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TektonikShift · 12-19-2008, 01:21 AM

Out of curiosity I stumbled upon an article in the blog of Alexj which had some advice on how to understand ones' "mission".

I carefully thought about it throughout the whole day and concluded that, whatever I really liked to do in my life it was to entertain people, whether by making them laugh, enjoy, learn something new, inform them.

At the question "What mark do I want to leave on the world?", after I die.
I got the vivid image of people laughing in simple joy. Actually, on my funeral, I want people to laugh happily, in reconciliation.

I think I have done several things in my life to entertain others. Acting, dancing, singing, writing, composing music, but also with a great technical element to it.
One of the things I first remembered was when I was a kid, I used to play a lot with LEGO. I liked making cities, buildings, planes, everything out of LEGO - but after I built everything, I always wanted to make a story with it and narrate it. I would make heroes go on adventures, and show my story to my friends.

Strangely, I am studying Economics and Business at college... I am very interested in the subject from an informative point of view, but I wonder how I can use that knowledge to entertain people.
Unless I become a good professor (I do enjoy teaching, I like speaking in public, using humor, etc.).

My question to you: what other ways can exist to entertain people?

12-19-2008, 01:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
TektonikShift Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 42	My mission: entertaining! Out of curiosity I stumbled upon an article in the blog of Alexj which had some advice on how to understand ones' "mission". I carefully thought about it throughout the whole day and concluded that, whatever I really liked to do in my life it was to entertain people, whether by making them laugh, enjoy, learn something new, inform them. At the question "What mark do I want to leave on the world?", after I die. I got the vivid image of people laughing in simple joy. Actually, on my funeral, I want people to laugh happily, in reconciliation. I think I have done several things in my life to entertain others. Acting, dancing, singing, writing, composing music, but also with a great technical element to it. One of the things I first remembered was when I was a kid, I used to play a lot with LEGO. I liked making cities, buildings, planes, everything out of LEGO - but after I built everything, I always wanted to make a story with it and narrate it. I would make heroes go on adventures, and show my story to my friends. Strangely, I am studying Economics and Business at college... I am very interested in the subject from an informative point of view, but I wonder how I can use that knowledge to entertain people. Unless I become a good professor (I do enjoy teaching, I like speaking in public, using humor, etc.). My question to you: what other ways can exist to entertain people?