06.02.10

Cooper’s Rules

Posted in Humor~Business, Humor~Health & Goals, Humor~Inspirational, www.yourshiningexample.com at 2:23 pm by Dr. Trina Hess

We all know it’s competitive out there. We have to look out for ourselves, protect our intellectual and actual property. Stay ahead of the competition.

This is great if you don’t mind losing your health, your sanity and several friends. Because no one can keep up that kind of pace for long. And in fact, that kind of pace isn’t effective in the long run.

That’s because it leads us sinkingly into perfectionism. And then the ultimate doom happens—we lose our sense of humor.

One of my heroes is Alice Cooper. He has been on the music scene for decades, and continually reinvents himself. How does he do this? He has a great sense of humor. Listen to his Nights with Alice Cooper radio show and you’ll see what I mean. He rolls with the punches, and certainly doesn’t take himself seriously.

A wonderful example of how this operates in his business is his un-competitiveness with the wide array of musicians in his genre. Does he write negative things about them? Does he promote his music as better than theirs? Does he stay on the look-out for what they are doing and try to out-do them? Maybe. But I don’t think so.

Instead, Alice regularly interviews his peers—what other would call his “competitors. Listen to the friendly atmosphere Alice creates by keeping light and staying funny.

What can YOU learn from Alice?

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