“Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you’re doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.”
Life should be fun. If all you do is get bogged down with the challenges in life, struggling through every minute detail for some idiomatic dangling carrot, you’re missing the point. Develop your skills and chase your dreams, to be sure, but don’t forget that you should have a good time while you’re at it.
That’s just one lesson that we can learn from folks like Guy Laliberte. His name may not be all that familiar to most people, but he just so happens to be the founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil
His company is currently in Vancouver with Kooza, in addition to the several other traveling Cirque du Soleil shows around the world and the resident shows in places like Las Vegas. He has grown quite the empire, amassing an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion (and rising). That’s why he was named the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
And it’s not like he was born with all the advantages in the world either. He didn’t have a silver spoon when he started out as a street performer in Quebec. However, he was able to parlay his skills as an accordion player, stilt-walker and fire-eater into the massive success he enjoys today, not only as an entrepreneur, but also as a poker player and philanthropist. His name makes perfect sense: Liberte means “freedom” in French.
As you make your way through life, reaching for those just-out-of-reach ambitions, don’t lose sight of some of the most important things in life: to have fun, to explore your creativity, and to be happy. With that, let’s end with another quote from the Cirque du Soleil
“Inside every adult there’s still a child that lingers. We’re happiness merchants – giving people the opportunity to dream like children.”
I believe that this is one of the keys to succeeding in life! I think that we need to have the attitude that work is play! This will allow us to have passion as we work and will put us in a state of mind that makes us more resourceful.
From this, we will become more creative and be able to think up the ideas necessary that can make our lives outstanding.
There is no doubt, that when you love what you do, you tend to excel at it!