1: In the summer of 2009, researcher and game designer Jane McGonigal hit her head and got a concussion.

“It didn’t heal properly,” Jane writes in her book SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully, “and after thirty days I still had constant headaches, nausea, and vertigo.”

Reading or writing was only possible for a few minutes at a time. “I had trouble remembering things,” Jane notes. “Most days I … continue reading

In honor of Presidents’ Day next week, I’m going to share several posts on Abraham Lincoln this week.

1: “Because he has become more myth than man, most people are unaware that  Abraham Lincoln battled crippling depression his entire life,” writes  Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph.

“Known at the time as melancholy, his depression was often debilitating and profound—nearly … continue reading