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Playful Intelligence: The Power of Living Lightly in a Serious World
Written by Anthony T. DeBenedet, M.D.
Narrated by Peter Berkrot
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Blending counterintuitive observations, anecdotes, and research across a range of disciplines—notably medicine, psychology, sociology, history, neuroscience, and economics—Playful Intelligence shows adults the profound and unexpected ways that playfulness impacts everyday life. It also offers practical suggestions on how to make life more playful.
Playful Intelligence's core chapters are devoted to exploring the effects and benefits of five playful qualities: imagination, sociability, humor, spontaneity, and wonder. By examining playfulness as a sum of its parts, listeners will gain a working awareness of its power and be able to apply playful principles to their own lives, bringing the magic of childhood back into their day-to-day existence.
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