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Ford Frank. Happy Accidents
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IntroductionHow to Reset Your Mind-set From “No, But” to “Yes, And”
You’re Already an Improviser
1. How to Harness the Power of Positive Collaboration
Getting Into Comedy 101
Our First Happy Accident: Discovering the Power of We
In “Yes, And” We Trust
Chapter 1 Intermission
When One Door Closes, Opportunity Knock-Knocks
Conscientiousness
The Origin of an Idea
Chapter 1 Highlights
Chapter 1 Exercise
2. Life’s All About the Leap, Not the Landing
Opportunity Isn’t Opportunity, Unless We Choose to Seize It
Renting Our First Starter Home
Chapter 2 Intermission
Manifestation Is When Intention Meets Belief
The Curtain Rises
Shared Passion Creates Fertile Ground for Success
The Happiest of Accidents
The Goal We Share Together We Achieve Together
You See a Rainy Wedding Rehearsal and We See a New Theater
Chapter 2 Highlights
Chapter 2 Exercise
3. How to Get the Maximum Return on Improvisation (ROI)
Value Your Staff and Customers and They Will Value You
Chapter 3 Intermission
In Improvisation, the Setback or Perceived Mistake Can Be the Next Great Thing
Chapter 3 Highlights
Chapter 3 Exercise
4. How to Treat Your Coworkers Like Artists and Poets
Can Someone Please Teach Me to Be Authentic?
The Call of Hollywood
Chapter 4 Intermission
The Work Is What Matters
Hollywood’s on Line 1
Chapter 4 Highlights
Chapter 4 Exercise
5. Why a Controlled Life Is the Enemy of a Happy Life
(A, P, A), E, I, O, U, and Always, Why?
The Age of Poi-Zen (Our Breakup)
Chapter 5 Intermission
The Age of Re-Zen (Our Big Makeup)
Chapter 5 Highlights
Chapter 5 Exercise
6. How Being a Better Listener Makes You a Better Communicator
Crisis, Party of Six, Your Table Is Ready
Would You Like Your Financial Meltdown on White or Wheat?
Chapter 6 Intermission
Pull Up a Deck Seat on the Titanic and Enjoy the View
Lifeboat, Party of Six
Chapter 6 Highlights
Chapter 6 Exercise
7. Why There Are No Mistakes, Only Higher and Lower Percentage Choices
Relationships
Chapter 7 Intermission
Vision
That’s the Spirit!
Chapter 7 Highlights
Chapter 7 Exercise
8. How to Transform Your Labor of Love Into a Masterpiece
It’s Raining Congressmen and Congresswomen
20 Seconds from Another Happy Accident
Chapter 8 Intermission
Building a “Yes, And” City
Chapter 8 Highlights
Chapter 8 Exercise
9. When All Else Succeeds, Leap Again
Take Ownership of Your Choices
Chapter 9 Intermission
Practice Genuine Appreciation and Authenticity
Pen to Paper to Passion to Product
Yet Another Happy Accident, but This One Has Wings
Chapter 9 Highlights
Chapter 9 Exercise
10. It Takes a Village, Idiot
Chapter 10 Intermission
Chapter 10 Highlights
Chapter 10 Exercise
Encore Exercises
“Gift-Giving” Exercise
“I Get To” Exercise
“Shared-Experience” Exercise
“Gratitude” Exercise
Index
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David Ahearn, Frank Ford, and David Wilk
Our shared “Happy Accident” started some 20 years ago, mostly on a whim. It was early on in their entrepreneurial and artistic journey, and the authors, along with another founding member, Troy Grant, made the auspicious decision to launch an improvisation and sketch comedy theater company in, of all places, our beloved city of Fort Worth, Texas. It was a leap of faith with clear risks and an uncertain landing. It took real courage, one borne of a belief in possibility and the power of the words “Yes, and” to change their lives for the better.
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All creation starts from a foundation of one person saying yes to an idea and then finding someone to collaborate with so that the initial idea can be made manifest in reality. “Yes” is the genesis that gives birth to creation, whereas “and” is the catalyst that ignites the idea into physical form. If it feels esoteric, it is. But the more you practice “Yes, and,” the more concrete and real it becomes.
There’s magic to this world that’s fueled by the intention of our thoughts, and it works quite simply. Whatever we think becomes a reality in our world. If we’re positive and work in cooperation with others, the world begins working for us. If we’re negative and uncooperative with others, the world reflects this idea back to us and we think the world is working against us.
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