playing field

In this episode of The Everyday Heroine, we define the Playing Field for Playing the Game of Life.

There are three main components defined for the playing field for playing the game of life.

The Playing Field for Playing the Game of Life

Let’s get into facet #2 from the Playbook outline – The Playing Field

Just for reference, here’s how Major League Baseball breaks it down. They have five aspects of the field: The layout of the field, home base, the bases, the pitcher’s plate, and the benches interestingly enough.

That is well and good for playing a very specific game in a very specific place and in a very specific way.

So I am challenged with playing the game of life in an equally specific place and a specific way. But keep in mind that when I created the outline, I intentionally left room to handle all situations when I included facet #7 called – Outside the Playing Field.

Container

Container – this is like the white room where Neo and Morpheus trained as one example. In the movie the Matrix, you understood that people could travel from one container to another container when they answered a ringing phone in a phone booth. You don’t completely know how they travel, but you accept it as a known truth as something that is possible. The container where they slept and ate was some sort of vessel like a ship or an aircraft combination. I’m not sure how it was all connected… but they did have different containers.

Major League Baseball clearly defines a baseball playing field including the benches as the container.

As a coach, I may define the container between me and a client as a phone call or a
Zoom meeting.

In a workshop, the container may be a conference room or webinar.

As a speaker, the container may be an auditorium.  

Activity

Defined activity – with Neo and Morpheus, the activity was necessary training for the chosen one. MLB the activity is baseball. As a coach, the activity is coaching. As a keynote speaker, the activity is speaking.  

Classification

Classification for existence – further defines the activity meaning that sometimes we use the container for practice or for play and sometimes we use it for work or for competition. And even for competition, there may be additional attributes that further define the work or competition. In baseball, that means the difference between regular season play and world series competition.

Descriptive Attributes

When I’m coaching a client on negotiation skills, we use role-playing as an activity in the container we create. Then, the client changes the container when she performs the same activity in a work environment or container. If she needs to escalate the negotiation activity inside her organization then the container and the classification for existence may also change as she continues the same activity through to the end.

So the playing field is defined as a container where the defined activity can be held in a safe space for the given classification for existence and where other attributes may be further defined.

I’m pretty happy with that facet of the playbook… once again, I’m always open to feedback and would love to hear your thoughts!

For now, enjoy your adventures and journey responsibly!

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

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