The Soap Box
Might as well admit it -
Treat this page
as truth in labeling (our real purpose)
Get in on the Treasure Pleasure Hunt
Joy, binkles and frivel are sprinkled all over The Joyful Banker.
Spreading more of them around is the real purpose for its existence (and why we’re so
eager to have your help). An institution can’t touch enough lives. Kind-hearted
people reaching out to others do that best. We just want to nudge people to
respond to your fleeting urges to do so when they arise.
See how much frivel, binkle, and joy you can find
They’re also sprinkled all through life—in everything that touches you.
Again, see how much you can find—and, in turn share. And share… And
share… And share… And share…
That simple act creates a ripple of goodwill throughout the known universe. And you did it!
Your life’s work
Sharing joy and binkles is the true work of your heart, a worthwhile use
of a person’s time and energy.
It’s an invitation to play—to delight in whatever is happening to you. Your
vocation isn’t about how you earn money. It’s how you invest your awareness
of your own, precious, unique life.
There are no limits defining what you can do—when your
energy is engaged in collecting the joyful treasures arrayed before you. They’re waiting
to be discovered—waiting to be put into action. So, what’s stopping you?
Goodness me!! Where could they be?
Some are hidden in people—if you look beneath the surface. Some are hidden
in hopeless or dreary situations. Some are hidden in things we thought we didn’t
like. Some aren’t hidden at all; just notice them! Who knows where else?!
They all deserve a second look. Let them reveal the unexpected rewards and insights
they offer—which are so easily and routinely overlooked.
Hint—frivel, binkles and fun are a sign you’re getting close
to something pretty wonderful! Follow the clues (and energy)
Want more?
Read The Banker’s Fun Policies
Binkles build happy links
In every contact with another person there’s a healthy, high-binkle
way or a “use and abuse” way to relate. They differ in how much one respects
the other person (people) or encounter. Choose one. Every choice you make
is a fork in the road of that relationship.
That choice is offered all over again, with every person we meet, all day long.
Being on the Binkle Standard (below) means you’ll search
out the joy and binkles that are there to be had. A funny thing happens… you
start to find them all over the place. Whoopee!
Turn your choices into a vote for high-binkle preferences
Recognize that the binkle approach isn’t the norm—not the way most
people decide. They sensibly consider what they want (“what’s in it for me,” WIIFM)
and how to control the outcome as best they can. That’s the way of the world.
Nothing wrong with that.
We just happen to think that there’s something more important—which
puts that approach in second place (maybe fifth or tenth place).
What’s first? People! And people’s feelings! That includes
the binkles and kindness that come through connecting with them. Keep looking for the
binkles available in your life. Now, that’s a whole different ball of wax!
The Binkle Standard
l. Spend more time and attention with people or
activities that provide binkles
2. Spend less time and attention with people or
activities that drain
your binkle energy away
3. Pass it around! Leave a trail of binkles wherever
you go. Say the word “binkle” out
loud—say it loud,
say it proud
That’s it! Simple, but life enhancing (and not just yours)
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The Joyful Banker - A Parody of all things Financial
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