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"I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have." –
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"I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have." â Joel Osteen, bestselling author, and the Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church, the largest Protestant church in the United States
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RITUALS WE CAN #BELIEVE IN
This is for you... {NAME}.
Every Thursday I closed the office an hour early to play cards with my team.
Killer Bunnies was our game of choice. Itâs a game of strategy where you build up an army of bunnies to attack each other and collect carrots to determine a winner. My office was generally quiet. People talked and collaborated when needed, but otherwise we were all heads down, headphones on, crushing it on our assignments. So I wanted to have something fun that we could all enjoy, on company time, to bring the team together.
What started as a fun one-off afternoon became an important company ritual.
I donât remember who suggested the idea initially, but closing shop one hour early on one Thursday became a Killer Bunnies Thursday ritual that nobody wanted to miss. It became our time to have fun, relax, and enjoy each otherâs company.
It became so important that back when I used to still do hiring the traditional way with job interviews, the final interview would be playing Killer Bunnies with the team to see how you fit in. No questions. Just cards. After the games, weâd pick who we wanted to work with.
It was such a part of the culture that when my programmer, Adis, went back home to Holland but continued to work for me, he asked if he could call or skype in so he could still be a part of our games, even though it would be 11pm his time. One day, one of my customers was in the office at that time and we invited him to join in the game with us. Since then we had a customer at almost every single game we played. They loved joining in on our ritual as well and made them feel closer to us.
I miss those days.
My team moved all over the world and it ended up being only two of us still in the office. It didnât make sense to keep the office, so I sold it and we moved to a virtual model. Jason, the lone local on my team, still comes over once week and we play a game together (this time itâs League of Legends).
I could and should do more to bring the whole team in, even though they are around the world. Writing this section has helped clarify in my mind just how important it really is.
Iâm still learning too⦠and here are a few great examples to model.
Learn how in my book, Your One Word: [(
#Believe
PS. I'm doing a 90 day, 23 city tour. Am I coming to your city?
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