What if the key to becoming a great improviser is the number of failures you accumulate?
That moment when you feel like you have failed in a scene, or a scene is falling flat, can feel awful. But it is also one of the most valuable data points for your growth.
In this episode, I help you reframe failure as a solvable technical problem. You will learn a toolkit of seven specific, actionable techniques to use that moment you feel a scene is failing. These techniques also help turn these moments into opportunities to help you accelerate your learning. And it's all based on the science of deliberate practice and error correction.
Mentioned in this episode: Episode about Mind Going Blank (episode #28):
People mentioned in this episode:
- Naval Ravikant
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Anders Ericsson
And hey, it's episode 30! Nice round number.
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