Comments on: How to Make Drudgery into a Delightful Diversion http://www.steveshapiro.com/2007/10/16/how-to-make-drudgery-into-a-delightful-diversion/ Steve shares his unconventional approach on Business Innovation, Creativity, Goals and Critical Thinking Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2007/10/16/how-to-make-drudgery-into-a-delightful-diversion/comment-page-1/#comment-32045 Stephen Shapiro Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26:02 +0000 http://www.stephenshapiro.com/2007/10/16/how-to-make-drudgery-into-a-delightful-diversion/#comment-32045 Alex, that is very interesting! I believe that Lego, a Danish company, got its name from "leg godt" which means "play well." I love Denmark. Steve Alex, that is very interesting! I believe that Lego, a Danish company, got its name from “leg godt” which means “play well.” I love Denmark. Steve

]]> By: Alexander Kjerulf http://www.steveshapiro.com/2007/10/16/how-to-make-drudgery-into-a-delightful-diversion/comment-page-1/#comment-32040 Alexander Kjerulf Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:33:01 +0000 http://www.stephenshapiro.com/2007/10/16/how-to-make-drudgery-into-a-delightful-diversion/#comment-32040 What a great story :o) Here's a fairly irrelevant, but related, bit of trivia: In Danish we have to words for play. "Spil" is competitive games - anything from tennis to Monopoly. "Leg" (pronounced "lie") means non-competitive games, often without strict rules. It's nice to have that distinction built right into the language! What a great story :o )

Here’s a fairly irrelevant, but related, bit of trivia: In Danish we have to words for play.

“Spil” is competitive games – anything from tennis to Monopoly.
“Leg” (pronounced “lie”) means non-competitive games, often without strict rules.

It’s nice to have that distinction built right into the language!

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