Welcome to the show I'm Greg McEwen and I'm your host for the What's Essential Podcast.

There are lots of shows on how to improve, on how to become successful, but there is only

one on what to do once you are.

This is essential because success can be a catalyst for failure, especially if it leads

to the undisciplined pursuit of more.

This show is about how to become successful at success.

It's for high performers who are on the edge of exhaustion, solving problems completely

before they even arise.

It's about turning tedious tasks into joyful rituals.

It's about simplifying your processes and making your most essential activities the

easiest ones.

So if you're a driven, hardworking, productive person who is running out of space but still

wants to make a higher contribution effortlessly, the What's Essential Podcast is designed

especially for you.

So let's begin.

My guest today is Clay Drinco.

He's an educator and author of Play Your Way to Sane and also a contributor to Lifehack

Psychology Today, where he writes about the intersection between improv, science and

also the everyday in the blog Play Your Way to Sane.

He's a teacher, he's a trainer, he's the founder of the English Arts and Drama programs

all over the greater New York area, including for the New York City Department of Education.

He's earned his PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies from Tufts University, two masters degrees

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