Chop-licking good!

Raindrop has a new toy.

• It is challenging.
• Tasty.
• And impossible to resist.

Last week Raindrop was making me nuts.

• I had a ton to do.
• Including calls.
• I needed her to be quiet.

Raindrop was bored.

• Wanted attention.
• Barked her demands.
• Nothing worked.

I had inspiration due to desperation.

• Grabbed a boring old bone.
• Went to kitchen.
• Wedged one of her very smelly favorite treats in the center of it.

Raindrop went wild for it.

• The treat was stuck just beyond her ability to reach it.
• She could smell it - and almost taste it.
• But couldn’t get it out.

It took Raindrop almost three hours to get the treat out.

• Her formerly neglected bone become the object of obsession.
• She was totally engaged.
• I got an afternoon of quiet.

It was a dream come true for both of us!

Makes me think of chapter leaders…what kind of a twist can you give your chapter’s boring old bones?

Originally posted @ Cynthia D'Amour on Leadership and Life