Matt Abrahams

So it is better to have a roadmap, a structure, just bullet points that you are familiar with than memorizing word for word. So being mediocre is all about changing cognitive bandwidth to be in your favor.

In other words, the goal in improv is not to be an amazing star with everything you say. Instead, the job is to just get things going, keep things moving along. And sometimes the best way to do that is just to do it, be dull. So I've transformed that into what I call maximize your mediocrity. And I teach at Stanford. I teach Stanford Business School students.

In other words, the goal in improv is not to be an amazing star with everything you say. Instead, the job is to just get things going, keep things moving along. And sometimes the best way to do that is just to do it, be dull. So I've transformed that into what I call maximize your mediocrity. And I teach at Stanford. I teach Stanford Business School students.

In other words, the goal in improv is not to be an amazing star with everything you say. Instead, the job is to just get things going, keep things moving along. And sometimes the best way to do that is just to do it, be dull. So I've transformed that into what I call maximize your mediocrity. And I teach at Stanford. I teach Stanford Business School students.

In other words, the goal in improv is not to be an amazing star with everything you say. Instead, the job is to just get things going, keep things moving along. And sometimes the best way to do that is just to do it, be dull. So I've transformed that into what I call maximize your mediocrity. And I teach at Stanford. I teach Stanford Business School students.

In other words, the goal in improv is not to be an amazing star with everything you say. Instead, the job is to just get things going, keep things moving along. And sometimes the best way to do that is just to do it, be dull. So I've transformed that into what I call maximize your mediocrity. And I teach at Stanford. I teach Stanford Business School students.

And I start my first class every quarter by saying, the goal of this class is to maximize your mediocrity. And Hala, you should see these students' jaws drop. They have never been told to be mediocre. But the point is this, if you think of your brain like a computer, it's not a perfect analogy, but it works for this.

And I start my first class every quarter by saying, the goal of this class is to maximize your mediocrity. And Hala, you should see these students' jaws drop. They have never been told to be mediocre. But the point is this, if you think of your brain like a computer, it's not a perfect analogy, but it works for this.

And I start my first class every quarter by saying, the goal of this class is to maximize your mediocrity. And Hala, you should see these students' jaws drop. They have never been told to be mediocre. But the point is this, if you think of your brain like a computer, it's not a perfect analogy, but it works for this.

And I start my first class every quarter by saying, the goal of this class is to maximize your mediocrity. And Hala, you should see these students' jaws drop. They have never been told to be mediocre. But the point is this, if you think of your brain like a computer, it's not a perfect analogy, but it works for this.

And I start my first class every quarter by saying, the goal of this class is to maximize your mediocrity. And Hala, you should see these students' jaws drop. They have never been told to be mediocre. But the point is this, if you think of your brain like a computer, it's not a perfect analogy, but it works for this.

If you have a laptop or a phone that has lots of apps or windows open, each one of those apps and windows is performing less well because the other ones are open. You have limited bandwidth and you're spreading it thin. When I am putting pressure on myself to say the right thing in the right way at the right time to be perfect, I am actually putting so much pressure on myself.

If you have a laptop or a phone that has lots of apps or windows open, each one of those apps and windows is performing less well because the other ones are open. You have limited bandwidth and you're spreading it thin. When I am putting pressure on myself to say the right thing in the right way at the right time to be perfect, I am actually putting so much pressure on myself.

If you have a laptop or a phone that has lots of apps or windows open, each one of those apps and windows is performing less well because the other ones are open. You have limited bandwidth and you're spreading it thin. When I am putting pressure on myself to say the right thing in the right way at the right time to be perfect, I am actually putting so much pressure on myself.

If you have a laptop or a phone that has lots of apps or windows open, each one of those apps and windows is performing less well because the other ones are open. You have limited bandwidth and you're spreading it thin. When I am putting pressure on myself to say the right thing in the right way at the right time to be perfect, I am actually putting so much pressure on myself.

If you have a laptop or a phone that has lots of apps or windows open, each one of those apps and windows is performing less well because the other ones are open. You have limited bandwidth and you're spreading it thin. When I am putting pressure on myself to say the right thing in the right way at the right time to be perfect, I am actually putting so much pressure on myself.

I'm using all this bandwidth to judge and evaluate and assess my perfection or lack thereof that I actually have very little bandwidth to actually do the communication. So when you give yourself permission to just get it done, I like to say it's about connection, not perfection.

I'm using all this bandwidth to judge and evaluate and assess my perfection or lack thereof that I actually have very little bandwidth to actually do the communication. So when you give yourself permission to just get it done, I like to say it's about connection, not perfection.

I'm using all this bandwidth to judge and evaluate and assess my perfection or lack thereof that I actually have very little bandwidth to actually do the communication. So when you give yourself permission to just get it done, I like to say it's about connection, not perfection.

I'm using all this bandwidth to judge and evaluate and assess my perfection or lack thereof that I actually have very little bandwidth to actually do the communication. So when you give yourself permission to just get it done, I like to say it's about connection, not perfection.