In our second of three mentoring sessions with Stevie Ray, we hear how he shaped his comedic and improvisation career. Sometimes when you move toward your future, like working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech pathology at Moorhead State University, you discover who you are.

What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles, is a practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers. It is updated each year. This book helped Stevie realize his life work. Armed with this new information about himself, he mustered up the courage to offer to design an entire curriculum for a degree in The Theory and Performance of Humor. Thankfully, the late 1970s was a time colleges and universities across the country were open to allow students more freedom to shape new degreed programs. And, it was a time where scholarly innovators like Stevie Ray persisted to make his dream come true.

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Mentoring Tips:

Build on the improvisation rule in connecting with others. Use the phrase, Yes And…, to build on your conversations with others. Have fun with adding something new to how you connect with others. Delete ‘no but’ from your vocabulary.

Revisit your core strengths and make sure you are using them to support your livelihood.

Innovation Shaped Stevie Ray’s College Years, Episode #44   www.stevieray.org

Next Monday’s Mentoring Conversation:

Mike Barrett is back for his third mentoring session. Married life and parenting experiences raising three children are discussed. Tax planning for children, and financial planning recommendations for small business along with other conversational information that is great to hear about! See you through the air waves next week.

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