- How about if:
- you stopped worrying so much about what people thought about you?
- No: really, really stopped worrying about what people thought;
- and really developed:
- your amazing thinking
- and getting really clear on what you were about?
- And were prepared that a few people wouldn’t necessarily like you for it.
- But a heck of a lot more would respect you for the stance you were taking.
- And making their lives easier or better: wider and deeper, not just longer.
- For your sheer ooommph;
- for your getting the right things done,
- at the right time
- and for your ability to say what needs to be said
- and to challenge that which needs to be challenged.
- And you notice how it makes you feel you are alive again rather than just surviving.
- And how about if you didn’t accept those crappy meetings anymore?
- It
would be outrageous;
- And so much fun!
- Or set yourself one or two outrageous goals such as to read a book a day.
- Or finally start hanging out with people who wanted to do something with their lives...
- rather than those who sit in the canteen…
- …complaining..
- How about if you stripped down:
- physically and
- mentally?
- Got Lean
- and mean?
- Again?
- The chaos, mess and sheer entropy which is draining your energy:
- you ditched it. Just like that!
- Physical in-boxes;
- electronic in-boxes;
- piles of stuff.
- The ‘no Cardio-Vascular’ society which rather than saving you energy is stopping you creating energy. Go on it says: take an elevator just one floor. No, let us open that door automatically for you. That’s fine: we will bring the car park to your store.
- It’s not acceptable to you any more: you need energy to change the world.
- And you are going to start with your team meeting.
- If you finally accept that you don’t need stuff…
- stuff just sits around
- stuff cost pounds/dollars/Euros
- stuff need maintaining.
- Stuff distracts you.
- Wouldn’t it be outrageous if you accepted that:
- you don’t want to do a job any more;
- you want to do a passion.
- That you want deep-down wellness.
- Not just symptom camouflage.
- That corn syrup is no longer for you:
- ever, ever again.
- Ever.
- Read the ingredients. Corn syrup. OK: sorry. Not for me.
- You actually got rid of the TV!
- That would be SO outrageous.
- Had a few alcohol free nights a week;
- what?
- That you were going to ‘get out of you head’ by
- walking…everywhere
- baking bread…
- dancing…
- going to workshops…
- That TV box-sets were to be special occasions not every damn evening…
- what?
- Wouldn’t it also be outrageous if:
- anything you do, such as
- meetings
- or presentations
- Get results. Astonishing results.
- That you were perfectly happy to accept challenge.
- That you don’t need a system to get things done.
- You realised you actually simply need to…
- er..get things done…!
- That kick-boxing or swimming or something’s going to give you such core strength that handling your boss’s cynicism is
- so damn easy you could do it before breakfast!
- And how about if you felt like that very day.
- Yeah: sort of ‘kick-ass’ good.
- That your girlfriend just stopped winging about the neighbourhood in which you lived and started loving you again for the nice guy you are;
- and your boyfriend did the washing-up…
- and your mum didn’t say you needed to get married…
- And you might use Twitter or blogging but it wasn’t the be all and end all of LIFE.
- Wouldn’t it be outrageous if
- Sunday evening no longer fill you with dread
- nor Monday mornings
- nor the team meeting.
- Because you LOVE them: the challenge.
- And what about if you finally
- pressed click on your Open University course?
- And wouldn’t it be really outrageous if you no longer
- blamed the weather?
- or a political party ? Or your school? Or your parents?
- But got on with it.
- Reminded yourself that success does not correlate simply with
- education; nor IQ. But it does with:
- being a little OUTRAGEOUS!
- It would really be outrageous if by the end of April you had
- cleared you desk and tidied the kitchen;
- gone from zero to 10 press-ups every morning, 0645;
- gone alcohol free Monday to Thursday;
- looked directly into your girl-friend’s eyes and said: do I tell you enough you are the most gorgeous girl on the Planet? No? Well, things are going to change around here.
- It would be so outrageous.
- And so much fun.
- Can you imagine their faces?
- I know you can.