Are You Ready for Fun

Very nice video. The message is clear and full of lessons to be learned.

Loved this. Absolutely inspirational. Something to watch everyday until the message totally sinks in & gets incorporated into my life!

A great video-so inspiring. I'll need to watch it everyday to be reminded of everything that's in there. It's so right-on

Hi Chris,
This is a fabulous and very inspirational video. Thanks for sharing it. I plan to refer to it often whenever I need a pick-me-up. Love your daily thoughts.

Enjoyed the video, also thought the music suited to perfection.

I've only just caught this but it's a great pick me up

Thanks for sharing this video. It is an eye opener for sure.

This is one video that some folks (including myself) should possibly watch at least once a week as a reminder and to keep you on track and to be focused.

I am adding to my favorites, that's for sure!

Thanks for all you do as always!

Doc

Thanks for sharing, Chris. You have your head in the right place. Thanks for helping all of us do the same.
This reminds me of a well-know story I heard (can't remember where) about a consultant who was asked by a struggling company to talk about the importance of fun and how to encourage it at work to increase productivity. Being the orderly company that had rules for everything including how presentations should be done, one of the company's executives asked for a preview of the presentation the consultant was planning to give, in the form of a poweropint with bulletpoints highlighting the key points. Sure thing, said the consultant, and promptly emailed the executive a powerpoint with the following bulletpoints:

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Great piece of motivating... will share it with some friends for sure.

Like the content, but that really doesn't seem like the music ... at least not for me.

Great video! I think we get our perspectives all out of whack sometimes.

I love it! I love it! I love it! Principle #6 is my favorite. I wonder what would happen if I watched this every day for 30 days straight? Hmm, yet another home page tab in the works?

Fabulous - thank you SO much!

who couldn't benefit from watching this video on a regular basis! Thank you.

It's cool to see something that says what I'm trying to live. I've been going after my 101 dreams come true with full gusto. The journey sometimes goes against everything society says we should be. But it's much more fun than doing what society says we should be. Check out my site www.101dreamscometrue.com. I would love to chat with someone who feels the same way about life. There is also a book called the 7 Lively Sins that I think everyone should read. It's kind of like the video but in book form. Have a great day, Marci

Seriously, this is a great vid. I'm sure I recall seeing many of the messages before but this is the single best presentation of the entire package.

That said, I'm not sure if "fun" is the right term when it comes to those messages but certainly they are great words to live by.

I love this video, too, Chris. It helps me detox from stressing out over the little stuff, and over life in general. Anything to help keep things in perspective....

Thanks for sharing it.

You have to love Yogi Berra and Lou Holtz -
Yogi - We were lost but making good time
Lou - When all is said and done - more is said than done

Great video - thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing this, Chris! We're all about "fun" at The Fun Times Guide... so this was great to see :-D

What fun! Thanks for sharing.

Best 5 minutes I'll spend all week! Absolutely mesmerizing. Every quote roped me right in and awakened every single neuron and nerve ending.

Awesome-O-Matic. Thanks for starting my week off with some fun!

Like so many others - love it.

You have a bad link for the "Also, check out EightPrinciples.com" - but what is a little typo among friends;)

I'll be redundant -- this was a great video! Thank you for sharing.

I'll be redundant -- this was great!!!!

Timely video for me. I've made a point of changing my career path. I've experienced all 8 and could add a few more. While I went through each of these self changing awareness fun principles in a different order, it wasn't easy for me to step outside myself and be the creative person that I was meant to be. I bloomed where I plopped, found success, built an income stream that is difficult to replace and navigating a new career is difficult in our current economy. I can personally relate to the scare yourself into fun principle. I felt like I was going to lose it all by not returning to my old career, but doing what I really want in life is slowly turning into a "win" for me. I've made many new friends in the social media arena. This group is more helpful and sharing than any group of professionals that I've encountered throughout my career. And, Chris, thanks for all the material you share.

That was awesome - thanks for sharing,
Think i'll decorate my self with bananas and stand on the side of the freeway

This is SUCH a great video!! I absolutely love it. I also love all the PMA in it :) Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

-Elizabeth

That was awesome - thanks for sharing !

love it! thanks for sharing this, Chris.

Hey Chris,

Thanks for sharing - your link to @boxofcrayons is broken, though...

Focusing on focus is pretty tough. There are so many distractions, or directions I could go at any one time, that I find I need to be really cognizant of the goal I am trying to achieve at all times. Then question the activity I'm doing on its merits of helping me achieve that goal.

Focus is finding its way back into my life in 2010. :)

Wonderful. Inspiring. Worth sharing with everyone. Excellent find, sir.

Thanks for sharing this great video Chris. I especially like the one about being tempted to be busy. It is a trap that we don't always recognize. And love the lighten up messages.

This video sums up exactly where I am right now in my life! Thanks for sharing it!! I'm having lots of fun - breaking the rules and starting something new!!

A great motivational tool.

I really needed this at this time because I have so focused but have lacked focus which was becoming a bother. I'm going to hold this video close. Thanks for sharing.

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!

I LOVED this!!!

Thanks Chris, is was exactly what I needed to read this morning. Especially the parts about being fearless and being yourself. Loved the Judy Garland quote - reminded me of a similar favourite by ee cummings:

"To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

Happy Sunday!

Maven from A Fabulously Good Life

That's a great video that goes straight to the point :)

Nothing like a inspiring feel good video to start your sunday morning thanks Chris

Right on point--as usual Chris. My personal theme for this year is, "Oh the Places You'll Go" inspired by one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books of the same title. To me, "Oh the Places You'll Go" means it's amazing how many places or how far your career or brand will go when you try new things (like social media), think out of the box and do stuff no one else is doing. It is about having fun. It is about finding your true calling. It is about getting out there, taking calculated risks, moving your mouth, moving your feet, failing, getting back up again--and not quitting.

Thanks for sharing Chris!

@BryanElliott

Love the video...thanks for sharing Chris!

This is great advice, and I've subscribed to much of it all my life. I've been lucky. That said, it will be a hard sell to those who fear losing their jobs and who are responsible to their families. Creative design -- takes me back to my children's kit of stick-on shapes (c. 1963).

Quite simply just loved it. I feel this could be used for a simple mediations video at night or in the mornings to stop us getting caught up in the ........ So many wisdoms creatively show. Thanks again Chris.

Killer message! Thanks for sharing this Chris, gonna have to share it with my peeps.

Very Inspiring Video, Thanks!

My motto; "If you haven't got a screw loose somewhere, you are probably wound too tight"

This goes along with what I've been blogging lately. Fear is such a paralyzer. I especially like the part of 'live around the edges'.........very graphically put!

Thanks for sharing this with us, Chris. The message is great throughout and it really spoke to me about a lot of what's going on in my life.

My father passed away 3 weeks ago from a long bout with cancer - and "fun" was not a word in my vocabulary. Thanks for sharing something that gave me "hope" I could find my way back to connecting with fun, it meant a lot this morning.

So sorry to hear about your loss, and I'm glad to point you to @boxofcrayons' great work.

Are we having fun yet? Great video and very timely advice. For someone who is currently trying to break out of working off a "To Do" list 24/7 and just maybe have more fun, this is inspiring. Just shared this with my networks. Thanks!

Best 5 minutes I have spent today! Love the message....now to stop procrastinating :)

We get bogged down with so many things that really don't matter and hold us back from the things that do. What if we escape the bonds of bad habbits, negative thinking, the past and embraced and acted on things that matter and inspire us? Your life would change. The world would change. Drastically and immediately.

Thanks for sharing this inspiring video Chris.

This is such an inspiring video, I will bookmark it and play it often. Thank you for sharing.

Chris - I'm the guy behind the video. Thanks for the kind mention.

If anyone want sto grab the free eCourse that goes with it ("five questions for a life of fun, inspiration and action") they can go to http://www.eightprinciples.com

Michael
www.twitter.com/@boxofcrayons

Michael: Very 'awesomely' thought out!

This is an awesome message and, as usual, right in time for what I needed to see this morning. You tend to do that. I've often said if it's not fun, I don't want to do it, and in the last few months have forgotten that a bit. I needed the reminder. Thank you.

Chris, you're so kind and loving for sharing this with us. xoS

Awesome video with a great message. Thanks.

Dear Chris.. What is your favorite part/point of this video?
I liked: Take action, Dont waste time, Lighten up!, Get rid of Crap, and Dont wait for permission..
Thank you, Brian-

I love the part where the wheelbarrow rolls away the clutter. Talk about a visual. Thanks for sharing this, Chris

Nice vid Chris.. You have to have fun in anything you do, if not, you wont be doing it long.

It's sunday so I'm gonna relax and have fun today.. and I don't feel guilty in the slightest :)

Thanks for the video Chris. I really enjoy your blog.
I would have to add number 9 to the list: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission."

I loved this! The quotes are enough for inspiration. Thanks for sharing...thought provoking.

Great quotes from Picasso and Judy Garland.

Wow! I was really sucked in by this. Love, love! Especially #s 3, 4, and 8! Thanks for sharing....

Totally dig this - thanks for sharing this, Chris!

As always, this shared video fell onto my screen just when it was needed. You're a Master at finding just the right message at just the right time! Passing this along to everyone I know and asking them to pass it on as well. Wouldn't it be great if people kept passing it on and everyone started their day reminded of the 8 principals of fun. Now we'd have the kind of world we'd all like to live in. Thanks Chris.

Totally... I can see why you were enamored by this video. Now I am too. What a great motivating tool :)

Love the video - thanks for sharing!

Excellent Video Chris! Thanks for Sharing it! Really cool!

that video is just great

Even though saying "I love it" would probably sound redundant given all the comments this video has received but i can't help it - this is the first thing that came to mind - and i can really relate to the video since I just decided that wasted enough time and it was time to take action by taking matters into my own hand and confronting the overrated fear of being an independent professional.
by the way chris, you helped me get to that decision, thank you!

I love the message in this video! Especially - what will matter 100 years from now. Thinking about it that way, the best we can do is to have fun and completely love what we are doing. I'm in for fun!