17: Six Characteristics of Serious Play

Would you like to know more about what it means to be a serious player? In our last episode, we introduced the idea of serious play. In today's episode, Ray and Amy continue with their previous conversation, where Ray started discussing the four-year series of interviews that he and Brenda conducted with people around the notion of serious play. Listen in, to learn more. 

The concept of serious play is about the way that people approach their life and work as serious players. Today, to create a deeper understanding of what serious play means, Ray and Amy have a discussion about the common themes, patterns, and characteristics of serious players. Tune in now, and be introduced to the six powerful characteristics of serious players.

Show Highlights:

Using the process of phenomenological research to unpack the stories of various serious players, in order to postulate a theory of serious play.  It took Ray and Brenda four years to interview a minimum of thirty people who defined themselves as serious players. Their first interview was with Frank and Mike, two morning hosts, from a radio station in San Francisco. Serious players love to talk about themselves and their lives. They ended every interview by asking for suggestions for between one and three serious players that they should talk to next." Ray talks about his experience talking to Richard Symmons, the really eccentric exercise guy. They even talked to Hobie Alter, the inventor of the Hobie Cat. Ray shares the six common denominators that he and Brenda identified and named, that were the characteristics of all the serious players they interviewed.  Serious players energize the other people in their presence. The key to serious players is that they are committed to being in a place where they are energized with what they are doing. Serious players are really in charge of their lives. Ray talks about his principal of Psychological Self-Employment. Serious players are independently wealthy.  Ray talks about the attitude behind serious players being independently wealthy. Serious players have high self-esteem. They have high internal confidence and very little fear. Ray and Brenda called this characteristic Positive Paranoia. Serious players are prepared to swim against the tide. Ray and Brenda termed that principal The Third Law of Thermal Dynamics. Good things continue to happen to serious players. Ray and Brenda called this principal The Positive Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and this relates to visualization. When we believe that we can work around the obstacles, we will work around the obstacles.

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