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Improv can offer a new model for thinking about dreams and goals.

Instead of focusing on the end goal, improv promotes just taking the next logical step.

A new book by Mary Lemmer highlights four improv principles that apply to everyday life.

'Yes anding,' accepting situations, and making bold choices can keep you moving forward.

While I was promoting my book, Play Your Way Sane, someone interviewing me said they admired my career trajectory. I had a goal in mind and worked toward it, single-mindedly.

I was taken aback. I may have even laughed because they couldn’t have been more wrong.

After college, I moved to New York City to become an actor. I hit the pavement, auditioned ruthlessly, and landed some film, TV, and theater jobs.

But then I hit my late twenties, and I definitely couldn't pay all my bills on my acting money. I went back to grad school to earn my Ph.D. and become a professor. But the professor jobs didn't pan out.

To pay the bills, I got a job as a teaching artist. One of my first placements was as the full-time English teacher in a public school in the Bronx, and I really enjoyed the work.

I went back to school again. I earned an........

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