Animal Play is a tool for personal and professional growth and creativity. This is a game you can play once and receive benefit, but the more you use it – the greater the benefits. I’m on day 4 of working with this tool and writing about it – you can learn more about this blog series on Animal Play here.
I’m still hopping around with a little kangaroo play this week. Today, for a bit of variety, I wrote out the word kangaroo on a piece of paper and associated an action verb with each letter.
I will choose one verb at random on an hourly or so basis and take the requested action. The first one I picked was “Give” and I gave myself a one-minute play break and danced to the Pharrell Williams song, Happy.
My action verbs for today are: kickass, act, nickname, give, aim, rest, organize, open
When I chose the word, nickname, I decided to call myself Flyer for the hour and see where that would take me. Turns out a female kangaroo is called a Flyer, Doe, or Jill. Regarding the word, kick ass, I never use this phrase, but it seemed so kangaroo-appropriate and means to me – take it on and make it a wow! It will be interesting to see what comes up when I pull that little strip of paper out of the hat!
If you are wondering what Animal Play is all about and why it is a tool for personal growth and leadership, please see Animal Play Day 1 and Day 5 below.
I’d love to hear about your experience and/or what you learn when you play this little game.
Have a playful day!
– Mary
RELATED POSTS:
- Animal Play Day 1
- Animal Play Day 2
- Animal Play Day 3
- Animal Play Day 5 – last day of series
- Penguin Juggling – another example of Animal Play
Edits:
- 1/3/2017 – edited for clarity and to add a new image.
- 5/11/2022 – edited to remove image.
- 5/19/2022 – edited the edits!
