Improvise Like a Jazz Musician

lifehack.org: "We’re called on to improvise all the time. We might sit down and try to brainstorm the solution to a problem, use a tool to do a job it wasn’t intended for, or suddenly be asked to speak to a large group — when these things happen, we have to either improvise, often making things up as we go along, or accept failure. Assuming the second option is unacceptable, here are a few lessons I’ve picked up from Mingus about thinking fast on your feet"