Reading the book, "How to Not Know" Simone Stolzoff, I was struck by this stat from the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index ( Scott R. Baker, Nick Bloom )

The top 5 highest instances of uncertainty have happened in the last 5 years!

The top 5!

That means we've experienced greater measured uncertainty in the last five years than experienced during the Great Depression, World War II, or the Civil Rights Movement.

And yet, our comfort with uncertainty has dropped.

We Google an answer faster than we can say "I don't know."

Play changes that.

Play is the original way we navigated uncertainty.

Going into the weekend, you might be planning a bit of play, because you KNOW it works.

• Play resets your nervous system so you aren’t in fight or flight mode.
• The release from play helps you think more clearly.
• The connections from playing with others form stronger relationships.
• The creativity which comes from playing with an idea helps solve big problems.

You know this already, because you’ve experienced the transformation. Most of us experience it every weekend.

So let’s stop sidelining play in work.

Learn how to integrate it instead, and how to “sell” your leadership on the importance of workplaces that cultivate joy instead of cause stress.

If you’re still deliberating participation - from a book to a program - this is your last weekend. Let me know any last questions. I’ll be around and answering your emails.

...in between Buddy walks, and maybe playing my piano - which truly does sound as gorgeous as it looks after the restoration and the tuning!

May your weekend play restore and inspire,

Mary