Outrageous101

1. How about if:
2. you stopped worrying so much about what people thought about you?
3. No: really, really stopped worrying about what people thought;
4. and really developed:
5. your amazing thinking
6. and getting really clear on what you were about?
7. And were prepared that a few people wouldn’t necessarily like you for it.
8. But a heck of a lot more would respect you for the stance you were taking.
9. And making their lives easier or better: wider and deeper, not just longer.
10. For your sheer ooommph;
11. for your getting the right things done,
12. at the right time
13. and for your ability to say what needs to be said
14. and to challenge that which needs to be challenged.
15. And you notice how it makes you feel you are alive again rather than just surviving.
16. And how about if you didn’t accept those crappy meetings anymore?
17. It would be outrageous;
    
18. And so much fun!
19. Or set yourself one or two outrageous goals such as to read a book a day.
20. Or finally start hanging out with people who wanted to do something with their lives...
21. rather than those who sit in the canteen…
22. …complaining..
23. How about if you stripped down:
24. physically and
25. mentally?
26. Got Lean
27. and mean?
28. Again?
29. The chaos, mess and sheer entropy which is draining your energy:
30. you ditched it. Just like that!
31. Physical in-boxes;
32. electronic in-boxes;
33. piles of stuff.
34. 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.
35. It’s not acceptable to you any more: you need energy to change the world.
36. And you are going to start with your team meeting.
37. If you finally accept that you don’t need stuff…
38. stuff just sits around
39. stuff cost pounds/dollars/Euros
40. stuff need maintaining.
41. Stuff distracts you.
42. Wouldn’t it be outrageous if you accepted that:
43. you don’t want to do a job any more;
44. you want to do a passion.
45. That you want deep-down wellness.
46. Not just symptom camouflage.
47. That corn syrup is no longer for you:
48. ever, ever again.
49. Ever.
50. Read the ingredients. Corn syrup. OK: sorry. Not for me.
51. You actually got rid of the TV!
52. That would be SO outrageous.
53. Had a few alcohol free nights a week;
54. what?
55. That you were going to ‘get out of you head’ by
56. walking…everywhere
57. baking bread…
58. dancing…
59. going to workshops…
60. That TV box-sets were to be special occasions not every damn evening…
61. what?
62. Wouldn’t it also be outrageous if:
63. anything you do, such as
64. meetings
65. or presentations
66. Get results. Astonishing results.
67. That you were perfectly happy to accept challenge.
68. That you don’t need a system to get things done.
69. You realised you actually simply need to…
70. er..get things done…!
71. That kick-boxing or swimming or something’s going to give you such core strength that handling your boss’s cynicism is
72. so damn easy you could do it before breakfast!
73. And how about if you felt like that very day.
74. Yeah: sort of ‘kick-ass’ good.
75. That your girlfriend just stopped winging about the neighbourhood in which you lived and started loving you again for the nice guy you are;
76. and your boyfriend did the washing-up…
77. and your mum didn’t say you needed to get married…
78. And you might use Twitter or blogging but it wasn’t the be all and end all of LIFE.
79. Wouldn’t it be outrageous if
80. Sunday evening no longer fill you with dread
81. nor Monday mornings
82. nor the team meeting.
83. Because you LOVE them: the challenge.
84. And what about if you finally
85. pressed click on your Open University course?
86. And wouldn’t it be really outrageous if you no longer
87. blamed the weather?
88. or a political party ? Or your school? Or your parents?
89. But got on with it.
90. Reminded yourself that success does not correlate simply with
91. education; nor IQ. But it does with:
92. being a little OUTRAGEOUS!
93. It would really be outrageous if by the end of April you had
94. cleared you desk and tidied the kitchen;
95. gone from zero to 10 press-ups every morning, 0645;
96. gone alcohol free Monday to Thursday;
97. 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.
98. It would be so outrageous.
99. And so much fun.
100. Can you imagine their faces?
101. I know you can.