Sari Swears Podcast: The Power of Play & Creativity in Trial Preparation with Coach K

you're in such a stressful profession.

I mean, come on.

And if you can get the chance to play, like come out here and do Command the Courtroom and be with a group of peers and be playing and working through your cases together and collaborating, when you're on your feet, that's when you get your best stuff.

And when you're on your feet, here especially, you're playful, you're creative.

You're getting into your body and you're accessing all the stuff that you normally don't do when you're at your desk.

The two separate books that I'm going to be pulling from in this particular episode are Play by Stuart Brown and The Creative Act by Rick Rubin.

The Play book really gets into the biology or the evolution of play and how play is prevalent with animals, all kinds of animals and humans, and how important it is.

And how animals, they play at a young age.

And as they get to a certain age, they stop playing.

And that's because of survival.

Because if they play, they could be playing in the middle of something or be out in the open.

And then all of a sudden a predator will come down and kill them.

So play is something that goes away once they get older and they get ready to hunt.

Whereas humans, play is something that is a necessity and something that we need to foster on a regular basis because it's really what works.

It's what is essential to our biology and our growth and our learning.

So I'm going to be talking about play and creativity and how they work together in this podcast and how to do it, how to bring it into your life.

Another thing I'm gonna bring up and another concept I'm gonna bring in is the concept of distraction, and that comes from Rick Rubin's book.

And he, Rick Rubin, if you don't know who he is, he is a phenomenally successful music producer, and he's worked with so many artists over the years, and Grammys, everything you could think of, and he's become this kind of guru when it comes to creativity lately.

He's on podcasts, he's all over the place, and he wrote this book.

And he really dives into what it is to be an artist, how you keep the creativity flowing, and all the things that are important to stay creative.

And one of the things he talks about is distraction.

And there's this intentional distraction.

I'm adding intentional to it because this is something that if you're intentional about it and you put it on your calendar, you'll consistently do it.

And this distraction will get you into play and get you into creativity.

In the current situation, when you're a trial attorney, you're so busy and you're so stressed and you have so much going on.

you're in such a stressful profession.

I mean, come on.

And if you can get the chance to play, like come out here and do Command the Courtroom and be with a group of peers and be playing and working through your cases together and collaborating, when you're on your feet, that's when you get your best stuff.

And when you're on your feet, here especially, you're playful, you're creative.

You're getting into your body and you're accessing all the stuff that you normally don't do when you're at your desk.

The two separate books that I'm going to be pulling from in this particular episode are Play by Stuart Brown and The Creative Act by Rick Rubin.

The Play book really gets into the biology or the evolution of play and how play is prevalent with animals, all kinds of animals and humans, and how important it is.

And how animals, they play at a young age.

And as they get to a certain age, they stop playing.

And that's because of survival.

Because if they play, they could be playing in the middle of something or be out in the open.

And then all of a sudden a predator will come down and kill them.

So play is something that goes away once they get older and they get ready to hunt.

Whereas humans, play is something that is a necessity and something that we need to foster on a regular basis because it's really what works.

It's what is essential to our biology and our growth and our learning.

So I'm going to be talking about play and creativity and how they work together in this podcast and how to do it, how to bring it into your life.

Another thing I'm gonna bring up and another concept I'm gonna bring in is the concept of distraction, and that comes from Rick Rubin's book.

And he, Rick Rubin, if you don't know who he is, he is a phenomenally successful music producer, and he's worked with so many artists over the years, and Grammys, everything you could think of, and he's become this kind of guru when it comes to creativity lately.

He's on podcasts, he's all over the place, and he wrote this book.

And he really dives into what it is to be an artist, how you keep the creativity flowing, and all the things that are important to stay creative.

And one of the things he talks about is distraction.

And there's this intentional distraction.

I'm adding intentional to it because this is something that if you're intentional about it and you put it on your calendar, you'll consistently do it.

And this distraction will get you into play and get you into creativity.

In the current situation, when you're a trial attorney, you're so busy and you're so stressed and you have so much going on.