Does the Idea of

Making Everything Fun

Sound a Little Radical?

I'm Kathryn Kemp Guylay, MBA, PhD

My work in diverse areas such as management consulting, nonprofit management, nutrition, brain-body wellness, and peak performance has taught me that Fun is the Fuel that allows us to sustain our efforts when obstacles inevitably arise.

To be clear, I am not a Pollyanna who believes that life is all about dancing through the fields of roses; instead, I recognize that life is about challenges that bring about growth and development.

This is true for individuals, teams, organizations and Fortune 500 companies.

How does FUN fit in?

Scott Belsky, CPO at Adobe and author of The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture, says that "curiosity is the fuel you need to play the long game". Here is my spin on the subject:

“FUN is the fuel you need
to play the long game.”

I don’t disagree with Belsky about curiosity, but in my decades of work with clients ranging from CEOs to entrepreneurs, I have found that fun provides a renewable energy source to survive what can often seem like a Herculean effort to maintain the many long term projects we undertake in life.