Do people really want today to be a repeat of yesterday?

Do they get up saying “Same again, please”?

There are basically four kinds of repeat.

One repeat avoids anything different or new: skills or experiences.

The second repeat loves applying old skills to new experiences.

The third, loves developing new skills for existing experiences.

The fourth repeat wants to use every moment life gifts to explore new skills within new experiences.

I frame it in this simple way for now: what if the end of the day found us grateful for having met someone new, and/or encouraged someone, and/or served someone through our art.

They key lies in our art – that is, our story or purpose – and having to give expression to this every day which comes our way.

What kind of repeat will today be?

Three repeats are worthy, of which one is extremely so; one gives permission to entropy.

Your choice.  None are fixed or given.

You’ll fail often but that’s part of exploring the landscape of life.  As Frans Johansson says, ‘If people show low failure rates, be suspicious.  Maybe they’re not taking enough risks’.

(The cartoon quote is from Fran Johansson’s excellent The Medici Effect.)