Brett and Joe discuss the essence of joy, how it relates to feeling safe, and share practical tips on experiencing joy. They also explore the impact of joy on business and leadership, highlighting its importance in creating successful teams and fostering better relationships.
True joy results from the alignment of happiness and pleasure in the body, while unaddressed emotions hinder its experience.
Practicing joy in work environments can lead to enhanced creativity, innovation, teamwork, and communication.
Deep dives
Defining Joy and Pleasure
Joy is described as happiness with pleasure, an embodied level of happiness experienced throughout the body. There is a connection between intellectual understanding and emotional fulfillment, where true joy results when happiness and pleasure align in the body.
Finding Joy through Emotional Expansion
The experience of joy is deeply intertwined with processing and feeling all emotions through without resistance. Joy is likened to energy flowing freely with minimal resistance, while unresolved emotions inhibit the experience of joy.
Challenges in Allowing Joy
The fear of losing one's sense of identity and the unpredictability of actions and outcomes stem from fully embracing joy. Resistance, fear, and unaddressed emotions can mask the availability of joy, leading to efforts to force joy instead of naturally allowing it.
Joy, Principles, and Productivity
Whilst joy isn't often quantified in work environments, its impact on productivity is substantial. Practicing joy can lead to enhanced creativity, innovation, teamwork, and communication, providing deeper engagement and effective outcomes.
Why the f$%& don’t we just feel joy all the time!? So much of what we do in life is in pursuit of joy. In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about what joy is, what allows us to feel joy, and what gets in the way of our full experience of it. They also explore how joy is related to feeling safe, some practical tips on experiencing joy, and how joy impacts business and leadership.
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