Funjection - Devices for Cold Calling

You can find many joyful musings on The Escape Plan, like for example the one on the Funjection Device. The post begins with a challenge: "The Challenge: Figure out a way to bring some fun into a dreaded task today." This response, from Kim, caught my conceptual eye:

"My dreaded task…two words- cold calls. How in the world do I make cold calls more fun? Well, the first thing I did was I taped an artificial flower (my favorite — the daisy) to the end of my pen. This added some fun to the notes I wrote throughout my calls. I also made up a little game in which I kept track of what type of calls I had. I took a long strip of paper and drew a line down the middle. It was a race. For every good call I drew a heart in the happy row. For every bad call, I drew a heart in the sad row. I used hearts because of Valentines Day. It was fun, but I have to say that it wasn’t SUPER fun. If anyone has any other ideas on how to make cold calls more fun, please let me know."

There was something playfully poignant and profound about Kim's response. Playfully poignant, in deed. And so are the comments. And this is only one of 33 such challenges (to date) from Kim and Jason. And each one is an invitation to play.