The Art of Making Sh!t Up

Using the Principles of Improv to Become an Unstoppable Powerhouse

By: Norm Laviolette

Narrated by: Norm Laviolette

The Art of Making Sh!t Up combines the lessons learned from a personal journey with the teachings derived from years of honing valuable skills through performing and presenting to thousands of people to demonstrate how working together has helped others found and grow several multimillion-dollar companies.

By focusing on topics that serve as pain points and detailing the tools and techniques of improv, this audiobook helps people and organizations utilize new skill sets to be more productive, more accepting, and more "all in" to create a stronger teammate and team.

• Remove the fear of failure
• Recognize when and how to trust your instincts
• Celebrate and embrace the ideas of others
• Listen effectively - to both people and your environment

Thinking is hard. Listening is easy - and is most often the springboard to huge ideas. Find out how it can work for you with The Art of Making Sh!t Up.

©2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2019 Gildan Media

Worthy insights and skill building tools

I loved the first 2/3. Good insights and skill building that everyone would benefit from. The latter chapters were interesting but felt like they wandered from the topic. overall a worthy listen for sure

Excellent read!

Effective advice for improv comedy as well as for life. You’ll find the ideas in this book useful no matter what you do for a living.

Gross

This is not as you might suspect from the book title, a book on improv by someone who does comedy for a living.

This is a dry business book.

Norm may pass for an improv comedian to the conservative white tech bros he acts as a consultant to, but to normal people he isn’t.

This is a “how to manipulate people” manual written for white tech bros who run startups in Boston.

In fact, the author himself is a Boston-based CEO, tech bro, and general Musk type who “makes sh*t up” in a business setting.