Engine For Change

When Seth Godin gives you an opportunity, you take it.

Join me at Cloverleaf Tavern and Pizza (1240 Hollis St, Bremerton, Washington) for worldwide-meet-the-tribe-of-Linchpins Day, Monday June 14th.  We’re meeting up  in the back room at 5:30 pm.  You can sign up for the event at Meetup.com.

Whether it’s two of us or 200, I know we’re going to have a great time on Linchpin Day.

Will you join me?

If you can’t join us in Bremerton, start your own event or join one in your area.

You don’t have to be alone on Linchpin Day.

“Would you rather…?” is a popular board game. In the game, you get questions that ask you something silly like, “Would you rather wear a bucket on your hand for a year or a bucket on your foot for a year?” What would you say?

People are drawn to the game because people like to pick from multiple choices. Don’t believe me?

Answer this question: Would you feel more comfortable walking into a restaurant that had a menu or one that didn’t?

“What would you like to have tonight?” is a whole different question when there’s no menu to pick from.

Every day, you’re expected to make lots of decisions, but rarely are the options as neatly laid out as the choices on a menu.

Are you doing the same thing over and over again because you don’t know what your other options are?

Or are you waiting for someone to make up the menu before you’ll try anything new?

You know what I’m going to say to that: Stop waiting.  Start driving the change you want.

If you want to drive change, you’ll want to practice creating opportunities for others.

The result of offering an opportunity can be big or small, but sometimes the result is amazing.

Some say we learn best through stories, so I’ve included a few stories below the fold.

The stories are pictures of what creating an opportunity looks like.

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As some of you have contacted me through other means and mentioned your nervousness at posting comments, I’m laying down a New Year’s challenge: I dare you to comment in 2010. Feel free to take me up on the dare at your earliest opportunity.

Update: Note that I do have a filter on so the first time you comment it sends it to moderation.  Don’t worry if you comment doesn’t show up right away.  As I’ll only be checking in at night, this first-time to moderation filter seems like a necessary step to keep us together while I’m away.