Erin Diehl on Why Every Day of Our Lives Is an Improv Scene EP 153
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John R. Miles
4.7 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
- 0:00 Announcements
- 2:40 Introducing Erin Diehl
- 4:35 Dancing with the Clemson Rally Cats
- 7:13 Life lessons from dancing
- 9:40 Wanting to be Oprah
- 12:10 Why Bill Murray is the man of Charleston
- 14:57 Learning improv at the Second City
- 20:14 The five basic rules of improv
- 25:44 No open-ended questions
- 27:02 Improv on steroids
- 31:54 How Improv changed Erin's life
- 34:58 How improv helps with imposter syndrome
- 42:59 Failfluencing
- 49:24 Why Passion Struck is a state of being
- 50:20 John Miles and Erin Diehl Improvise
- 56:51 Rapid round of questions
- 1:00:16 Wrap-Up and Synthesis
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on the Passion Struck Podcast. |
| 0:03.1 | I find a lot of people find intimidating is the word because it automatically makes you think, |
| 0:09.9 | oh my gosh, I have to think quickly on the spot. I have no idea what I'm talking about right now. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm just talking, right? But this is improv. And this is every single day of our lives is an |
| 0:19.2 | improv scene. We get to choose an adventure after an adventure. And the beautiful thing about you |
| 0:26.4 | is that you don't even recognize that power. Is that you are an improviser? You're doing it. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome to Passion Struck. Hi, I'm your host, John Armiles. And on the show, |
| 0:36.2 | we decipher the secrets, tips, and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turn their |
| 0:42.3 | wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you. Our mission is to help you unlock the |
| 0:48.8 | power of intentionality so that you can become the best version of yourself. If you're new to the |
| 0:54.3 | show, I offer advice and answer listener questions on Fridays. We have long form interviews, |
| 1:00.3 | the rest of the week with guest ranging from astronauts to authors, CEOs, creators, innovators, |
| 1:07.4 | scientists, military leaders, visionaries, and athletes. Now, let's go out there and become |
| 1:13.6 | Passion Struck. Hello, everyone. And welcome back to episode 153 of Passion Struck. |
| 1:19.4 | Recently ranked is one of the top 50 most inspirational podcasts in the world. And thank you to each |
| 1:25.7 | and every one of you who comes back weekly to listen and learn, had a live better, be better, |
| 1:30.9 | and impact the world. In case you missed my episode from earlier in the week, it featured Dr. David |
| 1:37.0 | Yaden, who is a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School. And he works in their |
| 1:43.0 | center for psychedelic and consciousness research. And our discussion is all about self-transcendence |
| 1:49.4 | through bat lens. My interviews last week in case you missed them featured Kathy Heller, |
| 1:54.5 | host of the extremely popular Kathy Heller Show. And we discussed the importance of knowing |
| 2:00.0 | yourself and living with intentionality. I also head on former Army Ranger Jesse Gold, where we talk |
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