Back in September, I blogged about Daniel Pink’s manga-style quintessential convergence of story and career, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need.
As I noted back then, Pink was running a contest at the Johnny Bunko Web site. The premise of the book is that protagonist Johnny Bunko learns the six career lessons nobody bothers to tell us.
Pink discusses the contest and outcomes:
A few months ago, some of you began wondering: What’s the seventh lesson?
So we decided to ask.
This fall, we launched the Great Johnny Bunko Challenge, an unprecedented contest in which we invited readers to continue the story by telling us what Lesson 7 should be. Hundreds upon hundreds of entries poured in.
And we’ve selected these three finalists:
Do it now.
— Dil-Dominé Leonares, Los Angeles, CA
Say “Thanks” every day.
— Ed Brenegar, Hendersonville, NC
Stay hungry.
— Becky Blanton, Danville, VA
Pink invites readers to vote for your favorite on the Great Johnny Bunko Challenge Official Ballot. Voting runs until Jan. 15, 2009.