Episode 2: Stop Forcing Progress. Get Curious Instead.

🎧 Woohoo! Episode 2 is live!

When you feel stuck, do you push harder—or get curious?

In this Expert Topic episode of The Accomplishment Project, I’m joined by my friend and business partner Gary Ware (founder of Breakthrough Play and author of Playful Rebellion). We dig into how curiosity helps you overcome obstacles, reframe anxiety and overwhelm, and find momentum in your accomplishment journey.

• Our origin story: the “sliding into” DMs that kicked off a 10-year friendship and collaboration

• Curiosity vs. anxiety: openness, possibilities, and getting the prefrontal cortex back online

• Gary’s health/running story: shifting from all-or-nothing to small experiments

• A team exercise that exposes the multitasking myth and helps leaders delegate

• Simple curiosity prompts you can use today: What else could be true? What am I not seeing yet? What’s surprising me?

• A playful “curious questions” game that reveals insights from Filipino culture to musicals

• The closing reflection: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

▶️ Watch/Listen to Episode 2 here:

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About My Guest:

Gary Ware is a facilitator, keynote speaker, and the founder of Breakthrough Play. He helps teams boost creativity, connection, and collaboration through play and improv. He’s also the author of Playful Rebellion.

Connect with Gary:

• ⁠Breakthrough Play⁠

• ⁠Instagram⁠

• ⁠LinkedIn⁠

• Book: ⁠Playful Rebellion⁠

Bonus: Curious about the workshop that first connected Gary and me? Watch the ⁠webinar version here⁠.

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✨ Reflection Prompt:
How could you bring more curiosity into your work or life this week?

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Thank you for tuning in, and see you in the next episode!

Cheers,
Apryl