To Win the Game of
Life, Lighten Up!
Each day you face serious burdens. Maybe you don't make enough money. Your love
life is boring. You hate your work.
Perhaps you dislike where you live. Your coworkers are unfriendly. You do things
you regret.
If you finally decide to do something about it, what do you do?
Move to a new town? Leave your spouse? Look for a new job?
Maybe you just watch more television or drink a little more wine.
But the drudgeries or burdens always return. Life seems pretty serious.
Fortunately, you can do one thing right now that will change everything.
"When a man loses his Spirit of Play, he's dead." "... a guy will tell
you, 'Well, I had some illusions when I was a kid, but I've lost all those. I'm
practical now. We've got to face this thing practically, and what we are doing
here is very serious.'"
"You want to know what seriousness is? Seriousness is solidity. You ever hear of
a 'solid citizen?'
"There's nothing that succeeds like insouciance*. Plain flippancy** will
actually get more done in less time than anything else you can name."
"And the more seriously you take the game, the less chance there is of winning."
-- L. Ron Hubbard (*Insouciance: Lack of concern, carefree.) (**Flippancy:
casualness, disrespectful joy.)
Benefits
When you take things less seriously and fire up your Spirit of Play, you enjoy
several benefits.
So how do you take the
game of life less seriously? How can you get more insouciant or flippant?
Recommendations
If you are in good mental shape, simply reminding yourself to lighten up can
switch you from a serious mood to a light and carefree mood.
For example, you can't sleep because of a difficult meeting scheduled for the
next day. You feel tense, sweaty and worried. So you tell yourself, "I won't
succeed if I'm so serious about this" and then force yourself to smile. You
decide, "So what if I fail! It's not that serious." You stop worrying and fall
asleep.
As another example, your car breaks down. You get mad at yourself for not taking
better care of it. You criticize yourself for not buying a new car. You then
criticize yourself for not making enough money. You feel like smashing your car
with a hammer. Instead you say, "I'm getting too serious here! When I'm rich and
successful, this will be really funny." You laugh and get your car fixed.
Another example: You and your spouse stop talking. You disagree about something
and get very serious. You decide, "We need to lighten up!" You tell your spouse
jokes until you both laugh.
Your Spirit of Play can make or break your business or career. If you get
serious, you not only feel lousy, you make others lose the joy of work. Your
days drag by and you look for ways to quit. You lose more often than you win.
If you stop taking your job so seriously, you and those around you make better
decisions. Your days fly by as you get more done. You win the game.
For twelve more ways to lighten up, read "Being Too Serious Can Drive You Crazy"
at
www.tipsforsuccess.org/serious.htm.
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