Lessons Learned from: TETRIS

Lessons Learned from: TETRIS

• Like TETRIS people come in different shapes and colors, but ultimately we are made up of the same things. Look past outward appearances and embrace the things we have in common. 

 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” -- Martin Luther King JR.

• Trying to Fit in will almost always make you disappear. Rather than conforming to the "norm" find your unique way of adding value to the world. Bring something new to the party instead of disappearing into the crowd, unless that's your thing you sneaky ninja you.

 "People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out." -- Warren Bennis

• Don't set yourself up and hope for that single perfect piece, Prepare for the Wobblies life throws at us along the way. If we wait hoping for the perfect start to come we tend to miss the other opportunities that come along. Life's short, make your own 4 bar Tetris. 

• The game gets faster as it goes on, along with missed opportunities comes the fact that life seems to speed up as we grow old, just like the ongoing levels in a game of TETRIS. People attribute this in part to the new experiences. When we are young we experience new things everyday, this creates the perception that time is going slower as our brain creates all these "new experience" folders. As we grow older we settle into routines and experience less new things generally. It is also why people who travel more or keep active by going back to school or taking the time to learn new things and keep their brains active tend to live longer more fulfilling lives. Also why the rigmarole of retirement homes is such a silent killer.

• Tall Slender people are more sought after and are generally perceived as more attractive. Notice in the picture below how the 2 oddly shaped lads on the left look more geeky and awkward whereas the tall slender one on the right while still geeky looks more traditionally handsome? No? Thats correct, ignore what I'm saying we shouldn't judge people by their outward appearances. In fact don't judge them at all if he wants to be a red odd righty-stair tetronimoe then more power too him.

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