With the Playfulness concept, Lucas Freire challenges traditional productivity models and explains important concepts in a new book
According to the global report World Mental Health Day 2024, Brazil is ranked as the third country with the most stressed population in the world. According to the study, 42% of Brazilians reported experiencing more than one stress spike in the last year.
Faced with this worrying scenario, the psychologist Lucas Freire proposed an innovative approach to collective well-being in his book “Playfulness: Trails for a Resilient and Creative Life”. In this work, he defends the concept of “playfulness”, or playful spirit, as an essential skill that can be developed to face life’s challenges with more lightness and resilience.
Playfulness
After all, this concept encourages creativity, innovation and well-being, through experimentation, improvisation and problem solving in a more relaxed way. This approach can alleviate tensions, improve collaboration between teams, and increase productivity.
According to the expert, we live in an era of hypermodernity, where high performance demands and information overload constantly affect mental health.
“This lifestyle is not sustainable; therefore, we need to recover the ability to play and be playful”, he says Freire.
For him, this change is essential to balance his personal life and professional career.
The book
In his book, the psychologist makes it clear that instead of persisting in the myth of productivity, we should create work environments that promote mental health and human well-being, in a playful way.
Freire questions traditional work models that neglect the needs for rest and self-care, proposing a break with these patterns and encouraging the concept of playfulness, as a strategy for personal and organizational transformation.
His proposal points to a more balanced future, in which work stops being a source of suffering and becomes a means of personal growth and fulfillment.
About the author
Lucas Freire is a psychologist and creator of the pioneering Playfulness Method. Its work seeks to encourage resilient and healthy productivity, promoting discussions about careers, the job market, creativity, innovation, resilience and leadership.
Source: Maxima
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