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🎲 Add One More Problem
Keep solving a situation while someone keeps making it worse.
What you need
A simple scenario: planning a picnic, catching a flight, organizing a party.
How to play
- Choose a goal.
- Explain your plan.
- Another person adds a new problem.
- Adjust your plan without starting over.
See one in action
Goal: plan a picnic.
Problem 1: it rains. → “We’ll move under a shelter.”
Problem 2: the shelter is locked. → “We’ll use the covered pavilion.”
Problem 3: a wedding is already there. → “We’ll move to another nearby park.”
After each new problem, explain your revised plan clearly before the next one arrives.
Problem 1: it rains. → “We’ll move under a shelter.”
Problem 2: the shelter is locked. → “We’ll use the covered pavilion.”
Problem 3: a wedding is already there. → “We’ll move to another nearby park.”
After each new problem, explain your revised plan clearly before the next one arrives.
10 ideas to try
Choose any one of these prompts and use the activity steps above:
- Plan a picnic, then add rain, no car, missing food, and 40 extra guests.
- Plan a birthday party, then add a power outage, missing cake, and unexpected guests.
- Plan a flight, then add a delay, lost luggage, and a dead phone battery.
- Plan a school event, then add bad weather, a missing speaker, and double attendance.
- Plan a camping trip, then add forgotten tents, mosquitoes, and a closed campground.
- Plan a dinner, then add one vegetarian, one allergy, and a broken oven.
- Plan a road trip, then add a flat tire, no signal, and a surprise passenger.
- Plan a wedding, then add rain, a missing photographer, and the wrong cake.
- Plan a presentation, then add no projector, half the time, and an unexpected question session.
- Plan a beach day, then add cold weather, no parking, and someone forgetting all the towels.
Make it harder / funnier
After every new problem, explain your revised plan in one clear sentence before the next problem appears.
Why it helps
Develops composure, adaptability, concise explanation, and the ability to communicate clearly when conditions keep changing.
Ready to use this skill?
Try it in Public Speaking →Take the activity into a full SpeakCoachLab practice session.