… if your Mother ran it?
In my case it’d be just great. Ok, so in your case it’d be different. That makes your smart or funny or something.
So here’s the really big question.
Not for you.
For your kids.
What would your school/office/whatever be like if your ma or pa ran it?
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Grateful Heart Art Print
Pope, Katherine &…
8 in. (200 mm) x 20 in. (508 mm)
Buy at AllPosters.com
Framed Mounted
Sometimes things don’t go as you, in all your wisdom, want them to go. The best business books – you know the ‘scratch with the turkeys or soar with the eagles’ ones will tell you to redouble your efforts even if it means bursting that vein and going to the great beyond…
My experience (learned with some pain, mind you) is that some time it’s best to just let go that particular idea, and see what alternatives present themselves. Often the solution that appears is so magical, so innovative you would never have thought of it in common hours. I believe it is best to approach things with a grateful heart and be open to the gifts that the challenges bring. And, yes, I know the pain of not getting my own way, but I generally try to avoid acting like a spoiled brat when the universe has another plan.
Have some faith in yourself, change your thinking, be grateful for the challenge – lesser people than you would’ve given up by now. Prove something to yourself.
Malcolm McLaren (impresario and cultural plunderer) had this to say in Design, August 1981:
Now we’re entering a period in which fathers can be as childlike as their sons. Children will be teaching their parents at least as much as they learn from them. ‘People of all ages’, McLaren argues, ‘have been forced by the recession to adjust to the prospect of permanent insecurity and unemployment. The work ethic is being undermined and, in its place, fresh attitudes to leisure are evolving. People want adventure whether they’re 14 or 40.’
Recession? In 1981? Seems like we have a recession every 5-10 years these days. It’s worth having a look at McLaren’s thoughts nevertheless. In the west it is probable that insecurity and unemployment remain common prospects. In 1981 we blamed El Nino rather than global warming. It’s interesting that McLaren saw the work ethic being undermined, so much for the Gen-Y garbage.
Every day I see adults playing games on their cellphones, or sending txt messages in the same way they passed notes at school. I’ve seen more than one workplace monitor with a half finished solitaire – people being childlike.
Quick Questions:
- If adults are becoming more childlike what goods and/or services can you offer?
- Are adults becoming more childlike or more playful?
- Nintendo Wii – I think it’s become the first intergenerational ‘toy’. Kids are trying to figure out ways to pry Gramps away from the bowling/boxing/fishing/tennis etc… high tech, high touch, low level learning curve – even using them for yoga – what could you offer to add value to this? Exercise mats? Extra software? Music to play along with? Apparel? Fragrances?
In February 2005, management uber-guru Tom Peters wrote “50 short, wonderfully sweet nuggets of advice…” – Part I of 100 Ways to Help You Succeed/Make Money. We sat around holding our breath waiting for Tom to … well, whatever. Waiting. Waiting. WAITING. C’mon Tom, do it or get off the pot. And then, in February 2008, Tom dropped Part II. Eh? 2008? Just 16-17 ways of making money per year? PER YEAR?! Well, was it worth the wait? You be the judge. Management is always something vaguely questionable to an entrepreneur, but if you get a single good idea then the documents are worth every penny. And they’re available for a free download, courtesy of the nice people over at Change This, so the idea doesn’t even have to be all that special… and, if you were to implement one micro-idea every three days for a year you’d be 100+ ideas up on your competitors by the end of the year. Where would you rather be?
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