Just completed “The Book of Ichigo Ichie” – The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles (bestselling authors of IKIGAI)

This is not a summary but an invitation to invoke some magic into your life by asking this simple question – “What if…”

So many of us think we’re not creative. That life is only lived in colour for those who are. They lead adventurous and exciting lives. The rest of us must be content with our bland and blank page existence.

Not true say the authors.

Some people believe they aren’t creative. But this isn’t really true for anyone; human beings are made to adapt, invent, learn, transform and be transformed. The life of any human is a constant act of creation…

If you’ve been bored in your business or job, stressed out in your personal life or dissatisfied with your current trajectory, then invoke what the Italian writer and educator Gianni Rodari once considered the philosopher’s stone.

This question can help you create an entirely new narrative or revise your life’s script.

What if…?

This question opens our closed, stuck channels, allowing us to unblock ourselves, stepping into a new world.

• What if I asked for help?
• What if I took a completely, detached from business, vacation?
• What if I allowed myself to explore new possibilities?
• What if I withheld responding negatively to every situation and just be in that moment?
• What if I let go of learned habits of being and chose to show up differently?

Thinking up hypotheses following what if, is the first step toward making change a reality.

Today I’m left contemplating this question posed by the authors:

What if, after reading this book, you made real changes to the way you live? What would your life be like then?

And now I’m asking you – what if instead of moving on, you connected with me, just to explore the possibility that perhaps this might be just what you need to take an important next step? Let’s talk