Friday, July 15, 2011

TGIF: 20 Things That You’ll Do Once In Your Lifetime*

1)    Bungy jump from a bridge (literally, jump off a bridge).
2)    Parachute from a plane in tandem.
3)    Ride a unicycle or pogo-stick (or was it a unicorn?).
4)    Win it big in a lottery (wishful thinking?).
5)    Go to Disneyland or a similar theme park for adults.
6)    Participate in a marathon (running, films, dancing).
7)    Eat a 12-course meal that includes creatures that used to walk, crawl or slither.
8)    Have a huge hangover (too much Red Bull and coffee) and live to regret it (and do it all over again).
9)    Get married in Las Vegas (or more often, if you need the practice).
10) Phone in sick, after you watched a marathon of films.
11) Burn a candle at both ends (?).
12) Eat hot tom yum soup in Phuket (the way locals love it) before your triathlon race.
13) Swim with the sharks without being eaten alive.
14) Swim in the sea during jellyfish season, and live to tell.
15) Write your book.
16) Take part in the Amazing Race. Get your partner to do the physical challenges, while you do the food challenges.
17) Ride on a wild animal.
18) Go white-water rafting.
19) Seat yourself in First Class of your favourite airline (upgrades allowed).
20) Join a secret society (but you can't tell anyone).

*This is a partial parody. Therefore, this is not to be taken too seriously. However, should you wish to consider any one of these suggestions, then what you will seriously do to ensure that it happens?

Leadership Lessons: It would be nice to joke about things. However, when a seed of suggestion has been planted, then it may germinate into a possibility. Possibility requires the fertile soil of purpose and planning to grow into reality. If you read about the parable of the seeds, you would be reminded of how environmental conditions matter if you want to ensure success in initiating and engaging things.

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