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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and I've got a quick story for you.

A few weeks ago I was actually down in Las Vegas with some of my friends after a Spartan race

that we did. And after having spent a few hours that morning running around in the desert,

jumping over obstacles and walls and climbing ropes and doing burpees, getting incredibly

dirty and then having a beer and going back and lounging pool side, I mentioned how much fun it

had been that morning to just go out and play. Like we were little boys out running around in the

desert. And one of the guys who I was out there at the pool with, he said, well, one of my friends

is actually written a book about this whole concept of turning life into play and turning your

work into your passion or curing anxiety, playing more working less, just this whole concept of

playing. And it turns out that this guy has written a book called Play It Away. And I've been

able to get him on the podcast today thanks to my friend who is down there in Vegas connecting us.

And so Charlie Hone is his name and I've gotten done reading his book just last week and it really

is a fantastic resource. And I think that you're going to get a lot out of Charlie's story,

especially if you're somebody who finds yourself just always thinking about work or feeling guilty

or anxious when you're not working or having trouble playing with friends or kind of tapping back

into almost that childhood wonder with being able to play and have fun with life. So Charlie,

thanks so much for coming on the call, man. Thank you for having me, Ben. I'm excited to do this,

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