If You Hum A Tune To Yourself
…does it change the world?
We dream of playing our music for millions of people…as a means of making a difference, making change.
But what if the audience was less than a million?
How small does the audience have to be before playing the song doesn’t make a difference?
What if it’s just you?
It's More Fun That Way
We do things because they’re more efficient, faster, tried and true, scalable, cost effective, status achieving, important, fit with the bigger picture, can be easily replicated, will make us successful.
But doing something a certain way simply because it’s more fun might be a reason worth considering. Because fun is worth having…even if it’s at the expense of the other things sometimes.
Easy To Work With
It doesn’t mean you’re always happy or never rock the boat or always following the rules or just being super laid back all the time. Those things might encompass the ‘easy’ part.
But to be easy to WORK with…
It means you speak with clarity, show up prepared, take responsibility, make others better, embrace the long term vision as you take care of today’s details. And you show up on time.
Picking Favorites
If you ask anyone what their favorite song is, they’ll say they can’t name a favorite. Which is too bad because the whole point of asking the question is to have an exciting conversation about a great song.
The remedy is to ask them to name one song that would definitely be in their top five. It’s still a bit of a struggle but there’s always excitement there. It’s fun.
A song that would have to land in my top five? Oasis- Champagne Supernova
You?
»» A while back I put together my favorite fifty songs. It’s really fun to do and harder than you might think. Try it.