Patricia Ryan Madson is an 82-year-old Stanford professor emerita with over 40 years of experience teaching improvisation. She is the author of Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up and has shared the life-changing lessons of improv with top organizations such as Google, HP, Adobe, and Apple.

In this episode, we dive into the 4 "A's" of the Improv Mindset and pull out SO MANY actionable ideas for reducing unnecessary stress and anxiety.

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0:00 Intro

1:07 What is the Improv Mindset?

3:38 Why Smart People NEED Improv

7:26 The Four A’s of the Improv Mindset

8:47 The First “A”

15:10 The Second “A”

24:00 The Third “A”

29:07 The Fourth “A”

35:40 One Final Practical Takeaway

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