Play Beats Pressure

Play Beats Pressure

February 11, 2026 · 23 min · Season 3 · Episode 68

About this episode

Mark discusses the importance of play and joy in work, emphasizing recovery habits and leadership culture.

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like your days are powered by “shoulds” instead of spark? Mark invites us to trade struggle for steady effort, bring back childlike play, and rebuild energy from the ground up... starting with sleep. We look at why joy isn’t fluff, it’s fuel: the mindset that turns work from a grind into an experiment, the simple prompts that make any task more fun, and the recovery habits that keep your best ideas alive. From there, we talk leadership. Culture is set by what leade...

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