Recommended Resources

Books to help you be a better Improviser - Theater Resources

How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth by Will Hines

Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual by Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, and Matt Besser

Truth in Comedy: The Manual for Improvisation by Charna Halpern, Del Close, and Kim Howard Johnson

Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out and Behind the Scenes: Improvising Long Form by Mick Napier

Impro by Keith Johnstone

Improvisation at the Speed of Life by T.J. Jagodowski and David Pasquesi

Books to help you Learn Gooder - Education resources

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott Young

The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born, It’s Grown, Here’s How by Daniel Coyle

Books to develop an Improv Mindset

Play by Stuart Brown

Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The War of Art and Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield

The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium and Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

Books About Skills That Improv Requires - Topic specific resources that pair well with Improv

Empathy

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

The Empathy Effect by Helen Riess, MD

Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Adaptability

The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, and Rising Strong by Brené Brown

Extreme Ownership, The Dichotomy of Leadership, and Leadership Strategy and Tactics: a Field Manual by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Listening

The Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael P. Nichols, PhD

Body Language

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

Wellness

Improv Wisdom by Patricia Ryan Madson

Growth Mindset

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen

Emotion

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett Ph.D.

Trust

Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration by Keith Sawyer

Courage

Theater of the Oppressed and The Rainbow of Desire by Augusto Boal

Culture

How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

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