Ashish Kothari argues that play isn't a reward you earn after work, but something that energizes you for difficult tasks. Leaders who play cultivate presence and positive emotions, which makes them better equipped to handle challenges.
We started with this when we improv'd, but your 4th principle is give yourself permission to play.
Yes.
And it's not, you know, so talk about why is play not a reward after hard work, but really it's a catalyst for doing hard things.
It's because of what play does for us. So play forces presence, number one. Like, I don't know anybody who can play and not be present in whatever way that play is, whether you're playing a musical instrument, you're playing a sport, you're playing with your kids, you're imagining, you're writing, you're exploring, exploring. It's, it's an anchoring point. It grounds you to be present. It also fills you. I mean, there's, there's so much research on positive emotions, on connection. It fills you with not only the feel-good feelings, but the feel-good chemicals. And it winds up taking you out of that threat response into that mindset where you are more open, you are broadening, and you are able to build.
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