Chris Rodell

"Use All The Crayons! The Colorful Guide to Simple Human Happiness"

Charcoal and lampblack: these were the only two colors the company that would grow to become Crayola Crayons produced when it was founded in 1864. And it took good lighting and a discerning eye to differentiate between the two. Today, the children who use Crayola-brand products can choose from more than 96 different colors, including Azure, Laser Lemon, and Razzmatazz.

What child isn’t glad to be alive in such a vibrant age? The company, which now earns more than $100 million each year, says the average child will wear down more than 730 crayons before he or she turns 10 years old.

Like a box of crayons, we are all born with an astounding range of color options, from Marvelous to Tickle Me Pink. We can paint our lives as brightly or dimly as we choose. But through life, some of us lose or wear down some of our more dazzling colors, living each and every day as if it were either charcoal or lampblack.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Nor should it. “Use All the Crayons!” is your uplifting, humorous and spiritual guidebook about how to make every day as vivacious as Atomic Tangerine to illuminate even our most lampblack days.

Attendee results:

• Everyone is going to have a great time
• Employees will learn the benefits of controlled goofiness.
• All will become more creative problem solvers
• Empathy, compassion and helping one another will flourish right along with teamwork.

Colorful Living Tip No. 991: "Open an art gallery with nothing on the walls. Then invite people to enter and be greeted by 40 guys who say nothing but, "Hi! I’m Art!"