TETRIS LIFE

You know good and well Tetris life doesn’t work. Is there anybody 25-40 years old who didn’t play Tetris at some point, who  didn’t wait for the long slender piece to get you 6 rows deleted? The piece sometimes appeared, relieving all fears just before those blocks stacked up but more often than not the outcome was frustration. You realized you should have taken the small pieces, the L and T blocks that get you one line.

How many times have you translated your Tetris skills to your approach to work and team. We humans are never happy right where we are, which isn’t criminal. What is, though, is when you can’t flourish where you are because your vision is cast so far beyond you. It’s the, “I’ll be happy when” affliction that plagues because it cripples “right now.” And right now is important. “Right now” is not solely bridge work or cobble stone steps. RIGHT NOW is a meaningful place that requires your attention and energy. It needs you to engage fully and not peer over it for the long elusive piece you’ve been missing. The goal is to win and learn simultaneously. Passing up RIGHT NOW successes for the long piece just ends the game quickly.