Lights Out

Whether it was a teammate or a coach encouraging you to play lights out, Beyonce (or John Mayer) encouraging you to love lights out – hello, “XO” – or both, (tell me I’m not alone here…), you can imagine what it might entail for you to participate in anything with a higher, deeper level of engagement. Accordingly, you can imagine how this might contribute to a richer, even better, perhaps, experience. 

Consider a game of poker – playing for money versus not playing for money. 
Consider a single-elimination playoff game. 
Consider the Stoic practice of reflecting on memento mori.

Now, you don’t have to gamble, be competitive, or be a Stoic to constructively apply this notion to your life. What it all comes down to is quite simple:

Are you living in the moment as if it could be your last?

I dare you to up the ante, and see what happens…