March 28, 2007
"Improv Wisdom"
A few days ago I was browsing through Tom Peters' site when I came across an interview with Patricia Ryan Madison. Intrigued by what she had to say, I order her book "Improv Wisdom: Don't prepare, just show up" from Amazon. The day the book arrived was the first bright, sunny, warm day we have had for a while, so I decide to abandon the tasks I was going to do and sat down in my garden to read it instead. I was glad I did.
"Improv Wisdom" is a short book, but packed with gems of insight and exercises she urges you to practice here and now. As I was reading it I found myself simultaneously reframing a major issue in my life from being a negative into a positive. Buy this book now! I don't think you will regret it.
Posted by richard at March 28, 2007 12:33 PMRichard:
I also love the book and highly recommend it. I used the book to launch my employee engagement blog: http://davidzinger.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/welcome-start-anywhere/
Patrica was the first person to offer a comment!
I seem to be drifting in a similar current with you...nice to know there are others out here.
David
Posted by: David Zinger at March 28, 2007 04:19 PMDavid, good to hear from your again. I see that you are way ahead of me on "Improve Wisdom". I wish I had found it some time ago. Although there are many parallels with my thinking in purposive drift, the twenty years of she took to write the book she talks about in the epilogue, has resulted in something very practical and action orientated and, I suspect very useful for planners and drifters alike.
Posted by: richard at March 28, 2007 07:04 PMThank you, thank you for mentioning Improv Wisdom in your blog. Nothing could delight me more than to learn that the ideas in book are helping people make real life decisions to go forward with their lives. We all have so much to give to others. I am happy when I hear that you are "improvising your life".
Thank you for the kind words and for helping me spread the message of the book.
May all of your improvisations turn out well.
Patricia Ryan Madson
Good of you to visit, Patricia. I will, of course, be continuing to recommend your book, because so much of what you have to say ties in with what I have been struggling to express in purposive drift.
Posted by: richard at April 1, 2007 04:11 PM