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Welcome to Community Corner<\/strong>, a series highlighting the work, passions, and impact of our community teams around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first time Aman Saini\u2019s mother came to see her son act in a play, she walked out of the theater after 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t blame her,\u201d says Saini, 24, laughing. \u201cThe play was four hours long\u2014the story of David and Goliath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saini has been acting since the fifth grade; the David and Goliath play was just a few years ago. His mother had always wanted him to study commerce or science, but he preferred the theater, eventually choosing it as his major in college. What she could not have foreseen was that Saini\u2019s interest in acting would prove useful in his career at WeWork.
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\u201cA couple of months into my first role at WeWork, at the Embassy GolfLinks building<\/a> in Bangalore, I noticed that everyone around me was so involved in the virtual world they forgot to experience the real world at times,\u201d says Saini, now the community lead at WeWork Salarpuria Symbiosis<\/a> in Bengaluru, India.
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Saini realized that the skills he had learned in improv classes might help members do things that might come more naturally without the barrier of technology. Hoping to help others get back to \u201cfeeling things,\u201d he invited WeWork members across the city to different theater-based workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one workshop, Saini introduced the \u201cFear in a Hat\u201d exercise: He asked attendees to write down their worst fear on a piece of paper, then put it into a hat. One by one, each person then took a paper out of the hat and read the fear aloud. Saini encouraged the other members to offer ideas for how to overcome that fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, the sharing among the group was done anonymously, using paper. But then, to Saini\u2019s surprise, people began to share their fears more openly. \u201cPeople started opening up a lot,\u201d he says. \u201cI almost felt like a shrink!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeing how the workshop helped members to pause and look within, Saini now regularly hosts these type of events for WeWork members. \u201cThis kind of interaction really bonds people,\u201d he says. \u201cTheater helps you experience others\u2019 truths and your own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Saini\u2019s mother passed away a few years ago, he is certain she would be proud to see that her son\u2019s interest in theater does so much good in the workplace, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spoke with Saini about his acting, future plans, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite role in a play: <\/strong>\u201cDavid, from The Anointing<\/em>,\u201d says Saini. The play, based on the story of David and Goliath, was personal for Saini. \u201cAt the time I was rehearsing that play, the Goliath in my life was my mother\u2019s cancer. I spent the last 15 days of her life with her in the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superpower: <\/strong>Saini says that he has incredible powers of observation. \u201cI read characters so much in scripts that when I walk into a room I try to read the characters there, too,\u201d he says. He thinks this ability makes him especially approachable. \u201cIf there are a couple of people standing around, I\u2019ve noticed that I\u2019m usually the one people come to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member who\u2019s influenced him most:<\/strong> During the Fear in a Hat exercise, Saini was affected by one member\u2019s emotional catharsis. \u201cHe had almost lost his wife and father in a car accident, and had become terrified of being in a car,\u201d he recalls. \u201cIt got really intense as we went on,\u201d but to Saini, it was clear that just having the space to let go and talk about it helped the man comes to terms with his fear.
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Core values: <\/strong>Saini says that life has taught him, again and again, to be patient. \u201cRight after university I was ready to pack my bags and go to Bombay to act, but things didn\u2019t work out that way,\u201d he says. Instead, after his mother\u2019s death, he had to take care of his younger brother. \u201cI learned how to look after a teenager. That\u2019s good therapy for teaching patience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future plans: <\/strong>Saini still plans to move to Bombay and make it in Bollywood. \u201cOnce I help my brother finish his schooling, I want to be a cinema actor,\u201d he says. But even after he achieves this, he plans to carry on at WeWork, noting, \u201cYou always need something in the real world to inform your acting.\u201d
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