[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_post_title date_format=”j M Y” categories=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”3.12″ title_font=”|700||on|||||” title_font_size=”20px” title_font_size_last_edited=”off|” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/radicalteacher.com\/playbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/robert-collins-333411-unsplash.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.12″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”39.5167px|0px|0|0px|false|false” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”19.75px|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_testimonial author=”Carl Jung” _builder_version=”3.12″]<\/p>\n
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”5″ height=”5px” _builder_version=”3.12″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|42.5833px|0px|false|false” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″]<\/p>\n Given the need for experimentation, learning from trial and error, the way that we will approach rule breaking is the same as when we were children:\u00a0 through play.<\/p>\n In Chapter 2 we discussed the limitations of thinking in terms of dualities.\u00a0 One of the best examples of how we get caught up in dualities is work and play.\u00a0 Work vs. play is easy to see:\u00a0 we either are engaged in work which, for so many, is experienced in negative terms, especially in contrast to play.\u00a0 We work hard at our jobs during the week so that we can play hard on the weekends.\u00a0 When we are at work, we are serious, and we must follow the rules.\u00a0 While we sometimes talk about taking play seriously (as in sports or competitive games), another sense of play is that there are no rules and no objectives.\u00a0 The joy emerges from engaging in the activity itself.<\/p>\n To understand the difference in the two types of play, think about dancing.\u00a0 There are some people who make their living as dancers, whether it\u2019s ballet, Flamenco (like ballet, considered an art form in Spain), Belly, or exotic dancing.\u00a0 We might consider these as we do sport:\u00a0 performers take it very seriously, work for years to master the art of whatever form.\u00a0 And then there are those of us who love to dance, with a partner or with a whole group of people (or by ourselves in the living room. . .talking about a friend here, of course).\u00a0 Most don\u2019t take it seriously, the pleasure comes from just doing it.<\/p>\n This second type of play is what we are interested in this class.<\/p>\n To understand this, we need to go back to learning.\u00a0 Developmental psychologists agree that the stage of life in which humans learn the most is from birth to age three.\u00a0 And all of that learning comes from play, play with no real structure.\u00a0 Play then involves exploration, discovery, trial and error, failing (if you were one of those babies who tried to touch the candle flame) then learning from failure.\u00a0 There were no rules initially, that was something else to learn, much from our parents (\u201cNO<\/em>!\u201d).\u00a0 Once we learned the rules, we loved to break them and that was such an important part of learning; it is where we learned where the boundaries were.\u00a0 The key is that we were creative, fearless, and we would try pretty much anything.<\/p>\n And then we grew up.\u00a0 We followed rules, conformed to others\u2019 expectations, and set goals.\u00a0 And we became terrified of doing something wrong.\u00a0 Of letting other people down.\u00a0 Of failing.\u00a0 We learned the importance of not disappointing people\u00a0 First, not disappointing those we loved.\u00a0 Later, not disappointing most everyone.\u00a0 And then, of course, you end up making decisions and living your life according to others, as opposed to your own.<\/p>\n So we learned to love safety and security and certainty.\u00a0 We would rather be bored and know exactly how to do well than be engaged but not sure exactly how we are doing.\u00a0 And that works well as long as circumstances don\u2019t change.\u00a0 But in a VUCA world, that\u2019s how we end up with lifelong anxiety and bullshit jobs<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Or worse.<\/p>\n For your entire lives thus far, most of you knew exactly what the future held.\u00a0 You might not know which middle school teachers you would have, but you knew the school.\u00a0 You didn\u2019t know which college you would attend but you knew there would be one.\u00a0 Until you came here, if i would have asked you what you would be doing in four years, what you told me would have been very close to reality.<\/p>\n Now, tell me what you will be doing in four years.\u00a0 If you are juniors or seniors, you don\u2019t have much of a clue what life will be in one or two years, let alone four!<\/p>\n i know how much anxiety this creates in PC students.\u00a0 Many are anxious enough not to want even think about what will happen post-grad.\u00a0 The good news is that this is completely understandable if you have not been taught how to thrive in conditions of uncertainty.\u00a0 The better news is that you can learn how to deal in VUCA conditions.\u00a0 Most all of you will, by force.\u00a0 You will be thrown into that world post-grad.<\/p>\n