Work Life Play by Design with Aaron McHugh

Aaron McHugh is a writer, podcaster, adventurer, and author of the best-selling book, Fire Your Boss: Discover Work You Love Without Quitting Your Job. He is mastering the art of living a sustainable work-life balance that constantly interweaves rhythms of play and adventure. That includes road trips in their 1974 VW Bus, aka The Joy Bus, catapulting them into many father-daughter adventures together. Aaron works as an Affiliate Advisor to Aberkyn, a division of McKinsey & Co as a facilitator of transformation and executive coach. Aaron loves ideas. He loves to dream up new adventures. He is a Starbucks French press coffee snob and is at his best if he gets out for his daily run. He works for a global change leadership consulting company alongside Work Life Play. He and his wife Leith live in Colorado Springs, CO. They are celebrating twenty-five years of marriage in December. Their marriage has survived the death of their twelve-year-old daughter Hadley in 2011. Their twenty-two-year-old son Holden lives in Costa Mesa and is thriving in recovery three years clean and sober. Their youngest daughter lives at home still. In 2015 they rebooted their lives, sold their house and all of their belongings to reboot their life and start their life over again. It hasn’t been easy, but they would do it again. They love traveling, drinking box wine and spending time with their creative, hilarious and courageous kids. In Work, he’s covered the spectrum from ringing in the Opening Day trading bell at the London Stock Exchange to humble beginnings of selling office supplies door-to-door. In Play, he’s an adventurer. He’s an Ironman triathlete, mountaineer, and is learning to surf. He recently accomplished a Life List dream of mountain biking the entire Colorado Trail from Durango to Denver. Inside This Episode Moving From Fear to Freedom Optimize Your Life By Adding Play Stop Keeping Score If You Really Want to Win Creating Flow through Play Getting Back Into Alignment The Power of Developing Craftsmanship When Is It OK to be a “B” Player? Where is the Responsibility for Performance & Engagement? Finding Your Spiritual Foundation Goals, Purpose, and Meaning How to Be a ‘Heretic’ By Questioning Constraints Flipping Hardship Upside-Down Links: Aaron’s website: https://www.aaronmchugh.com/ Aaron’s Email: am@aaronmchugh.com Aaron’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aarondmchugh/ Aaron’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondmchugh Aaron’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worklifeplay Aaron’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronmchugh/