Kids can be a practically irresistible force. I have 10 children. Usually I can resist them. Not always. Here’s how they win.
- Be totally, irresistibly and eternally committed to a world changing idea
- Jump up and down with enthusiasm
- “No” means not now
- “Not now” means try again in 5 minutes
- Laugh, smile and tickle your dad
- Run around and get all the other kids excited out of their minds
- Ask dad for help to figure out how to do it
- Cry if dad is not listening
- See if you can turn it into a school project
- Ask mom to talk to dad about it
- Bring a partially completed task to dad to be fixed
- Change your plans and try again in an hour
- A small explosion in the yard will get dad’s attention
- Make it a game
Kids win because they are too excited to accept defeat. They are willing to try every possible way around an obstacle. When I am the obstacle and they are really really determined, they know they can win. One man described that level of enthusiam and determination this way:
The ability to understand a question from all sides meant one was totally unfit for action. Fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of the real man. (Thucydides)
Is there a job you really really want? Why not job hunt like a kid?
Something to do today
Take a pen and paper and translate each of those 14 things into something you can use for job hunting or working for a promotion in real life.
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Tomorrow: Fingerprint locks and getting hired
Picking up a hundred dollar bill