Give a tiny bell (*) to your participants and do the following:

  1. Ask people to take their bell, hold them as tightly as they can, and give them a shake. [Nothing of course will happen.]
  2. Ask them to take their bell again, but this time hold it loosely in their hand, and shake it. [Lovely tinkling music should now fill the space you are in.]
  3. Explain: It would be much easier, enjoyable and rewarding if that’s how we always approached life: not with clenched fists, but with open hands. Relaxed. Playful. Open to possibility.

(*) You can buy these inexpensively online, e.g. Jingle Bells (24 pieces for $12.69).