I love the fact that he just owned the fact he's a "nerd" and showed that he absolutely loves who he is. We all gotta find that side of ourselves that we absolutely love, own it, and lead with it.
Play is so important in the classroom. The students learn differently then just out of a textbook. I don't feel that bad now on how we teach the students in our Autism/Support class!
we don't need to only take work seriously but to take play seriously. but i think educators are always open to ideas of integrating play and school work
You are awesome. I'm speechless. You are one of the best speakers, and i've seen a lot! Listening to you just feels natural. You have this cozy daddy wipe :D Love it
*Why Adults Should Play* Playing is a very important means for development. When we play, we develop new relationships and connections. While it is common knowledge that children need to play in order to develop, which is why we buy them games and put a lot of effort into working out the most suitable games for each stage of their development, it is not so clear with us adults. We do not really like to play. Our relations end up quickly deteriorating into each one of us degrading the other, which ends our playing. As a result, we miss out on a lot of what we can get out of life. We fail to examine all of our options for development as adults, and we thus put a halt to our further development. We have turned our daily lives into a prison of sorts. That is, we need to look, behave and talk in certain kinds of ways-and only in those certain kinds of ways-otherwise, we will not fit in with others and gain their respect. Without their respect, we get treated in ways that harm us. We suffer from living in such a prison, but it has become so ingrained into our lives that we cannot escape from it. The essence of our playing as adults should be that we treat each other positively even if we do not feel like it, and to teach others to do the same. Playing in such a way would emulate the higher state of positive connection that nature is developing us toward, and we would thus draw positive forces of connection that dwell in nature into our relations, and start feeling happier, more confident, and that our lives are purpose-driven.
Great talk, John! I know for a fact that the lack of play on my life is why I'm not as happy as I'd like to be! Thanks for the inspiring words. P.S., I never knew that was YOU on that show! My kid walked in while I was watching this video and said "OMG!! That's the super, crazy smart guy on that show!" Hahahaha, awesome.
1/1 it is important to have a playful spirit in your work so your energy is good vibes and it rubs off on the people around you especially dealing with children. having a playful spirt can also lead to creativity and making new lessons and challenges for the campers. i can have new ideas as well.
"the harder it gets the harder you have to play" what a lovely talk. I find a lot of Truth in everything he said. Thank you.
As soon as he walked on stage, I knew I was going to love this guy.
As soon as I saw this comment, I knew I was going to love this guy.
@nemoquodeus8119, ^^and I appreciate this guy as well
I love the fact that he just owned the fact he's a "nerd" and showed that he absolutely loves who he is. We all gotta find that side of ourselves that we absolutely love, own it, and lead with it.
Thank you! "Life will give you reasons not to play, and you have to fight back!" SO TRUE!!!
Play is so important in the classroom. The students learn differently then just out of a textbook. I don't feel that bad now on how we teach the students in our Autism/Support class!
we don't need to only take work seriously but to take play seriously. but i think educators are always open to ideas of integrating play and school work
He's a very positive person despite what he and his family have been through.
Great talk. This doctor reminds me of Doc Brown in Back to the Future.
What an awesome guy! His sense of fun, warmth and enthusiasm is so infectious 😊
amoyaan0 great guy!
amoyaan0 amazing wonderful man
Thank you for reminding us to keep our playful spirit, John!
wow i was just looking up sensory play bins for my son and stumbled upon this, this was awesome to listen to. really had me thinking
This man is my hero.
Loved the professor on the colony
It’s always a great day to play!!!! Loved this so much!
You are awesome. I'm speechless. You are one of the best speakers, and i've seen a lot! Listening to you just feels natural. You have this cozy daddy wipe :D Love it
*Why Adults Should Play*
Playing is a very important means for development. When we play, we develop new relationships and connections.
While it is common knowledge that children need to play in order to develop, which is why we buy them games and put a lot of effort into working out the most suitable games for each stage of their development, it is not so clear with us adults. We do not really like to play. Our relations end up quickly deteriorating into each one of us degrading the other, which ends our playing.
As a result, we miss out on a lot of what we can get out of life. We fail to examine all of our options for development as adults, and we thus put a halt to our further development.
We have turned our daily lives into a prison of sorts. That is, we need to look, behave and talk in certain kinds of ways-and only in those certain kinds of ways-otherwise, we will not fit in with others and gain their respect. Without their respect, we get treated in ways that harm us. We suffer from living in such a prison, but it has become so ingrained into our lives that we cannot escape from it.
The essence of our playing as adults should be that we treat each other positively even if we do not feel like it, and to teach others to do the same. Playing in such a way would emulate the higher state of positive connection that nature is developing us toward, and we would thus draw positive forces of connection that dwell in nature into our relations, and start feeling happier, more confident, and that our lives are purpose-driven.
Blissed Out. Play is living. Thank you!
David Bey yes it is!
This is a VERY underrated talk
Great talk, John! I know for a fact that the lack of play on my life is why I'm not as happy as I'd like to be! Thanks for the inspiring words. P.S., I never knew that was YOU on that show! My kid walked in while I was watching this video and said "OMG!! That's the super, crazy smart guy on that show!" Hahahaha, awesome.
Awesome, how to gain creativity by allowing yourself to play!
Gere310 the best!
I love this guy
This was so fun!!! Thank you!!!
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G !!!!!
Amazing talk
Most people avoid play today because they afraid to fail and punished.
expand on that
Just loved it
That was awesome!
Just Amazing Speech
he is like a blend between Mahatma Ghandi and Robin Williams
Good talk! I just got myself some SamStones & going to leave them under viewing benches in various galleries. :D
Jimbo Jones wonderful idea!
😂 I loved that show especially that season😂
The professor from the colony season 1
Gratefulness Beautiful Joyfulness Magical Miracles Beautiful Divine Beings ✨
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it is important to have a playful spirit in your work so your energy is good vibes and it rubs off on the people around you especially dealing with children. having a playful spirt can also lead to creativity and making new lessons and challenges for the campers. i can have new ideas as well.
Thank you
"The harder it gets, the harder you have to play."
Wow !! 👍👏👍👏
Very wonderful cute playful talk haha
Love this
Love IT!
What a legend lmao!!
Ayyyy the colony.
When I didn't enjoy to design like playing my boss saw through my feeling and the design was also boring
They seriously ate cat food!
I want to be him
Try sock puppets! Seriously. ;)
𝔸𝕞 𝕚 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕗
"A kid half my age"... ok, so like a 40 y/o kid?... 😉
would like a hat please
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He might just be a pyromaniac.