How a Veteran Overcame PTSD through Play
In March, I got a touching email from a veteran, Akshay, replying to an automated email of mine that offered my book 'Play It Away' for free. His kind words deeply moved me and I instantly shared it with my parents. Here's what he said...
How Cary Miller Chose to Play for a Living
Cary Miller, founder of The Voice Within, shared a poignant tale. After quitting her job, selling all possessions, and relocating at 30, he lived with his parents, feeling like a failure, aimless. Here's her enlightening journey...
How to Play Video Games for a Living
In the documentary 'All Work All Play' about Electronic Sports League tournaments, I was struck by the surreal spectacle of video game fans in stadiums, akin to other major sports. Michael 'Carmac' Blicharz's story particularly stood out...
Why Aristotle was fascinated by play
"Ludere est contemplari" translates to "to play is to contemplate," implying even watching play can lead to contemplation. Aristotle in his 'Politics' posits that our closest encounter with contemplation is often through play...
How to Avoid Divorce and Love Your Job
For awhile, I was amazed by how many couples get divorced (50%!), and how many people hated their jobs (90%?). And for awhile, I thought that marriage and jobs were the problem. I don't buy that anymore...
The Real Reason You Check Facebook
The media we choose is a form of self-selected medicine. It allows us to have emotions and experiences that we can’t easily access on our own. Often times it’s because they have been suppressed...
Sneak Preview: Play for a Living
The Play for a Living book is coming along nicely. So far, we have 24 submissions from 9 artists. By the time it’s finished, we’ll have over 70 portraits from artists around the world! Take a look at this (very) rough mockup.
The 4 Ways You Torture Yourself
People with anxiety and depression are unaware that their problems are mostly self-inflicted....
How Playing Games Made Reid Hoffman $4.7 Billion
In a fantastic episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim asked Reid Hoffman about how he developed such incredible strategic abilities as an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Linkedin (300 million users), and is known as “the Oracle of Silicon Valley”. Here is what he said...
How to be a Better Friend and Son
When we’re just 4 years old, we imagine wild things. We talk about how our imaginary friend visited Antartica to get a leopard seal skin to make a coat (to keep herself warm), then she moved to the moon because it was higher. But then, just a couple years later, it’s all about RULES.
