1: When Phillip Jeffrey was 25 years old, he was diagnosed with a rare, incurable blood cancer. For the next six years, he underwent many rounds of chemotherapy.
Then, he had a stroke in the area of his brain responsible for vision.
“Losing vision is traumatic for anyone, but it was especially so for Phillip, whose greatest passion in life is photography,” Jane McGonigal writes in her book SuperBetter: The … continue reading
1: Why do you procrastinate? What can you do to procrastinate less?
Those were the questions a group of psychologists at DePaul University and Case Western University set out to answer.
So they set up an experiment. Half of the participants were invited to “take a math test.” The other half were invited to “play a math game.”
“In reality, the test and the game were the exact same activity,” … continue reading
1: Do you want to unlock untapped sources of motivation, energy, and willpower?
The answer is actually quite simple.
You start by identifying your values.
Then you take actions aligned with those values.
“Research shows that when action is guided by values, it’s vastly easier to accomplish feats that would seem impossible otherwise,” Jane McGonigal writes in her book SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully.
This holds true, Jane … continue reading
1: In July of 2009, game designer and PhD Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion.
“There is no known effective therapy or treatment for post-concussion syndrome,” Jane writes in her book SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully.
She was on total cognitive rest. “I literally had nothing to do. ‘Rest and wait’ is the only prescription,” she recalls. “Which meant I couldn’t do anything that stimulated my brain: No … continue reading
1: What if you could feel better anytime, anyplace, no matter what?
And not only that, but you could also live ten years longer.
Sounds good, right?
How do you do this? The answer is found in an unexpected place, Jane McGonigal writes in her book SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully.
Chances are, if you are a gamer, you know about power-ups.
“They’re the bonus items that … continue reading
