Episode 66: Permission to Play
On today’s In Time, Peter and Robyne explore how “guardrails” can inspire greater calm, increased motivation, and sustainable productivity — and give you permission to play, a key component of ideation and rest. Plus, how to anticipate and avoid “compassion fatigue.”
Today’s surprise question:
Who are you when you are your ‘favourite self’?
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Show Notes
We cover many topics in this episode, including:
- It’s important to have guardrails around your time of productivity, while giving yourself permission to rest and play in the times outside of that timeline
- That rest and play is actually key in achieving the things you’ve set out to do, giving you the inspiration and calm to approach them in a new way
- The time you spend on self-care should never involve guilt, when the results of taking this time are beneficial to all involved
- Your ‘best’ self is a checklist of traits you’ve made about yourself from an external perspective, but your ‘favourite’ self is derived internally from your passions and the things you truly enjoy
- When your demands outweigh your resources, you are responding from a place of reactivity - scrambling, not at your best - having more resources than demands allows for creativity, ideation, and connection - there is a false narrative that indicates that you need to sacrifice your resources to be a great leader when fulfilling your demands, but it’s actually counterproductive
- ‘Compassion fatigue’ is when you’ve cared so deeply for something for so long, without caring enough for yourself, that you begin to feel nothing
When we are regulated and well-resourced, we are so much better at fulfilling the roles in our lives. – Robyne
Additional Resources:
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Your Time - Peter and Robyne’s asynchronous learning experience is now available! Please click the link to learn more.
- The Conscious Leaders Quest
- Dr. Charles Figley & Compassion Fatigue
Credits:
Hosted by Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe and Peter Katz
Produced by Trevor Campbell
Edited by Sean Ban Beaton
Theme song by Peter Katz
Podcast cover art by Trevor Campbell
Show logistics by Erin Marshall and Jenna Green
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