Season 2; Episode 6: Cash in Your Lottery Ticket with Jeff Harry

Jeff Harry is the Founder of Rediscover Your Play and his mission is to build psychologically safe workplaces through positive psychology and play. He was selected by Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers of 2020 and one of the Top HR Influencers to Watch by BambooHR for his organizational development work around addressing toxicity in the workplace. His play work has been featured in the NY Times, The SF Chronicle, and CNN. His mission is to fully embrace our own playful nerdy genius — whatever that is — and by simply unleashing our inner child, we can find our purpose and, in turn, help to create a better world.

Key Takeaways from this Episode:

· We’re all sitting on a winning lottery ticket. To change the world all you need to do is do the thing that makes you come most alive. Then other people can join you.

· Play is any joyful act where you forget about time; where there is no result; there is no purpose; you don't have anxiety about the future; you don't have regrets about the past; you are fully in the moment; you are fully in flow. The opposite of play is perfection, and perfection is rooted in shame and ego. 

· You can't play while you're in an anxiety ridden state. You can't play when you're angry, you can play when you're tired.

· Adults are so fixated on results expectations are such the thief of joy. Results are not what's going to bring us happiness. Create more fun, joy, play moments with my family, and have that as a priority.

· How many people do you hang out with that you consider playful? How many people can you be your real self with? And if not, how do we change that? 

· Your future is where the fun is. 

· Ask yourself, what did you love to do as a kid? 

· You either go into a conversation to be right or you go into a conversation to understand.

· Play addresses and builds psychologically safe workspaces using positive psychology in play. The best organizations have psychological safety.

· FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real. 

· Learn how to deal with toxic people!

· Understand your inner critic!

· How do I get paid to do exactly what I would do even if no one was paying me? 

· If things are going well OR things are going badly; ask yourself this: How can it get any better than this? 

Resources

· Steven Berlin Johnson, an American popular science author and media theorist.

· Gay Hendricks is a psychologist, writer, and teacher in the field of personal growth, relationships, and body intelligence.

· Marcus Buckingham is an English author, motivational speaker and business consultant.

· Eric Bailey is the author of The Cure for Stupidity.

· Gwen Gordon is a transformation coach, consultant, creative producer.

· Stephen Warley is a business coach.

· Lauren Yee is the Founder & COO at this.us.now.

· Guy Starts Dance Party

To learn more about my work in executive coaching, leadership development and team effectiveness check out my website, connect with me on LinkedIn or email me at winnie@winnifred.org.  

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