Can Improv Cure Your Insecurities?

Thoughts inspired from Robert Greene’s “Mastery”

I talk a lot about how improv teaches adults how to live a more playful life. How improv helps you communicate with more charisma.

On occasion I’ll get some pushback. Who needs to learn how to play? Or, I’ve been communicating all my life, how can I possibly learn a new way of doing it?

To learn requires a sense of humility.

Some people believe that being self-taught is more authentic, but as Robert Greene points out in his book Mastery, it stems from basic insecurities. Feeling insecure can get in the way of some legit life-changing transformations.

When people sign-up for my improv classes, I understand what insecurities might come up:

• They have never done anything like this before
• They don’t think of themselves as a funny person
• They are set in their ways so what’s the point?

But what you’ll quickly learn is none of that matters.

It’s not about showing up and being hilarious.

It might actually be an advantage that you’ve never done anything like this before.

You actually aren’t set in your ways — I believe that reading this Medium post is proof of that.

Want to see what happens when you dive into an art form that prioritizes play and communication? Sign-up for my monthly improv class here. Cure those insecurities.