Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howes, a former pro athlete

turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message

to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with

me today. Now, let the class begin.

Hey, what is up great. So thanks so much for tuning in today. Super pumped about this

episode. It's with my good man Charlie Hone and it's all about why you need to play it

away. And he's got a new book out called Play it Away, a workaholic's cure for anxiety.

Now there's so many things that are happening in a lot of entrepreneurs lives. You've got

the family, you've got the career, you've got the dream of your success, finances, everything

else that's happening. And a lot of times some of us forget that life is all about play.

And Charlie has a very unique story and experiences that he shares in this episode. It's all about

his rise to the top in the career world in his 20s. And how he became extremely depressed

and had a lot of anxiety, a lot of stress. While working with some of the most influential

people in the entrepreneurial business space, he worked with Seth Godin, Tim Ferris, Tucker

Max, Ramit Saiti, and supported them. And a lot of their biggest launches, a lot of their

number one book, number one, New York time best selling book campaigns, events that they

did. And he was part of the execution team for a lot of them in that. And he became very

unhappy. And he realized that he was focusing a lot of his energy on work and making sure

that he was getting results. And he really forgot about playing. He realized he wasn't playing

anymore. And so this is a very interesting episode. And I think it speaks true to a lot

of us that we need to play. We need to have fun. We need to remember what life is all about.

And so I'm very excited to introduce Charlie here in a second with this, this new book

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