What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Fear?
Freckles?
Fatigue?

Or do you see FUN?!

Part of the joy of mentoring kids is that occasionally a project will come along, and you can’t resist but to hijack it and claim it as your own.  Brian Chenowith, the mastermind behind this project, had a very simple aim:  choose a word that best fits you and put it on the mirror as a reflection of who you really are.

The kids loved it.  But I think I loved it even more.

The great thing about this project is the surface area of the mirror is small, so you can’t choose ugly words.   Words like:

cynical
frustrated
depressed
sloghog

simply don’t fit.  Words like:

smart
pretty
hero
big kid

stand out.

Which word would you choose?

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FUN FACT: I once had a co-worker Chris who had a mirror positioned above his phone, which I thought particularly odd as he wasn’t a vain kind of guy.  He did field several calls during the day.  He explained that in the Japanese culture the customer service teams will often put a mirror above their phone as a tactic to dissuade against becoming angry or hostile even if they are being attacked.  The reasoning is that once you start to become enraged, you see your face, and as I would guess:  it’s not the most flattering angle.   In fact, you’re embarrassed.  So you back off, and lighten up.  This could be really fun for later.  The next time you start to lose it with your friend/lover/mother/dad,  simply pull out a mirror and look at yourself.  Just the act of pulling out a mirror in the middle of a fight will be enough to quell the argument and probably have you both laughing.