Improv in Real Life

Have you ever been asked the same question over and over by different people, and then got tired of having to give the same answer? Try a little real-life improv to spice things up and get the creative juices flowing.

True story. A colleague hurt her knee playing soccer and came to work with one of those giant robot style knee braces. It was a serious injury that needed surgery. Of course, she was asked multiple times how it happened and she admitted she was getting tired of repeating the story.

I told her the next time someone asks just say you did one of those backward spinning bicycle kicks and hit your knee on someone’s head as you came down. She did it, and we all got a good laugh.

Then I told her for the next time to come up with a skydiving story. Real-life improv. It’s fun!

– Larry Castro, KSBJ Mentoring Team