Play Through Problems To Drive Better Outcomes

As kids, we go out to play. Later in life, we play sports or play music. But then, in sharp contrast, we leave our homes each day and go to work.

The term implies uninspired, often boring and generally yucky things. Parallels of going to the dentist, waiting in line at the DMV or filling out endless forms come to mind. Trading your soul for money is not the ideal way to spend your career.

What if we flipped the terminology, and started calling work something else … “play.” Instead of a workforc...