- Your soul needs to play.
- Play like there are three seconds left on the clock from the first buzzer.
- Explore under rocks in your backyard, or a new island in Indonesia. Be forever curious for the fun of it.
- Play and explore with friends and family whenever possible.
- Enjoy the spoils that your work produces. It reminds you what you are fighting for.
- Regimented practice may make you technically proficient, but wouldn’t you rather have fun?
- If you aren’t having fun or if you are doing it for someone else, it isn’t play.
- Allow yourself to fall into the nuance; dig so deep that you become a pioneer.
- Give time to yourself and what you love to do. Your family will benefit when you can give from a solid foundation.
- Your life’s purpose is not to get to the end with a body worthy of resale.
- Do something purely because you have fun doing it — sports, knitting, or eating ants.
Your Dad’s Lesson:
This one is simple: I worked way too much. It might have been due to guilty feelings about not working enough or the belief that you have to work all the time to be successful. I don’t know. But I can say this: more than half the hours I worked were a waste. If I had just picked up and gone surfing or kayaking, or spent time with friends and family, the outcome would have been the same. Although it has become more difficult to distinguish work from play, partially because my work has evolved to suit my lifestyle and personality, I make sure I take time to do things purely for enjoyment. Taking that time, even when it feels like it is in short supply, allows me to get in the water, explore a new gadget, play in the barn, and, best of all, play with you and your mom.
