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I was at a seminar recently and the trainer presented us with what he described as three of the most important keys to success in business:

1. Critical Thinking
2. Culture
3. My Idea + My Experience = Disaster

Whilst much of the material was not new, he did get me thinking about critical thinking time and he suggested two questions which occurred to me could be very powerful to consider.

The first was based on the idea of shifting our thinking from “How do I win this game?” to “How am I going to play this second half?”

So, if I consider that life is a game, not of chance but of skill, then it seems to me that we are far more likely to enjoy the process if we do indeed adopt a position of “How am I going to play this second half?” rather than “How do I win?”.

As Art Linkletter asked in a CD programme I listened to on the way home; “How do you make God laugh? – tell him your plans!”

The second question which got me thinking was:

“What if I was given the opportunity to have one last thought – what would it be?”

It seems to me that if we were playing the game of life for the fun of it and just enjoying the process rather than the constant striving to have more, get more, earn more, buy more, we might enjoy and appreciate the people around us more. We might be more inclined to help others around us. We might be more thankful for the gifts that we have. We might be more generous in our opinions of others. We might be less interested in our image or our clothes and more interested in being ourselves. We might be willing to make more mistakes and learn from them.

We might be more willing to play full out!

So I concluded that if were given the opportunity to have one last thought I would probably like it to be:

“Wow! That was so much fun!”

What would life be like for you if you were willing to play full out and win the second half?


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Simon Smith is a professional coach, trainer and inspirational speaker. He specialises in helping people in business communicate more effectively.

Simon is a Master Practitioner and trainer in NLP, an Accredited Inspired Coach with The Institute of Human Development and a qualified member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Hospitality. He climbed the corporate ladder in the hospitality industry for over 20 years in a wide variety of senior commercial roles before founding Simon Smith Coaching & Training, a dynamic organisation providing leadership, sales and presentation skills coaching and training.

As a professional networker, Simon Smith is Managing Area Director for BNI in Northern Ireland. BNI is the world’s largest and most successful business referral organisation and helps business owners and managers become experts in word-of-mouth marketing.

For further information or to have Simon speak at your event call +44(0)845 642 2006 or visit http://www.simonsmithcoaching.com


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