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Forgiveness, as depicted in The Funny Thing About Forgiveness, goes beyond just forgiving others but also forgiving oneself for past mistakes and moving past painful or traumatic experiences. The Funny Thing About Forgiveness shows readers the importance of forgiveness in the role of leadership and the benefits of practicing improv-inspired confrontation in leadership and other forms of relationships with several insightful topics and ideas: purposeful reflection and reckoning, choosing curiosity over judgment, the cathedrals of insecurity, mindfulness exercises for getting back into alignment, a new understanding of "Yes, And", and much more. Community leaders, teachers, political leaders, CEOs, parents, and every single human will benefit immensely from the insights in Andrea Flack-Wetherald's groundbreaking motivational book about leadership and forgiveness.
The Funny Thing About Forgiveness helped me see that if a leader was a sea captain and their followers were its crew, then resentment is the biblical Jonah that should be thrown out to arrive at the desired target on time and with a cheerful atmosphere. I've never tried improv comedy before, but I've learned a great deal about it through The Funny Thing About Forgiveness. I'm seriously considering starting an improv comedy group in my part of the world as I can now see that it is quite helpful for relating to others and having a healthy mindset. Prepare for an elaborate experience with chapter summaries, charts, exercises, and lessons learned by the author onstage as an improv actor and offstage in her everyday life—including seriously embarrassing ones. The jovial, straightforward, and open approach that Andrea Flack-Wetherald employs made me feel right at home and also got me laughing in shock. Enough said. Just read it!