Today, Seth Godin lists 45 things you can do to change if you feel stuck in a rut…
What a wonderful start.
Here are 45 more:
46. Learn a completely new sport. Or a completely new way to do an existing sport.
47. Invite your customers tour your facility.
48. Cook lunch or dessert for your team. Something new. Take turns.
49. Learn about and improve your web analytics
50. Take your web lead to lunch and ask her what she thinks.
51. Take the janitor to dinner and ask him what he thinks.
52. Take your mother to dinner and ask what she thinks.
53. Ask 100 people on the street what they think. Write it down.
54. Determine which (if any) of your ads actually work. Kill the rest.
55. Send your best customers a valuable free gift.
56. Improve your word of mouth
57. Ask everyone on your team to submit a suggestion that can be acted on within a week. Together, the team votes for the best suggestion and it is executed. Repeat once a month.
58. Rank your products or projects from most remarkable to least. Think of five new ones for the top. Kill the bottom half and allocate those resources to the new five.
59. Implement a productivity system
60. Organize an office (or company wide) wellness day or 5K run.
61. Start an office book-share program.
62. Transform an entire room into a whiteboard with IdeaPaint. This is now the IdeaRoom. Do the same in your kid’s room(s). Encourage them to write on the walls.
63. Identify and publicly reward a customer of the month.
64. Hold a quick meeting to implement the “Cult of Done” manifesto. Print the poster and post it around the office. Reward examples of Done daily.
65. Instead of an traditional NCAA office pool, everyone donates an hour of a service they can provide (like tennis lessons). Instead of cash, the winner gets first choice. Last place gets last choice but everybody wins.
66. Raise money to sponsor an entrepreneur through Kiva.
67. Post an interesting (and potentially viral) video to describe your product or service.
68. Finish that book you started.
69. Read a book from a new genre
70. Rewrite the company’s mission statement in 140 characters or less.
71. Rank you and your competition using social media metrics. Aim for the top spot. It may be empty.
72. Define your corporate culture. Compare it to Zappos.
73. Take your competitor to lunch. Literally.
74. Take a long, scenic drive and relax with some great music
75. Try yoga.
76. Call that friend that you’ve been meaning to get back in touch with.
77. Help your customers improve. For free.
78. Take your kids out of school and skip work. Take them to a ballgame or a play.
79. Simplify your personal finances.
80. Help your customers tell your story.
81. Publish an ebook. Or at least a manifesto.
82. Coach a youth sports team that doesn’t involve your own kid.
83. Start a book club.
84. Learn photography
85. Be more Zen.
86. Volunteer at a nursing home. Or just go there and meet someone. Talk to them. You’ll learn more than they will.
87. Eat no processed foods for one week.
88. Improve your SEO. Organically.
89. Hack your life.
90. Write down your list of resolutions. Tape them to the bathroom mirror or somewhere you’ll see them everyday.
