Play It Away: A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety
Life is stressful. Play makes it fun.
Abdaal, Ali • Feel-Good Productivity : How to Do More of What Matters to You
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Second, play is an antidote to stress, and this is key because stress, in addition to being an enemy of productivity, can actually shut down the creative, inquisitive, exploratory parts of our brain.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Play is our first energiser. Life is stressful. Play makes it fun. If we can integrate the spirit of play into our lives, we’ll feel better – and do more too.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
Play is our first energiser. Life is stressful. Play makes it fun. If we can integrate the spirit of play into our lives, we’ll feel better – and do more too.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
If you have depression – play something like Pokemon Go (as an added bonus – it forces you to leave your house and get some exercise)
Jane McGonigal • Jane McGonigal – How Games Make Life Better - [Invest Like the Best, EP.138]
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Play, which I would define as anything we do simply for the joy of doing rather than as a means to an end – whether it’s flying a kite or listening to music or kicking around a football – might seem like a non-essential activity. Often it is treated that way. But in fact play is essential in many ways. Stuart Brown, the founder of the National Inst
... See moreGreg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Second, play is an antidote to stress, and this is key because stress, in addition to being an enemy of productivity, can actually shut down the creative, inquisitive, exploratory parts of our brain. You know how it feels: you’re stressed about work and suddenly everything starts going wrong.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
the powerful effects of restoring play to our daily lives.