Everyday we are overwhelmed with the must dos, should dos and have to dos.
It is easy to get bogged down in tactics, procedures and guidelines for achieving the life you desire.
Turning everything into a game, has always helped me get through any situation that scares me.
A Story…
While most people won’t believe this, I was quite shy. Talking to people I have never met before scared me.
The way I over came this was to turn every event, into a game. At each event I take a different approach.
One time, I hijack the camera off the event host and assumed the role of “photographer” this allowed me an easy in to talk to different people, find out enough about them to write a cool blog post. But not enough time for them to find out about me.
An unintentional after effect, curiosity. Who was that girl? when people have curiosity, the go out of their way to find out more.
Another time, I hijacked tables…
I went to different tables at this gala event and said “Hi, I’ve taken it upon myself to hijack tables and have a fun night, how is your night going?” Watching people’s reactions and how they interacted with me was fun.
Score! Three client meetings and more curiosity about what I do. Again another unintentional after effect.
Last story…
At a very sophisticated art gallery event, where “notable” people were attending, I introduced myself as the “meeter of random people”.
By doing this, I had a very fun and interesting conversation with a gentleman who I later found out was the Mayor (oops!). It’s always helpful to be on the good side of influential people.
If You Are Scared of Meeting New People, or Making “The” Phone or Sending “That” Email
Just remember, people respect:
- guts
- opening yourself to rejection
- the ability to have fun anywhere anytime
It’s not easy to do those things, and most of the time I try not to think too deeply about it. However when I do get scared, I think of two things:
1. How can I make them look awesome
2. How can I have fun with this
Making “It” Happen
Seeking extra information, tactics or tips is our stalling process to say we are too scared to take the plunge and just do it.
Embracing the fear and doing it any way does not always work. Sucking it up, isn’t easy either.
But games… well now there is no harm no foul if you don’t win. It’s just a game.
Like a game, you may have to figure out another way to land on Mayfair. Buy all the property around it, build hotels. Grow your wealth using other means, in time you may be able to buy Mayfair or find that you have enough in your life that you no longer need it.
Either way the rules of the game are yours to make, the consequences of not achieving those goals are yours to determine. The same with the rewards, the more glorious the reward, the more cooler it is for you to achieve your goals.
So go … have fun and create a game. It’ll naturally help you from overdosing on information.
Until next time,
keep playing
Post inspired by Mixergy with Clay Johnson author of Information Diet
