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Thanks to Molly Gordon who sent me this video link, which is a smart work of genius…
Maybe this should be part of The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun - asking the question, what makes you laugh?
A reader dropped me a line recently and said - hey, as well as offering up all this interesting advice, what about sharing some of your own stories and plans.
Fair point.
My wife and I did spend some time together in the holiday thinking and planning what we hope will make 2008 fun and inspiring for us.
Putting it through a filter of The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun, here are our plans…
1. Stop hiding who you really are
We’re still something of an unknown quantity to many of our readers who work in organizations. So we’re going to tweak our approach to Outside the Lines so that in future one will be written for people who want a life of fun, inspiration and action (the “self-development” crowd, for want of a better term) and one will be written for managers and leaders in organizations.
2. Start being intensely selfish
I’m taking off the whole of April to complete a book version of The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun. Woo hoo!
3. Stop following the rules
We’ve got a cool idea to market the coach training program we’ve created for leaders and managers in organizations - which in itself breaks a ton of rules about “how coaching is supposed to be.” Suffice to say it won’t be the same old boring brochure being sent to people.
(And if you’d like to know more about this, drop me a line…)
4. Start scaring yourself
Getting serious about the coach training program. Yep, that makes my palms sweat.
5. Stop taking it all so damn seriously
I’ve got no specific intent around this - but it’s probably the Principle I need to remember the most. When I get too caught up in it all, I start taking myself WAY too seriously. It’s also an opportunity for me to reconnect with The Manifesto of Insignificance.
6. Start getting rid of the crap
That would be the extra 10 pounds or so that have edged onto my hips in recent years. Exercise and eating well. Simple and difficult.
7. Stop being busy
My wife and I have already booked in 6 weeks vacation for the year. And I’m getting much better at finding better people than me to do stuff that would otherwise be “busywork”. It’s all about saying “no” to Good Work and saying “yes” to Great Work.
8. Start something
See above…
Bonjour mes amis!
I happen to be in Paris for a brief visit today and tomorrow - and the timing is perfect.
Because today we release The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun in French:
The movie that’s been seen in English by nearly a million people around the world…
is now available in Canada’s other official language!
Apprécier!
Michael
PS - please do pass this along to any francophone you know who’s looking for a little more fun, inspiration and action in their lives. There’s a link called “Send it to a friend” on the website. Click on this link and you can send the movie to 3 people at a time.
