Pre-work: Why a Game?
“If you’re not having fun you’re playing someone else’s game.”
When you think about why you buy a board game, it isn’t because you want to open it up and read the rules. You buy it for its epic quest and objective: Fame, Fortune, Love, Peace, Adventure, Discovery. You are drawn to the challenge. You love it for its twists and turns, for the surprises and innovation that unfold. You play to win and you are not afraid of losing. If you lose, you regroup and immediately are ready to play again - a little wiser. And you know it will be fun, no matter how hard and how often you fail.
So I ask, why can’t life feel like that? No matter how hard and challenging it can be. Why not live a life of curiosity and adventure, one where the challenge itself is what makes the game fun? When did playing by all the rules of life begin to feel more like work? When did the game become rigged?
Time to change the game.