In a blog this morning I read the famous Michael Gerber quote, “don’t work in your business, work on your business.” What if your business was a game? How would that change how you related to the whole concept of working in your business? How about your life, could you play it like a game?
- What would your game be called?
- What would your game board or playing field be like?
- Who would be playing the game with you?
- What would the rules be?
- How would you define winning?
Exciting. I love playing games.
This weekend I did just that, played the game of defining my Personal Life Game. I went to California to play The Game Of …. – Playing the Game You are Build 4 — See web site http://bit.ly/9yMFUY
The process was fun and creative and totally felt like playing. I came out of the weekend with a game plan for all of the above questions and more. So how do I use the information that I have uncovered?
I am using it to clearly define how I want to show up in this world, who do I want to be and how do I want to experience the world. It gives more clarity on the Intention that I had set for myself last year – see article on setting intentions -http://bit.ly/c0jBzw .
I have already used the insights that I have gained in making decisions. I am in the process of looking for accommodations to rent in Belize for this fall when I take my business fully virtual for 3 months. It became evident that the accommodations that I was looking at renting would have suited me perfectly from a logistical point of view. In the past this would have signaled me to say “yes”. However my intuition signaled to me that the tone of the living environment would have been the opposite of the fun, vibrant life that I want to live. Just by playing my game, I would have pushed my land lady’s fear buttons, causing an emotional reaction leading to conflict.
This was not the kind of experience that I defined for winning the game of my Personal Life. I listened to my intuition and said” no” and I am continuing on my search.
In your business when are you making decisions about what you need to do because it seems to make good logical sense? Yet it creates an experience that you would prefer not to be having. This is typically what happens when we work in our business rather than working on it. We are creating experiences for ourselves that do not leave us winning.
This fall I will bring The Game Of… to Vancouver. Check the web site above for other games being played in the United States.
May you win and master your own game.
Jacque
Tags: Balance, Business, Entrepreneur, Fun, Happiness, Life Balance, Work, Work Life Balance
