sign up, you’ll get the recordings of all past and future calls.

Here’s the sample:

Week-5-Avish-Parashar-Improvisation-Sample

Here are seven simple but powerful ideas you can use to be flow and improvise:

1. Anyone can do well when everything goes as planned. What separates experts and truly successful people from those who are just lucky or who struggle is how well they deal with the unexpected setbacks along the way.

2. The first step in improvising with the unexpected is to not reflexively do or say something stupid that makes the problem worse.  Use the PBT technique to avoid making this mistake.

3. Having fun and being willing to fail are the two critical success mentalities when it comes to improvising (or, frankly, any endeavor). If you are not having fun and are afraid of failing, you will not perform well.

4. Focus on what you can do right here, right now, with what you have. Let go of the rest.

5. Stop viewing the world in binary, “either/or” fashion. When Ding Happens, start looking for the third, fourth, and fifth options to achieve your goals.

6. Saying “Yes, And” is the key to improvising without whining, building strong relationships, and taking small actions that will help you overcome the obstacles in your path.

7. Just because you can improvise doesn’t mean you shouldn’t prepare. Work in advance to prevent as many foreseeable obstacles as you can. Then be ready to improvise, because something unexpected will pop up!

Thanks for reading (and listening)!

Remember, there’s still time to sign up for the Smart Ass Success Teleseminar and get all the recordings, transcriptions, and bonuses! But hurry, because once the Series ends, the offer will be gone!