Feeling Stuck in Serious Mode? Here’s How to Flip the Script with Play

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Chase Jarvis

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Hey friends, Chase here.

Ever feel like you're taking life a little too seriously?

Wake up. Work. Hustle. Repeat. Somewhere along the way, we stopped playing—and started grinding through our days like machines.

Why We Get Stuck in Serious Mode

We were taught that being serious means being responsible. That fun is a distraction. That joy is something we earn.

But let’s be real—seriousness without joy just leads to burnout.

Play Isn’t the Opposite of Progress

Play is where creativity begins. It’s what makes challenges fun and failure less scary. It helps you breathe, think, connect, and feel again.

You Don’t Need Permission to Lighten Up

You already know how to play, you’ve just forgotten. But it’s still there, waiting.

So try it. Loosen the grip. Smile more. Make life a little less rigid and a lot more yours.

Until next time, stay curious, and stay in the game.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by My Latest Book, Never Play It Safe.
0:05.5	Right now, if you do not have a copy of my latest book, I want you to listen to what Gary Vaynerchuk
0:10.7	said about my latest book. Building a life you love doesn't happen on accident. It's a process.
0:17.2	Few people know this process like Chase Jarvis does and never play it safe is the roadmap.
0:23.3	Or what Sophia Amaruso said.
0:26.0	This book is a powerful compass for embracing risk and creativity in all the aspects of your life.
0:32.3	Chase shows us how to step out of our comfort zones and become who we weren't meant to be. Here's a cool fact.
0:39.2	All of the best stuff in life is on the other side of your comfort zone. And never play
0:45.1	it safe is a blueprint. That's how I designed it. It's a blueprint to get you there reliably
0:50.8	over and over again. It's not an accident that this was a national bestseller on,
0:54.9	I think, four bestselling book lists. That's because it is a roadmap. It's a blueprint, right?
1:01.8	It's going to reshape how you think about attention, time, intuition, constraints, those things
1:06.0	that you feel like hold you back. If you're not playing enough, if you're working too much,
1:10.2	you're working in the wrong way, if failure seems too constant and you can't see what the benefits are, or if you don't
1:16.7	have the practices and the habits to help you achieve the extraordinary results that you seek,
1:22.4	this is the book. This is the book that I put three years of my life and its goal is to help you be more creative,
1:28.8	fulfilled, and successful in everything that you do. And if this hasn't convinced you or the blurbs
1:34.4	from Gary Vaynerchuk and Seth Godin and Sophia and Damon John from Shark Tank, then I get it.
1:40.0	There's a bunch of other reviews at Amazon or wherever you buy books, and I'd love it if
1:44.6	you'd pick up a copy of Never Play It Safe, a practical guide to freedom, creativity, and a life you love.
1:50.5	Now, let's get into the show.
1:57.6	Hey, everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to another episode of the show. Today's micro show is a little mental adventure. I'd like you to go on this adventure with me and imagine for a second, fantasy world we're playing. That's right. Play for the sake of play. For goofing off. We're playing leads to all of the same benefits as working, maybe even more.
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