<p>He did that, and eventually got a job with Toys R Us in the Labor Planning Department where he was almost immediately disillusioned. “There was no play, no fun, no high fives, and no kids,” says Jeff.</p><p>Soon after, in late 2001, he decided to quit the business and move across the country to Oakland, California. While there, he found a job posting on Craigslist for a STEM education company called <u><a href=”https://www.play-well.org/” target=”_blank”>Play-Well</a></u>, which uses LEGOs to teach kids about engineering. Even though they only had 7 employees and only paid $150 a week, he thought it sounded promising and applied.</p><p class=”shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image”>
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<small class=”image-media media-photo-credit” placeholder=”Add Photo Credit…”>Courtesy of Jeff Harry</small></p><p>Over the next 16 years, Jeff helped grow the company to over 400 employees. By “embracing a play-oriented mindset, we said yes to everything even if we didn’t know if we would be able to figure it out,” says Jeff. “We were constantly doing experiments, open to failure, not fixated on certain results.” Through this method, they became the largest LEGO-inspired STEM organization in the United States.<br></p><p>Since they were teaching lots of kids whose parents worked in Silicon Valley, they were eventually asked to run team-building workshops with some of the top tech companies in the business. They did this for nine years and excelled at it, but eventually, Jeff began to feel like the importance of play was getting lost. In response, he created a consulting business called <u><a href=”https://www.rediscoveryourplay.com/” target=”_blank”>Rediscover Your Play,</a></u> which uses positive psychology and play to help reinvigorate employees and help companies tackle workplaces challenges.</p><p>Now, he finally feels like he’s found his purpose because he’s living, and sharing, his passion for play every day.</p><p>Your life and career path don’t have to look like anyone else’s, in fact, it’s usually better when they don’t. If you follow your gut and buy some goats or apply to an unorthodox job posting on Craigslist, you might just open a door to one spectacular future.</p><p>So, this New Year…Quit your job. Open a cat cafe. Live your best life.</p><p><strong><a href=”https://www.fox.com/call-me-kat/” target=”_blank”>Call Me Kat</a> premieres on FOX Sunday, January 3rd after NFL and continues on Thursdays beginning January 7th at 9/8c. Starring Mayim Bialik, the show is about a 39-year-old woman who quit her successful, yet unfulfilling, job to pursue her dreams to open a cat café. Kat couldn’t be any happier with her new life… despite her mother pushing Kat to get married already!</strong></p>
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