About a month ago, I made a post about “The Myth of Work vs. Play” which stirred up quite a bit of controversy.
Terry Dean, in particular, sent me an email saying he wasn’t so sure he agreed with me. So I suggested he and I do an interview where we could iron out our positions. In the end, as you might expect, it turned out to have quite a bit of marketing advice within it (e.g. the evolving role of images as compared to text in marketing), but the most exciting part from my point of view were the specific techniques we each discussed for integrating play into work or…
How to have more fun at work (for internet entrepreneurs)
Enjoy!
G 
www.HyperResponsiveMarketingSecrets.com
PS – There’s a little clicking sound at the beginning of the interview. It goes away after 20 seconds, so don’t let it throw you OK?
PPS – I closed the personal coaching board to new registrants this morning for the rest of the year, no more inquiries please (sorry).
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I really enjoyed the audio Glenn. It always amazes me how much our little circle of friends here have in common. I love this “talk radio” format, and i’m looking for ways to implement it in my biz.
Isn\’t juggling swithing? And for Terry, detectives deal with soft problems. Also I read recently, sell what people are buying and never get bored with doing what works. Boredom is an issue for certain types.
Hard problems can be boring. You have information about the opening situation of a problem. You have information about the goal condition. You have information about the steps or moves to make or take. And you know what you can\’t do. So with hard problems you know what the situation is, what you want to achieve, the time scale and the steps to take. It can get boring but that\’s like saying chess is boring.
Being a detective like Terry is more interesting. People are involved. Things are messy. You can\’t even be sure what you know is true. Terry is however lucky because he can describe situations, goals and rules for himself using his own knowledge or should I say detection and investigation.
Investigation meaning research. So Terry likes to investigate. Glenn likes to research. What we really mean is both like to learn.
\’Like to learn\’ is an issue today in the UK along with the idea of play. Early year professionals are saying kid\’s intro to learning should be via play so they learn to like to learn. Cabinet ministers are having none of it.
Plays good. It\’s called \’pissing about\’ when you\’re 8-years old or older.
Regards Ralph
A mentor of mine asked me this: Imagine for a moment you hit the lottery for $50 million dollars. Now that money to live on is not an issue answer this one question: What would you do with your time?
He explained, the answer to that question will tell you what you enjoy the most in life. Then he told me: go do what you love and learn how to make a profit from it.
If you love what you do everyday…and you can get paid to do it..
Is That Not The Same As Play?
Jim
I have found great power in how we think in the moment. To maximize this I believe it helps to allow work to be play. It makes the moment more interesting for starters. Sure their are challenges but this is also true of most play. As you reframe work to be play it gets easier and you get more creative. There is the risk of it getting out of hand but then you are responsible to guide the process to achieve your goals. My insight came years ago when I noticed people who described exercise, and the benefits that come from it, as fun had no problem working out into their later years while people who saw it as work often stopped after short time.