Everything I Learned About Finances I Learned in Laser Tag
This evening at a company event for a client we played Laser Tag. There’s nothing like laser tag to get your heart pounding, sweat going, and lungs aching for air without fake smoke. It was fun but I’m glad that after two games we’re not playing a third. I’m apparently in need of more exercise of a cardiovascular sort. Time to kick my elliptical machine avoidance habit. Here are some things I am reminded of in finances that were true in laser tag.
Everyone has the appearance of having the same equipment
Each person was given the same vest and the same gun was attached to the vests. Jobs pay, but not all jobs are the same. You’re going to need to figure out how your vest sensors work and how your gun operates quickly or else you may be hosed. There’s no recovering from a bad first half of the game unless you work really, really hard. The managing director that works over myself and other contractors and employees got a broken weapon and we ate him alive. Watch out for the predators that are the creditors in the financial worlds - they’ll get you when you’re weak.
There is no ‘i’ in team except for at Apple. We didn’t have a real team mentality in the first game and we lost bad due to our lack of team work. My wife and I have to cooperate as a team to make our finances work and be successful. Don’t get spanked at laser tag or finances - work as a team.
If your team is going to run out in chaos you will more than likely get wiped out by a team with a plan when it comes to scoring. If you get lucky you could be the tiny percent of people who win the lottery - but in reality the team with a plan is going to route the other team in wealth building if they start from the beginning with a plan and continue strong, adapting if needed, but maintaining an offensive plane with a legitimate defensive strategy as well. We’ll assume that’s an emergency fund, which is good to have anyway.
And with those key parallels I’m going to bed - I’m tired!
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