Hubert Krause · Positive psychology
Intentional Fun
How to give new meaning to life with joy
A light book about serious things, and serious about lightness. Joy is not just something that happens. It is something you practice.
We have never had so many stimuli,
and it has never been so hard to sustain presence.
We learned to function tired, to laugh without feeling,
to rest without disconnecting.
Without noticing, we outsourced our joy.
What if joy were not only a consequence of circumstances? What if it could be cultivated as a skill?
The method
Intentional Fun is not entertainment, escape or anesthesia. It is a method of emotional reorganization, built on three movements.
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I
Build the foundation
Raise the inner architecture of joy: understand its causes before looking for it outside.
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II
Recognize the motivations
Identify what truly activates presence: novelty, nostalgia, connection, and the catalysts of fun.
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III
Turn it into a habit
Make joy a conscious practice, something that sustains itself in daily life rather than being awaited from it.
“Fun is not entertainment.
It is emotional regulation.”
Inside the book
Five parts that lead from the cause of joy to self-knowledge.
- Part 1 Foundations of Intentional Fun The causes of joy · the power of intention · the inner architecture of joy
- Part 2 Playful Motivations Novelty, Surprise, Challenge, Controlled Risk, Fantasy, Imitation and Nostalgia
- Part 3 Catalysts of Fun Good humor, Laughter, Music, Sensory Exploration, Social Connection, Personalization and Combining Motivations
- Part 4 Turning fun into a habit From an isolated intention to a practice that sustains itself
- Part 5 A path to self-knowledge Joy as a mirror of who you are
What readers felt
Words from readers and from those who followed the book closely.
The book is extremely strong. It will stir up the academic world, the kind that makes people think: “How had I not thought of this before?” Hubert Krause is proposing a real revolution in the way we understand playfulness.
In a scenario where high performance is still confused with constant pressure, this book brings a powerful reversal: emotional state is not a consequence of work, it is part of the strategy. Essential reading for anyone who wants to build environments that truly sustain results.
After years creating experiences for millions of children with Turma da Pakaraka, I can say: fun does not happen by chance, it is created with intention. This book shows exactly how to do that. A must-read for anyone who works with experiences and wants to delight, build loyalty and grow.
When learning meets fun in an intentional way, transformative experiences emerge, and this book is a guide for that construction.
We cannot be mere consumers of culture. It is urgent that we also become capable of sketching our own reflections from the texts we read. Hubert set out to do just that, and the result is here: the fun he calls intentional. Playfulness is something life can offer us, but it is also something that can be sought.
This is not a book about waiting for life to get better. It is a book about learning to live better inside the life that is already happening. In a world where we are constantly busy, accelerated and often disconnected from our own experience, the proposal of Intentional Fun is almost a rescue.
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Bring it into your life
Experiences and materials to practice Intentional Fun every day.
“You are not here to
learn to have more fun.
You are here to learn to live with more presence.”
Available in digital format · 2026
Printed version · August 2026 · Reserve yours!
Start practicing joy
Bring Intentional Fun into your daily life and stop crossing your own life as a spectator.
ISBN 978-65-02-08286-7