A life in 6 words

Heard about a contest where you had to sum up your life, or create your autobiography in just 6 words.

Mine was: crooked path, no map, wanderer forever.

But it was great fun reading all the other entries.

Try this for yourself.

How I Would Use This

Sum up your job in just 6 words

Sum up the problem in just 6 words

Describe success in just 6 words.

When we work to be succinct we get at the heart of the matter.

Dessert Round Up

Here's a lively way to get participants to meet each other.

Ask each person to go to the corner of the room that bears the sign of the dessert they like the best. You can place any dessert names there that you want; four I use are:

• ice cream
• cheesecake
• fruit salad
• pie

Once each group has been formed asked the participants to describe to the group exactly what type of dessert they love the most.

Encourage the groups to share their:

• names
• dessert thoughts
• goals for the workshops

No need to debrief this activity. Just let people enjoy meeting each other.

Squeezing Lemons

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a $5000 bet.

The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money.

Many people like weight-lifters, wrestlers, body builders, etc had tried over time, but nobody could do it.

One day this scrawny little man came in, wearing thick glasses and a rumpled suit, and said in a tiny, squeaky voice, “I’d like to try the bet.” After the laughter had died down, the bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little man.

But the crowd’s laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and 5-6 drops fell into the glass. As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid $5000, and asked the little man, “What do you do for a living?

Are you a weight-lifter, or what?”
“No,” replied the man.

”I work as a project manager in a software company !! “

Honestly, this is such a perfect joke. Just change the punchline and it can apply to anyone that works in an environment where they squeeze the last living part out of anything.