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Make It Matter: Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Owners to Have More Impact

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Welcome to episode 8 of the Make it Matter Podcast – today we have a very serious conversation about Play and how it can shift the creative atmosphere in your business. Let’s get to work! “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If you’ve seen The Shining, you already understand the value of Play. But hopefully, today’s podcast will help reinforce the ways it can actually increase creativity and even productivity in your business. Last time we talked about the importance of Giving – today we discuss another counter-intuitive value: PLAY. Feels like a good follow-up, since it requires us to essentially give time to something that might look like a waste. BUT like giving, we believe if done correctly, play can unlock your thinking in ways that positively affect your bottom line. Set the mood Trick your brain The ZONE Also, we’re inspired by this quote by LP Jacks from his book, Education through recreation” so we will wrap up this podcast with this... “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always seems to be doing both.” - LP Jacks  References: Changing Educational Paradigms: https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms Finding Neverland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5_AOB9eCDM Golf Professionals having fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89P3ZiDkGeA Education through Recreation: https://books.google.com/books/about/Education_Through_Recreation.html?id=fsdEAAAAIAAJ Flow: https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=flow+book&qid=1584649808&sr=8-1   Contact Us: Website: https://bosmediagroup.com Say hello and record a message to us: https://bosmediagroup.com/sayhello Give: https://bosmediagroup.com/give Thank you!