In the Beginning . . .

I had a wonderful meeting with Bernie DeKoven,the maven of Deep Fun a couple of weeks back. During the course of our conversation he said something wonderful and quite profound.

He said, "It is kind of like the Bible; in the beginning there was fun."

He said it with a twinkle in his eye and it struck me hard. In a flash of insight I knew that this was very true.

The more and longer I think about it, the more true I believe it is.

Think about the beginning of most anything:

The start of a new project.
The start of a new relationship.
The introduction of a new product or service.
The time when you first learn something new.
The beginning of a game.
The beginning of a party.
The beginning of a vacation.

In the beginning there was fun.

Fun comes at the start from a mixture of excitement, anticipation, wonder, surprise and passion. Often though, like a too-long game of Monopoly, the experience changes, and fun is replaced by a host of other adjectives.

Why does this profound truth matter to us and how can we use it to our advantage?

Good questions - and the reason I didn't rush home and blog Bernie's comment after our meeting. I've been soaking on it, and now I want you to soak on it too.

I'll share my answers in a couple of days, and will encourage you to share yours in return.

Until then, In the beginning there was fun.

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