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A mini saga is a story that is told in exactly 50 words - not 49 or 51 but exactly 50 words.
For me, this is a great exercise for the brain. I was first introduced to this by Daniel Pink via his book "A Whole New Mind".
This lens is a collection of links to my mini sagas on my blog Life Beyond Code.
Benefits of Writing a Mini Saga
Benefit #1: Writing a mini saga expands your creativity. Constraints typically expand creativity or induce flight. When you have to put everything in 50 words, you have to 'leave behind' a lot. That's where the creative juices start flowing.
Benefit #2: Writing a mini saga stretches your thinking. What will you write about? You have to think about topics that will fit in 50 words or squeeze them to fit in 50 words. That puts thinking on overdrive mode.
Benefit #3: Writing a mini saga enhances your discipline. Deciding what to write about, deciding what to leave behind and putting it in 50 words requires discipline throughout."
Mini Sagas: Bite Sized Lessons for Life and Business
- Mini Sagas: Bite Sized Lessons for Life and Business
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Mini Saga Collection
Stories in exactly 50 words!
- #1 The Interview
- He did well in the interview. Should he take up the job?
- #2 The Phone Call
- Sometimes trying again won't work!
- #3 The Book
- We need the complete story!
- #4 - The Accident
- "Blind Spots" are bad!
- #5 - Airport
- Getting late to the airport is not good!
- #6 - Love at first sight
- OK, then what?
- #7 - The deal
- Is the deal done? Almost.
- #8 - The Choice
- Choice overload sucks!
- #9 - Giving Back
- Paying the right price is important
- #10 - The Goal
- Goals are good. But, they have to be the right ones
- #11 - The Team
- Goal is near but the team needs you. Which one do you pick?
- #12 - Lost and Found
- When you lose your mind, where will you find it?
- #13 - The Block
- He desperately wanted to get out of the writer's block.
- #14 - Lost
- Bob was lost. After a while he realized what the real problem was..
- #15 - The Leader
- The leader moved on and nobody felt a thing..
- #16 - The Startup
- Starting up a startup is easy. Getting deals is not.
- #17 - The Reality Show
- The reality show may not be really real...
- #18 - The Sales Seminar
- There is nothing like an inexpensive sales seminar
- #19 - The Missing Piece
- Are you really sure that you are focusing on the most important thing?
- #20 - Happiness
- What makes you happy?
- #21 - The Price
- Things seem easy until you dig into the "total price" paid...
- #22 - The Trend
- You want to know why you failed. How about the reason behind your success?
- #23 - Networking
- If something is too good to be true, it probably is..
- #24 - Requirements Analysis
- Software Professionals or otherwise, we are always responding to requests based on our understanding of the request. If you get the request wrong, then%u2026
- #25 - The Entrepreneur
- Eternally searching for the next big idea to execute on will not help much...
- #26 - The Follower
- Since you only get to live once, it may be worth watching who you are following%u2026
- #27 - The Game
- Ring-side seats are safe, but...
- #28 - Competition
- Tracking your competition is important but that's not everything.
- #29 - The Sale
- Sometimes the discounts we see on the "special sales" don't account for the additional costs%u2026
- #30 - The Opportunity
- Stage Capturing: Taking advantage of somebody else's stage for your advantage (without permission from that somebody)
- #31 - Job Search
- Should you search for a job OR...
- #32 - Fired
- You better be fired up OR...
- #33 - Moving On
- You think you have moved on. You are confident about that. Have you really?
- #34 - Charlie in the Chocolate Factory
- You can choose whatever you want to do as long as you are wiling to face the consequences
- #35 - Recognition
- Hard work alone may not be enough to get the recognition you deserve.
- #36 - Suicide
- When you are in the middle of a mess, it's easy to miss a LOT of important things.
- #37 - Insanity
- Insanity manifests in a million ways%u2026
- #38 - Surprise
- Sometimes when you plan a surprise, you have to be ready for more than what you planned for%u2026
- #39 - Decision
- Making good decisions is very important. But it's also important to know how long you will take to make those "right" decisions.
My latest book: Beyond Code (foreword by Tom Peters)
Beyond Code: Learn to Distinguish Yourself in 9 Simple Steps!
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Kindly add your comments or feedback
jojo wrote
they're fine, some are bit funny, but they're not very useful....
Posted November 21, 2008
vinny wrote
my teacher told me to write my own! oh well! lol lmao
Posted November 18, 2008
emmaxx wrote
you can go to mini-saga
Posted November 16, 2008
ayla wrote
some1 gve me an idea for an interesting mini saga??
Posted November 09, 2008
Jennifer wrote
my teacher said to find and copy one for homework and these were very useful except they all said john and it annoyed me!! but thank you who ever done these!
Posted September 16, 2008
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