Playing with Potential

The question, as posed by Ben:
If you could own any word, any word in the world, what would it be?

My answer:
Potentially.

I utter the word “potentially” at least three times a day. I like the way it sounds; I like that it can be applied to any and every task or opportunity.
And I love how it applies to my first week here at Play:

If Kara and Chris keep showering me with pumpkin bread, sushi, milkshakes, and chocolate chip cookies, will I get fat? Potentially.

Do Byron’s dogs resemble aliens? Potentially. (But we love them anyway.)

Will Valeria, Brian and I serve as the most amazing and memorable interns Play has ever experienced? Potentially.

The point: Everything has potential. It’s identifying that potential and striving to meet and surpass it that makes life exciting.

After just five days in the office, or as I’ve dubbed it in conversation, “the playhouse,” I feel differently than I’ve ever felt before. It’s as if I could physically reach up and catch bubbles of ideas floating everywhere around me.
The rich energy, encouraging atmosphere, and talented and unique thinkers that surround me have already begun to demonstrate the potential of the next two months. I am so excited to get moving on our projects and to continue learning how to think in new ways – finding inspiration all around me. Passion in action. Interested and interesting. Slightly disruptive.

Thanks for an inspiring and unforgettable first week.

Let the games begin,
Ashby