Watch out for snakes !
All the stuff we take so seriously. Sales figures and footfall, and conversions. Web stats, staff sickness, customer returns and all the rest of it !
What if its all a giant game?
Sure in a game there’s winners and losers, just as there are in life. Sometimes its in the roll of the dice, you slip down the snake through no fault of your own, nasty divorce, illness, unfavourable partnership, you name it, there’s lots of explanations how, lots of reasons why.
But if it is all a giant game, and you knew this (someone whispered in your ear) then how would you play the game? Would it be different because you knew it was just a game, would you take it less seriously? Would you play to win, or team up and help the other participants to stop someone else winning? What would be your strategy?
Would you be the banker ? or the old boot? In fact, lets take it a step further. What game would you choose to play if you could choose?
Scrabble, Monopoly, Snakes and ladders, Cluedo or twister?
What does that say about you?
Finally, are you the kind of player who has a strategy to win? A long term game plan, or is it all just for fun. Because usually we win the game we play, and those with a plan, a vision and a long term view and a lot of hard work and persistence are the winners. Not always – unforeseen stuff can happen, but usually.
So what game are you playing?
In the long run, though, it’s those with right intention, a long term view and consistent persistence that manage to win.
Good thing, too.
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