January 10, 2010 93 Comments

Are You Ready for Fun

I’m totally enamored with this video, created by @boxofcrayons. Take 5 minutes and watch it:

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http://www.jungleoflife.com/ Lance

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!
http://johnantonios.com John Antonios

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!
http://www.yukiba.com/ Travel Blogs

that video is just great
Mjamme

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

Love the video – thanks for sharing!
http://twitter.com/AMauiBlog Liza at A Maui Blog

Totally… I can see why you were enamored by this video. Now I am too. What a great motivating tool :)
http://www.avenue3re.com Lois Ardito

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.
http://www.beastoftraal.com/ Karthik

Totally dig this – thanks for sharing this, Chris!
http://twitter.com/susangiurleo susangiurleo

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

Great quotes from Picasso and Judy Garland.
babyjadepr

I loved this! The quotes are enough for inspiration. Thanks for sharing…thought provoking.
http://www.adamremer.com/ Adam Remer

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.”
http://www.johnpaulaguiar.com John Paul

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 :)
http://www.travelinlocal.com/ LisaNewton

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

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-
http://cynthiacutright.wordpress.com/ Cynthia C. Cutright

Awesome video with a great message. Thanks.
http://cynthiacutright.wordpress.com/ Cynthia C. Cutright

Awesome video with a great message. Thanks.
http://www.bikerlady.com/ Sasha

Chris, you're so kind and loving for sharing this with us. xoS
http://kathynicholls.com Kathy Nicholls

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.
http://www.BoxOfCrayons.biz/ Michael

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
http://www.twitter.com/@boxofcrayons
http://Brogan-Arts.com/ Diane Brogan

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

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.
http://twitter.com/clareitycoo Amy Geddes

Best 5 minutes I have spent today! Love the message….now to stop procrastinating :)
http://twitter.com/marymacilvain Mary MacIlvain

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!
http://www.margotchapman margotzooms

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.
Andrew Frenette

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.
http://twitter.com/OrvillesMom Donna Perugini

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!
http://twitter.com/OrvillesMom Donna Perugini

Michael: Very 'awesomely' thought out!
http://www.reddeerblog.com/ Edward

My motto; “If you haven't got a screw loose somewhere, you are probably wound too tight”
http://chrisbrogan.com Chris Brogan

So sorry to hear about your loss, and I'm glad to point you to @boxofcrayons' great work.
http://aliriopirela.com/ Alirio Pirela

Very Inspiring Video, Thanks!
http://www.mikestenger.com Mike Stenger

Killer message! Thanks for sharing this Chris, gonna have to share it with my peeps.
http://attractionmarketingandmindset.com/ Judith Atkinson

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.
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http://www.moxiecosmos.com/ Moxie Cosmos

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).
tomassteele

Love the video…thanks for sharing Chris!
http://twitter.com/BryanElliott Bryan Elliott

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
http://twitter.com/adamkambeitz Adam Kambeitz

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

That's a great video that goes straight to the point :)
http://twitter.com/Maven Maven

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
lindsaymanfredi

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!
thesocial1

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.
http://stevenwilsonmarketing.com stevenwilson

A great motivational tool.
mariamedia

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!!
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http://www.myinternalgps.com/ Paula Shoup

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.
http://twitter.com/drewmaniac Andrew Weaver

Wonderful. Inspiring. Worth sharing with everyone. Excellent find, sir.
http://www.hallicious.com Hallicious

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. :)
Brian Wallace

Hey Chris,

Thanks for sharing – your link to @boxofcrayons is broken, though…

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