The important of Play...
I have a theory; new generations of children are growing up with technology and as a result they are learning how to use the internet and how to communication via technology.
More and more we are finding 12 year olds making iphone apps or building websites and making money in one way or another.
These kids live at home and their main focus is normally school and having fun with their friends. Whether they make a kick ass app or not, it doesn't matter because they are just playing around and discovering what they can do.
If they do something good, they may show their mates, if it doesn't work they make tweaks or move on to something else.
When you get older, it becomes an emotional significance to make or provide something that is going to be successful. If it isn't, that is when the labels start getting attached; failure, a waste of time, embarrassing.
It is because of this sense of play, an environment can be created where creativity and discovery can be utilised to great effect.
As we become adults though, if something is not working out right our normal response is to work harder, even if that means running ourselves into the ground.
We attach so much emotional significance on the success, we leave out the play which could give us a new lease of life ready to bring into making your project even better and are left with the grind of working harder and harder.
What can we learn from the 12 year old who is playing in his room playfully making apps and websites?
1. Ensure you have something of play outside of the work - A kid will have his mates where they go play football or even play computer games. They have just been to school so all they want to do if let off some steam. When you are working hard, what would be something you could do to let off some steam?
2. Be aware of the emotional significance you have on the current project you are doing. I am not saying to not care about your project; however I am saying to be aware that placing too much significance on a project to the extent that if you failed you feel like the world is going to end. This way of thinking is only going to build up stress levels and create a mental environment where it would be impossible to do your best work.
3.Engage in play regularly until you don't feel guilty about doing it anymore. A kid doesn't feel guilty when they play, they just go it. However as a business owner, especially a new start up can feel guilty whenever they are not doing something that is related to the business. Relax, whether you're an office worker, the president or an internet marketer you are still human and humans need to recuperate through play and rest.
One of the most popular reasons for people wanting to have their own business is to have the freedom to do the things they want to do. A lot those things you can do now and you are likely to find your business benefits from you being more refreshed and clear minded.
Enjoy and let me know below about your experiences of play within your business
Aaron Morton
aaronmorton.co.uk
More and more we are finding 12 year olds making iphone apps or building websites and making money in one way or another.
These kids live at home and their main focus is normally school and having fun with their friends. Whether they make a kick ass app or not, it doesn't matter because they are just playing around and discovering what they can do.
If they do something good, they may show their mates, if it doesn't work they make tweaks or move on to something else.
When you get older, it becomes an emotional significance to make or provide something that is going to be successful. If it isn't, that is when the labels start getting attached; failure, a waste of time, embarrassing.
It is because of this sense of play, an environment can be created where creativity and discovery can be utilised to great effect.
As we become adults though, if something is not working out right our normal response is to work harder, even if that means running ourselves into the ground.
We attach so much emotional significance on the success, we leave out the play which could give us a new lease of life ready to bring into making your project even better and are left with the grind of working harder and harder.
What can we learn from the 12 year old who is playing in his room playfully making apps and websites?
1. Ensure you have something of play outside of the work - A kid will have his mates where they go play football or even play computer games. They have just been to school so all they want to do if let off some steam. When you are working hard, what would be something you could do to let off some steam?
2. Be aware of the emotional significance you have on the current project you are doing. I am not saying to not care about your project; however I am saying to be aware that placing too much significance on a project to the extent that if you failed you feel like the world is going to end. This way of thinking is only going to build up stress levels and create a mental environment where it would be impossible to do your best work.
3.Engage in play regularly until you don't feel guilty about doing it anymore. A kid doesn't feel guilty when they play, they just go it. However as a business owner, especially a new start up can feel guilty whenever they are not doing something that is related to the business. Relax, whether you're an office worker, the president or an internet marketer you are still human and humans need to recuperate through play and rest.
One of the most popular reasons for people wanting to have their own business is to have the freedom to do the things they want to do. A lot those things you can do now and you are likely to find your business benefits from you being more refreshed and clear minded.
Enjoy and let me know below about your experiences of play within your business
Aaron Morton
aaronmorton.co.uk
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