Podcasts about deep play

“Creativity is my Neurostyle.”- G. Beverly Bergmann Let's discuss Recreation and DEEP Play! Re-Creation, RE CREATE. We are loving the energy and magic of Awareness and Intentionality of our words, thoughts and actions throughout our day! Divine Exquisite Ethereal Peaceful Play…. How do you use your IAM awareness to use your energy throughout the day […] Continue reading...

On episode one hundred and nineteen of Holy Ghost Notes, Matt and Tim chuckle about a funny moment Matt had with a friend/drum student and Matt inadvertently tees up one of their topics by talking about enjoying some time with his wife instead of focusing on some important tasks. Matt talks a little about the Emo's Not Dead cruise that August Burns Red is about to embark on, then transitions into the drum topic about playing drums for yourself first, before playing for anyone else's approval. Tim chimes in with a recent thought about what “the dream” is for himself as an artist/musician in 2024. Then, Tim gets deep and talks about an idea that someone in distress only needs 8 minutes of undivided attention from a friend to feel a little better. Tim opens up about a difficult situation he's been struggling with and Matt lends some great perspective.

Are you ready to meet Tasha Powell?! Join Tasha and I on a journey that invites you to access your inner peace, inspiration, and True Integration of mind, body, soul through the creative arts. Tasha's passion for creating EXPERIENCES through her art, culinary giftedness and her retreats exemplifies the BEINGNESS of DEEP PLAY. I am […] Continue reading...

For the last few weeks, I've been reflecting on the conversation I shared with you in episode 2.1 with Silvana Espinoza Lau about therapeutic goal setting.And what I've realized is that when you set out to look at the topic of setting goals in therapy in anything more than a superficial light, you relatively quickly start running into the question of what therapy is.Why, in order to examine the topic of therapeutic goals deeply and honestly, do we first have to reckon with the question of what therapy is?The existence of therapeutic goals implies something important about therapy: Therapy is a goal-directed activity.We aren't just passing the time. Therapy is supposed to accomplish something. The intention is to get somewhere different than where you started, no matter how granular or broad your goals may be. If you don't, it didn't work.So what is it that we are setting out to achieve? What's the overarching goal that we all share in the goal-directed activity of therapy, regardless of the diverse theories and delivery systems we subscribe to?What is the big goal of therapy?Listen to the full episode to hear: Why the concept of improving mental health raises more questions than it answers What differentiates therapy from other activities intended to mitigate human suffering The real impact of goal-setting in therapy What therapy has in common with game theory and play Learn more about Riva Stoudt: Into the Woods Counseling Instagram Resources: EPISODE 16: Marketing With Integrity Deep Play, Diane Ackerman

Aaron Finbloom is a philosopher, artist and pedagogue.  He is the co-founder of The School of Making Thinking (SMT) and the founder & director of The Deep Play Institute (DPI).  His practice involves expanding transformative inquiry through games, performance art and structured play.  With training in Circling, Authentic Relating, and Psychodrama, he also facilitates experimental individual and group sessions inspired by these practices.  Finbloom has presented works internationally at venues which include:  The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Gallery 151 (New York), Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei (Berlin), UNAM (Mexico City), and MainLine Theatre (Montreal). He holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities & Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, and is currently teaching Philosophy at the City College of New York and The University of Portland.    Additionally, I'll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest's choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is called The Deep Play Institute. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Aaron on: Website School of Making Thinking (SMT) The Deep Play Institute (DPI) To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter YouTube Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Friedrich Nietzsche Carl Jung Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder The Improv Book - Alison Goldie The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk Internal Family Systems - Richard Schwartz

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Under the right conditions, hobbies and physical activities become deep play, taking on additional layers of meaning and personal significance. Historical figures, like Winston Churchill, relished his deep play. Which, for him, was painting. “I know of nothing which, without exhausting the body,” he said, “more entirely absorbs the mind.”Ol' Churchill knew that his deep play was important not just for the fun of it, but for the positive impacts on his work. Something Alex Pang knows all about.Alex is the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He's made it his life's work to show that success doesn't demand longer hours. It demands more rest. And deep play is a central part of it.But what exactly is it? How can you find the deep play that's right for you? And can it revolutionize your work?A few curiosities you'll uncover in this episode:• The 4 elements of deep play• Why Winston Churchill likened painting to battle• The often-misunderstood relationship between work and restDid You Know?“It is not enough merely to switch off the lights which play upon the main and ordinary field of interest. A new field of interest must be illuminated. The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened, not merely by rest, but by using other parts.” – Winston ChurchillCreditsCurious State is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast hosted and produced by Doug Fraser.Find Curious State on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.Podcast Manager - Adam Cecil Podcast and Advertising Operations Specialist - Morgan ChristiansonDigital Operations Specialist - Holly HutchingsMarketing and Publicity Assistant - Davina TomlinIntern - Brendan Picha The Quick and Dirty Tips network is a division of Macmillan Publishers in partnership with Mignon Fogarty, Inc.Have a question? Or a topic you'd like covered on the show? Maybe you just love sending emails? Whichever shoe fits, tie it on and send me a message at curious@quickanddirtytips.com.

“Earth IS a tough place,” a phrase that validates and resonates with many of US. Can you relate? I did a 21 day podcast release “pause of reflection.” This has allowed intentional self care, DEEP PLAY & midyear strategy. I am right along side all of you in disbelief by what we are experiencing at […] Continue reading...

今回は公開エピソードとして収録しています。7月4日配信の『Lobsterr Letter』vol.169「Deep Play 反労働」の編集後記をお届けします。反労働的価値観とDeep Play、政治活動としてのライフスタイル、打ち切られたミレニアル 世代向け補助金、FOMOエコノミー、消えては現れる「千人の忠実なファン」、0.5セルフィーの台頭、などを話しました。 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lobsterr-fm/message

in which poet/interdisciplinary artist Clay Scofield and i talk play, the benefit of creative communities, and non-attachment to when things don't work out... where to find Clay: website - https://lizclaytonscofield.com/ instagram - lizclaytonscofield other things referenced: Deep Play by Diane Ackerman - http://www.dianeackerman.com/deep-play-by-diane-ackerman House of Light by Mary Oliver - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204278/house-of-light-by-mary-oliver/ Number - http://www.numberinc.org/ The School of Making Thinking - http://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/ Tracie Morris - https://traciemorris.com/

Children are hard-wired for play. And approaches to early childhood education that create nurturing spaces for learning through play are taking new shapes in the spectrum of options increasingly available for pre-school and elementary education. In this conversation with Kristen Drake, lead-teacher and director of Fern Hollow Forest School, we explore the ways that traditional education models, especially for young kids, can be reimagined and reclaimed from what most people today think of as structured learning for kids ages 3-6. We also follow the thread of the natural curiosity we see in children, when encouraged and given a safe space to flourish, to the adult humans they grow into-and how we too need rich environments that awaken our senses and imaginations, as well as our drive to innovate and craft-ethically-from the forest, when we find ourselves there. More on Fern Hollow Forest School: https://fernhollowforestschool.com/ Conversation outline: Forest schools: what are they, and what role do they play? (00:00) play as a learning muscle (3:00) curiosity, intrinsic motivation, and integrity (7:00) outdoor education and health (14:00) unschooling, de-schooling, and forest schooling: breaking down the systemic barriers (*not* individual failings on the part of teachers and administrators) to nurturing the learning process; the weirdness of age segregation in public schools (30:00) access: barters and work-trades (35:00) growing into lifelong curiosity (42:00) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wild-honey-collective/message

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This week, Earring Magic Ken (the highest selling Ken doll of all time) has popped into our minds. Patreon - www.pateron.com/wdm1 Facebook - https://bit.ly/3iMRYc3 Instagram - https://bit.ly/2Sloskw References Barbie Meets Ken Toy Story 3: https://bit.ly/3Fn5BbA Ken's Fashion Show Toy Story 3: https://bit.ly/3CjRkKU Earring Magic Ken https://bit.ly/3nja7Sn Black Barbie and the Deep Play of Difference https://bit.ly/3Ce5nlm Toys Will Be Toys: The Stereotypes Unravel https://nyti.ms/30twVpK Lives; What Barbie Really Taught Me https://nyti.ms/3wTimYK The true story of Mattel accidentally releasing a super gay Ken doll - KATIE DUPERE https://bit.ly/3nkjiSF Ken Comes Out https://bit.ly/3DkfjLt “When Barbie's Boyfriend Came out of the Closet” https://bit.ly/3DjUOhS This Discontinued Gay Ken Doll Will Haunt Mattel Forever https://bit.ly/3kGwTC6 The Man Behind The Doll presents Earring Magic Ken https://bit.ly/3kFF6q7 That time Mattel made a gay Ken doll then freaked out when everyone else freaked out https://bit.ly/3Fo14Gb The most beautiful marketing blunder: Earring Magic Ken https://bit.ly/3CjXoTQ Mattel unintentionally creates a Ken doll that becomes a gay icon https://bit.ly/3Flg4Vi

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Hello beautiful people On today's podcast we have the courageous Paul Pritchard. Paul was a cutting-edge rock climber and mountaineer; having his adventures take him from the Himalayas to Patagonia to the European Alps. In 1997 Paul won the Boardman/Tasker Award for mountain literature for his book ‘Deep Play' in which he spent the prize money on a world climbing tour, finding himself climbing the slender sea stack known as the Totem Pole in Tasmania that is 65 metres high and 4 metres wide. It was at the Totem Pole in 1998, that a laptop sized boulder fell from 25 metres and hit Paul on the head; inflicting such great injuries that doctors thought he would never walk or speak again. Fortunately, he was able to, however he does have hemiplegia; experiencing paralysis on the right side of his body and the brain injury does continue to inform his speech and memory. Though Paul is now disabled, Paul is passionate about insisting that this does not mean he is unable; having since the accident climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, rode a trike through Tibet to Mount Everest, in 2016 climbed the infamous Totem Pole, 18 years after his accident, and most recently cycled through deserts and mountains for a distance of  2152km in the ‘Lowest to Highest Expedition' in Australia.What I personally love about this podcast is Paul's tenacity in continuing to live a courageous and adventurous life post-accident. He shares deep wisdom about the power of the now, the power of absolute presence, and the power of true acceptance; which he so astutely shares does not mean resignation. I will highlight that Paul does have a brain injury, as he humoursely states, ‘he is missing half his brain and most of it is plastic'; so in saying this, I have edited this podcast with Paul's encouragement to cut out pauses that he may be using to gather his thoughts as his brain does work at 50% capacity. I have left a couple of authentic and vulnerable moments in there on purpose, for us to truly connect with some of Paul's challenges when it comes to his daily life; and what really impresses me is despite these challenges in this form of communication, Paul continues to write award-winning books, with his most recent book ‘The Mountain Path' taking him 6 years to complete; typing each key with one finger ever so considered. So I think there is certainly an indirect lesson of embodying patience, particularly when it comes to your goals, from Paul too.If you are enjoying this podcast, please rate, review, subscribe, share with friends and family, become part of the To Be Human Collective, and be present, be inspired, by this raw conversation with Paul Pritchard.Connect with MeMindset Coaching | https://www.jennahlouise.com.auInstagram Personal | https://www.instagram.com/jennah_louiseConnect with PaulInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/_paulpritchard_ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/paulpritchard.com.au Website | http://www.paulpritchard.com.au

AHR author Andrew Denning speaks with historian Alyssa Sepinwall about historical video games and gaming history. Sepinwall is the author of the forthcoming book Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games. Denning’s AHR article, “Deep Play? Video Games and the Historical Imaginary,” appears in the March 2021 issue along with a cluster of reviews on the video game series “Assassin's Creed.”

Alex Pang wants you to start taking longer lunch breaks. The author of "The Distraction Addiction", "Rest", and "Shorter: Work Better, Smarter and Less" extols the virtues of dedicated rest as an antidote to the frustrations of high-achievers. Today on The Braincare Podcast, Alex shares his thesis on deep work vs. deep play. He explains why training yourself in active skilled rest catalyses new creativity, how societal attitudes to breaks need to change, and why lifelong hobbies can actually complement our work lives! We talk about: - Deep work and flow - Why the most restorative rest is active - Learning deep play with the mindset of a Buddhist monk - Why lifelong hobbies aren't competitors to work - Mountaineering means different things to different people... - Why we need to bring back lunchbreaks - Collective action for self-care

We've gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play. The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it's not a holiday. And what to do about that. What's at the intersections of deep work, deep rest, and deep play that we can apply to all aspects of our life and work. My specific routines to manage transitions between work-life segments.

Paul was a pro climber in the 80’s putting up or repeating many serious routes on sea cliffs, big mountains and scrappy little quarries in Lancashire. In 1997 he won the Boardman Tasker award for his book Deep Play. With the money he went on a trip that took him to the Totem Pole, a sea stack in Tasmania. It was here that he almost lost his life after a rock hit him in the head. The accident left Paul partially paralysed and yet Paul describes this event as the best thing that ever happened to him. We talk about what he means by that, the lessons in acceptance that inevitably come with trauma like this, his experiences with meditation, the adventures he’s had post-accident and his new book! Paul is an amazing human with a lot of wisdom and little ego. Enjoy! This episode was recorded on the 3rd July.

Many of us check our email within 30 seconds of waking. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of three books, Shorter, Rest, and The Distraction Addiction, shares in this episode why we might consider refocusing our relationship with technology (“managing our attention”), why mind wandering, deep play, and rest are so critical for creativity and problem solving, and why many companies are successfully adopting a four-day workweek or a shorter workday.Resources:"How better routines create happier workers," (Financial Times, Sept 2020)"How do you switch to a four-day week?” Kingsley (The Economist Applied) (Oct 2020)“Surprising COVID-19 Side Effect: More Companies Adopt the 4-day Workweek,” Fast Company, Aug 2020. “To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter. Then Keep It Shorter,” The Atlantic, Apr 2020.“It’s Time to End 9-5 Office Hours,” The Guardian, Mar 2020.“Shorter Hours Make Stronger Businesses,” Wall Street Journal, Feb 2020.“Why Companies Should Say Goodbye to the 996 Work Culture, and Hello to 4-day Weeks,” South China Morning Post, Apr 2019.Talks at Google- Alex's interview at Google (2019)Strategy and Rest- Alex’s consultancy LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/askpangTwitter and Instagram: @askpangAlex’s book recommendations:The Innovation Delusion (Vinsel + Russell)Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Csikszentmihalyi)The First Emancipator: Slavery, Religion, and the Quiet Revolution of Robert Carter (Levy)Bio:Alex Soojung-Kim Pang studies people, technologies, and the worlds they make. His latest book SHORTER explains how companies all over the world, in a variety of industries, are shortening their working hours while improving productivity and profitability.Through his company Strategy + Rest, Alex speaks and works around the world with companies who want to apply these insights in their organizations.Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania, and has been a lecturer or visiting scholar at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Oxford University, and Microsoft Research Cambridge. Alex lives in Silicon Valley.northstarsleepschool.com/podcast

Rania, Creative and Creative Coach talks about growing up and living in Ghana. Also, championing the importance of inventing and recreating yourself, and engaging in Deep Play. As well as offering powerful spiritual advice along the way.

"I climb better when I'm scared." I've heard this quite a few times. I even thought it was true about myself for a while in my earlier climbing career, but it surely can't be true? After speaking with Hazel Findlay about maintaining the bubble of a flow state in the last episode, there was one part of her account which reminded me of something else. Something different. Hazel's story was about maintaining concentration and avoiding falling back into a distracted mind while climbing at her limit. Magic Line has spaced and difficult to place gear, but the physical danger was a small part of the equation. The distractions were the same social and performance anxieties that most of us deal with, coupled with an added expectation as a professional climber. When Hazel hit the rest just before the final boulder problem on Magic Line she burst out of her bubble of concentration and had to fight hard to rebuild it to finish the route. It reminded me of something. After flicking through some old magazines and guidebooks it dawned on me - Neil Gresham's account of climbing the Indian Face in 1994. Neil had described how his body was being torn apart by his mind on the final moves to the finishing jug. Anchored to that jug he had felt a wash of regret and joy at being alive. Unlike Hazel he had been completely distracted by a genuine fear of his impending death. He'd ridden it right to the edge on one of the most dangerous routes in the country. Despite this experience he went on to attempt Meshuga at Black Rocks a few years later - taking a bad fall on the unprotected section of the route and tumbling through the boulders below, sustaining a head injury that took him the best part of a year to recover from. He returned in 1999 and made the second ascent of the route. This decade of risk taking culminated in the second ascent of Equilibrium at Burbage South. He put everything he had learned into this route, physically and mentally, and when it was done he decided that was enough. He didn't want to risk his life for these routes again. On the Indian Face Neil described how close he came to falling off the crux, high on the face above questionable protection, certain that he would die. What was it that kept him on? With the tension building his calves were shaking, his tips were sweaty and his mind was wandering. He says he thought he was off, but something screamed inside him and kept him on the rock. Is there something primal that drives the urge to survive strongly enough that you can keep it together when it really matters? What was it that Neil had experienced in extremis on the Indian Face? And why would he put himself in that position again? In this episode I try to answer these questions by following Neil through the 3 ascents and understanding what's really going on in his mind, with help from clinical psychologist Dr Rebecca Williams. Factor Two is brought to you by Wil Treasure and UKClimbing.com Neil Gresham offers training and coaching services at NeilGresham.com. Dr Rebecca Williams is a psychological coach for climbers and a consultant clinical psychologist. You can find more information on her website at smartclimbing.co.uk. You can follow Factor Two on Facebook. Wil Treasure on Twitter - @treasurewild Music credits: All music in this episode comes from Blue Dot Sessions.

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Missy Brown is a pioneer in the field of wellness and yoga for children. Her classes and programs transform lives through play and joy. She runs an organization called Deep Play for Kids that trains and certifies teachers how to teach yoga to children. We talk about fun ways to teach kids yoga and meditation and the importance of children having a powerful yoga toolkit at an early age. Check out her trainings, classes, and books at www.deepplayforkids.com

During this installment, we are going to talk about no shows and a solution to address this common problem.Do you prepare and get ready for patients to show up for their appointment through huddles and pre-visit planning? Do you feel like all of that preparation is for nothing when the patient never shows up? Join us as we interview Melissa Stratman, CEO of Coleman Associates, and discover a play from the No Show Playbook.Are you Frustrated with No Shows and the impact it has on healthcare, start running a few of the plays? Get your copy of the No-Show Playbook here.If there is something that you are interested and would love to learn more, reach out to us and let us know.Tweet us @colemanassoc, send us an email, or follow us on Facebook.Guests: Melissa Stratman Host:Ryan Jury

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we need to train our recovery the same way we train our Deep Work. We want to create nice, rhythmic waves in our lives and prioritize rest. One great way to do that? Deep Play.   I briefly mentioned the fact that, as Alex Pang tells us in his great book Rest, when we look closely at the routines of some of history’s greatest, most creative and most prolific creators what we find is that they don’t actually work that much.   Here’s how he puts it: “Figures as different as Charles Dickens, Henri Poincaré, and Ingmar Bergman, working in disparate fields in different times, all shared a passion for their work, a terrific ambition to succeed, and an almost superhuman capacity to focus. Yet when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most important work. The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or just sitting and thinking. Their creativity and productivity, in other words, were not the results of endless hours of toil. Their towering creative achievements result from modest ‘working’ hours. …   If some of history’s greatest figures didn’t put in immensely long hours, maybe the key to unlocking the secret of their creativity lies in understanding not just how they labored but how they rested, and how the two relate.”   That again, is from a chapter he calls “4 Hours.”   As in, the greatest creators tend to work only 4 hours a day.    But, they put first things first and GO DEEP.   Then, they recover.   The 4-Hour Workday. ← That would be an epic book.   btw: For those paying close attention, you may recall that we actually had a very similar +1 not too long ago featuring wisdom from Anders Ericsson and Tony Schwartz. We called that one The 4.5-Hour Workday.    I love how we come back to the same wisdom again and again (and again!!). As Tony Robbins says, repetition is the mother of skill; or, in our case, repetition is the mother of wise Optimizing.    (One more aside: I’m reminded of a recent philosophical ping-pong chat with Cal Newport. We talked about the fact that all great traditions come back to the same themes and I remarked that Optimizing by integrating ancient wisdom + modern science + practical tools like we do is kinda like looking at all the facets of a gem from different angles so you can appreciate its full beauty.)   One more little facet of the Today’s gem then we’ll get back to our 4-Hour Workday.   We’ve talked a lot about Scott Adams and Stephen King. Alex talks about their daily rhythms and tells us: “Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, works about four hours a day on the strip and other writing; as he points out, ‘My value is based on my best ideas in any given day, not the number of hours I work.’ Stephen King describes four to six hours of reading and writing as a ‘strenuous’ day.”   There ya go.    Get clear on what matters. GO DEEP. Daily. Accrete value in your most important work. Recover. Deeply. Repeat.   That’s Today’s +1.   Now, go enjoy your 4-Hour Workday!

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we need to train our recovery the same way we train our Deep Work. We want to create nice, rhythmic waves in our lives and prioritize rest. One great way to do that? Deep Play.   I briefly mentioned the fact that, as Alex Pang tells us in his great book Rest, when we look closely at the routines of some of history’s greatest, most creative and most prolific creators what we find is that they don’t actually work that much.   Here’s how he puts it: “Figures as different as Charles Dickens, Henri Poincaré, and Ingmar Bergman, working in disparate fields in different times, all shared a passion for their work, a terrific ambition to succeed, and an almost superhuman capacity to focus. Yet when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most important work. The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or just sitting and thinking. Their creativity and productivity, in other words, were not the results of endless hours of toil. Their towering creative achievements result from modest ‘working’ hours. …   If some of history’s greatest figures didn’t put in immensely long hours, maybe the key to unlocking the secret of their creativity lies in understanding not just how they labored but how they rested, and how the two relate.”   That again, is from a chapter he calls “4 Hours.”   As in, the greatest creators tend to work only 4 hours a day.    But, they put first things first and GO DEEP.   Then, they recover.   The 4-Hour Workday. ← That would be an epic book.   btw: For those paying close attention, you may recall that we actually had a very similar +1 not too long ago featuring wisdom from Anders Ericsson and Tony Schwartz. We called that one The 4.5-Hour Workday.    I love how we come back to the same wisdom again and again (and again!!). As Tony Robbins says, repetition is the mother of skill; or, in our case, repetition is the mother of wise Optimizing.    (One more aside: I’m reminded of a recent philosophical ping-pong chat with Cal Newport. We talked about the fact that all great traditions come back to the same themes and I remarked that Optimizing by integrating ancient wisdom + modern science + practical tools like we do is kinda like looking at all the facets of a gem from different angles so you can appreciate its full beauty.)   One more little facet of the Today’s gem then we’ll get back to our 4-Hour Workday.   We’ve talked a lot about Scott Adams and Stephen King. Alex talks about their daily rhythms and tells us: “Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, works about four hours a day on the strip and other writing; as he points out, ‘My value is based on my best ideas in any given day, not the number of hours I work.’ Stephen King describes four to six hours of reading and writing as a ‘strenuous’ day.”   There ya go.    Get clear on what matters. GO DEEP. Daily. Accrete value in your most important work. Recover. Deeply. Repeat.   That’s Today’s +1.   Now, go enjoy your 4-Hour Workday!

We’ve gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play. * The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it’s not a holiday. And what to do about that. * What’s at the intersections of deep work, deep rest, and deep play that we can apply to all aspects of our life and work. * My specific routines to manage transitions between work-life segments. #boundlessleadership Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/worklifeexperiment

Paul was an extreme rock climber and mountaineer  from the UK. His adventures took him from Europe to the Himalayas, the Karakoram to Patagonia, Baffin Island to Australia On Friday the 13th of February 1998 a TV-sized boulder falling from 25 meters inflicted such terrible head injuries that doctors thought he might never walk or even speak again. Being in hospital for a year gave Paul the impetus to write his second book: The Totem Pole in 2000. This narrative about his personal journey through hemiplegia also won the Boardman/Tasker prize and the Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize and was translated into four languages. Nominated for the Banff Prize, The Longest Climb followed in 2005. He has continued to lead a challenging life, climbing Kilimanjaro, caving, sea kayaking, river rafting and, in 2009, lead rock climbing again. Paul rode a recumbent trike through Tibet to Mount Everest and, in 2016 he finally climbed the Totem Pole, 18 years after his accident. His latest journey was the 2152 km World Expeditions Lowest to Highest Expedition. Paul has spent his time since the accident in contemplation of the hemiplegia which has robbed his right side of movement and continues to play tricks with his speech and memory. He sees the accident as a precious gift and describes it as the best thing that has ever happened to him. He is a passionate believer that without the mountains he climbed, and moreso the Totem Pole accident, he would not have learnt some crucial life lessons. Those lessons learned in the mountains got him through a harrowing injury, and the painfully slow recovery process has engendered a life lived in the moment. "I use them still, repeatedly, each day of my second, radically different life."  When he won the Boardman/Tasker Award for mountain literature in 1997, with his book Deep Play, he spent the prize money on a world climbing tour that found him in Tasmania climbing a slender sea stack known as The Totem Pole. It was here that all he had known before was turned on its head. We would like to thank our show sponsors The North Face - Premier Outdoor equipment specialists who have been kitting out adventurers around the world for the past 50 years.  Specialists in trail running gear - Check out their full range at www.thenorthface.co.nz Running Hot Coaching:  The online training platform run by Lisa Tamati and Neil Wagstaff.  Do you have a dream to run a big race, maybe a half marathon, a marathon or even an ultramarathon? Have you struggled to fit in the training in your busy life? Maybe you don't know where to start or perhaps you have done a few races but keep having motivation or injuries troubles? Do you want to beat last years time or finish at the front of the pack? If you answered yes to any of these questions then we can help you. We promise to get you to the start line in the best shape ever! We will give you the benefit of our years of knowledge and experience in competing and training athletes, so you can avoid the mistakes, train efficiently, have fun and stay in optimal health while you are doing it. So who are we? Lisa Tamati is an a professional ultramarathon runner with over 25 years experiences racing the world's toughest endurance events and leading expeditions. Author of two internationally published running adventure books. She is also a mindset expert. From crossing the Libyan desert on foot to running Death Valley to running the length of NZ for charity, she has been there and done that. For more information on Lisa click here: www.lisatamati.co.nz Neil Wagstaff is an exercise scientist, coach and ultramarathon runner with over 22 years experience in the health and fitness industry. He has trained hundreds of athletes and coaches alike to the successful completion of their goals.  For more info or to download our free run training ecourse go to www.runninghotcoaching.com/running-success Training Tilt software - a complete toolkit for trainers, health and fitness professionals, coaches and nutritionists, combine your website, ecommerce needs, client communication and training plans into one easy to use platform. Find out more at www.lisatamati.co.nz/trainingtilt   The Path of an Athlete - Mindset academy. An in-depth online programme that teaches you how to develop mental toughness, resilience, leadership skills, a never quit mentality, mental wellbeing and the keys for success in anything you set your mind to. Do you wish you had the mental toughness of an extreme athlete? Do you seek the confidence to deal with any threat, to steer any situation or challenge to a positive outcome? If so, you can now learn the secrets to mental toughness and to developing a never quit mindset from someone who has been there and done that and lived to tell the tale. For more information go to www.lisatamati.co.nz/ecourse    

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In this episode Paul Pritchard reads his own story, Rubble Merchants, Slate Heads and Others from his book, Deep Play.

  This week, after opening with an excerpt from Diane Ackerman's Deep Play, Dan discusses what is at stake. What is it that rich, meaningful play requires of us?

In this near-experimental (rough) pilot episode we discuss the slogan/meme/movement of 'Against Modern Football'. We try to ask what modern football is, look the case against it, describe strategies and consider the place of football within the dynamic processes of history. Everything changes.

Max Cafard's Surre(gion)alist Manifest first appeared in Exquisite Corpse in 1990 and was afterwards republished with a preface by New Orleans poet Andrei Codrescu. Arguing for the eminence of the local as a point of view, the manifesto urged readers to consider their own perspective, political and culture, as the outcome of their existence at a certain place and time. It argued that only in radical utopian moments such as May 1968 do individuals become able to envision life beyond the bounds of their own history. The Surre(gion)alist Manifesto excavates radical European and Chinese philosophy for a new political philosophy appropriate to twenty-first century America. It looks back to the radical individual Taoism of Lao Tse, the utopian experiments of nineteenth-century Europe, the anarchist/individualist critique of Dada, and the radical Situationist Internationale of 1960s Paris, searching for a utopian logic that respects the radical difference of place and individual will. The intellectual roots here are serious: the analysis of psychogeography pioneered by Bachelard, Dubord, and De Certeau, combined with the Henri Lefebvre's critique of capitalism. Cafard reduces, engineering a new dialectic of liberation, a landscapey recipe, the navigation between the "utopian nowhere of meaning and the topian density of earth."In the Manifesto, attention to local landscape offers a movement towards political and economic liberation. Cafard urges, Strive to reject the people who would manage you from another place far away, whether they are capitalists or teachers. Try not to be like them: try to live instead in the landscape of your journey, taking lessons from the cities and seasons where you find yourself. This injunction to inhabit the local first, as a beginning of a radical politics, is explained more fully in another fine essay, "Deep Play in the City." Here Cafard applies radical psychogeography as an instruction set for looking at urban landscapes. Landscapeyness becomes the beginning of radical political freedom. The video version of the Manifesto is here presented by Cafard's student Andrew Goodrich. If you'd prefer the text version, you can find it here.