1: Today, most games keep score automatically.
“At the bowling alley, computers tally points. Online Scrabble calculates your word scores for you. Video games track your experience points and level you up without any effort on your part,” Jane McGonigal writes in her book SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully.
But when you’re working toward big goals, keeping score yourself can really help you succeed.
For the past two … continue reading
1: Meg was in a bad place.
“I hated my job, and I saw little hope of anything in the future,” she recalls in Jane McGonigal‘s book SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully.
At twenty-six, Meg was living in Boston and working for a large company that didn’t share her values.
“I took the chance to sign up for SuperBetter,” she recalls.
A key element of the SuperBetter … continue reading
1: When it comes to setting big goals, what game designer Jane McGonigal calls “Epic Wins,” why are physical or athletic triumphs so motivating?
“If you search the SuperBetter database for all the epic wins from more than 400,000 players,” Jane writes in her book SuperBetter, four of the ten most commonly appearing verbs are walk, run, exercise, and dance. (Other top epic win verbs include finish, find, and … continue reading
