“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.”
Greg Anderson
In other words, what matters most is the journey. So let’s take a step back today and reflect on how we can make it more enjoyable.
If you were to do something for 100 days, what would it be?
Charlie Bleecker asked herself this question several years ago and knew directly what she had always wanted to do. To lip-sync. (You know it’s when you move your lips in synchronisation with recorded speech or song. You see it all over Instagram!)
Charlie advises us not to settle for success and achievements, but to become aware of our “lip-sync obsession and do whatever it takes to feel joy”.
What could give you 100 days of joy, delight and energy?
If you’re interested in history and culture, you’ll like this collection of BBC Radio 4 programmes about Germany.
You’ll hear about all kinds of topics from sausages and beer to the Thirty Years’ War to the brothers Grimm.
Do tell me if you find a favourite.
Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, shares 103 bits of wisdom with us.
I can’t say which I like best. There are so many good ones.
Here are just a few of his nuggets:
• If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
• The biggest lie we tell ourselves is “I don’t need to write this down because I will remember it.”
• You’ll get 10x better results by elevating good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior, especially in children and animals.
• Courtesy costs nothing. Lower the toilet seat after use. Let the people in the elevator exit before you enter. Return shopping carts to their designated areas. When you borrow something, return it in better shape (filled up, cleaned) than when you got it.
Aren’t they great?
Which one(s) do you like?
Merriam-Webster writes that “English is large and includes many a word that looks and/or sounds very much like another word”.
Take Merriam Webster’s Quiz and see how you fare.
“Care more.
It’s only two words, but it’s hard to think of a better mantra for the organization that is smart enough to understand the core underpinning of their business, as well as one in search of a reason for being. No need to get all tied up in subcycles of this leads to this which leads to that so therefore I care… Instead, there’s the opportunity to follow the direct and difficult road of someone who truly cares about what’s being made and who it is for.”
Seth Godin
Isn’t this great business advice?
