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Jane McGonigal Quote: “There is no problem that doesn’t have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.”

51. “There is no problem that doesn’t have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “We mistakenly think that by putting ourselves first, we’ll finally get what we want. In fact, true happiness comes not from thinking more of ourselves, but rather from thinking less of ourselves – from seeing the truly small role we play in something much bigger, much more important than our individual needs.”

52. “We mistakenly think that by putting ourselves first, we’ll finally get what we want. In fact, true happiness comes not from thinking more of ourselves, but rather from thinking less of ourselves – from seeing the truly small role we play in something much bigger, much more important than our individual needs.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “You need to develop mental habits that allow you to activate the same brain patterns we activate during gameplay.”

53. “You need to develop mental habits that allow you to activate the same brain patterns we activate during gameplay.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Player investment design lead’ is a role that every single collaborative project or crowd initiative should fill in the future. When the game is intrinsically rewarding to play, you don’t have to pay people to participate – with real currency, virtual currency, or any other kind of scarce reward. Participation is its own reward, when the player is properly invested in his or her progress, in exploring the world fully, and in the community’s success.”

54. “Player investment design lead’ is a role that every single collaborative project or crowd initiative should fill in the future. When the game is intrinsically rewarding to play, you don’t have to pay people to participate – with real currency, virtual currency, or any other kind of scarce reward. Participation is its own reward, when the player is properly invested in his or her progress, in exploring the world fully, and in the community’s success.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.”

55. “Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “When you are in a state of flow, you want to stay there: both quitting and winning are equally unsatisfying outcomes.”

56. “When you are in a state of flow, you want to stay there: both quitting and winning are equally unsatisfying outcomes.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Research shows that when we’re under stress or facing a major obstacle, we tend to focus on our weaknesses and what we’re afraid of.”

57. “Research shows that when we’re under stress or facing a major obstacle, we tend to focus on our weaknesses and what we’re afraid of.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we’re capable of. And it’s easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive.”

58. “Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we’re capable of. And it’s easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “An optimistic sense of our own capabilities and an invigorating rush of activity.”

59. “An optimistic sense of our own capabilities and an invigorating rush of activity.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension... With games, learning is the drug.”

60. “Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension... With games, learning is the drug.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Games don’t distract us from our real lives. They fill our real lives: with positive emotions, positive activity, positive experiences, and positive strengths. Games aren’t leading us to the downfall of human civilization. They’re leading us to its reinvention.”

61. “Games don’t distract us from our real lives. They fill our real lives: with positive emotions, positive activity, positive experiences, and positive strengths. Games aren’t leading us to the downfall of human civilization. They’re leading us to its reinvention.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happiness – by working hard at activities that provide their own reward.15.”

62. “No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happiness – by working hard at activities that provide their own reward.15.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “People who know how to make games need to start focusing on the task of making real life better for as many people as possible.”

63. “People who know how to make games need to start focusing on the task of making real life better for as many people as possible.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “I’ve been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I’d run with him.”

64. “I’ve been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I’d run with him.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “We have to make our own happiness – by working hard at activities that provide their own reward.”

65. “We have to make our own happiness – by working hard at activities that provide their own reward.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched.”

66. “A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Or, worse, our real-world work isn’t hard enough. We’re bored out of our minds. We feel completely underutilized. We feel unappreciated. We are wasting our lives.”

67. “Or, worse, our real-world work isn’t hard enough. We’re bored out of our minds. We feel completely underutilized. We feel unappreciated. We are wasting our lives.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Whether it’s money, grades, promotions, popularity, attention, or just plain material things we want, scientists agree: seeking out external rewards is a sure path to sabotaging our own happiness.”

68. “Whether it’s money, grades, promotions, popularity, attention, or just plain material things we want, scientists agree: seeking out external rewards is a sure path to sabotaging our own happiness.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “The research proves what gamers already know: within the limits of our own endurance, we would rather work hard than be entertained. Perhaps that’s why gamers spend less time watching television than anyone else on the planet.”

69. “The research proves what gamers already know: within the limits of our own endurance, we would rather work hard than be entertained. Perhaps that’s why gamers spend less time watching television than anyone else on the planet.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression.”6 When we’re depressed, according to the clinical definition, we suffer from two things: a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.”

70. “The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression.”6 When we’re depressed, according to the clinical definition, we suffer from two things: a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “The researchers worked with more than three thousand young gamers in total, and in all three studies they reached the same conclusion: young people who spend more time playing games in which they’re required to help each other are significantly more likely to help friends, family, neighbors, and even strangers in their real lives.”

71. “The researchers worked with more than three thousand young gamers in total, and in all three studies they reached the same conclusion: young people who spend more time playing games in which they’re required to help each other are significantly more likely to help friends, family, neighbors, and even strangers in their real lives.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous.”

72. “Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “In order to turn a group of strangers into a community, you have to follow two basic steps: first, cultivate a shared interest among strangers, and, second, give them the opportunity and means to interact with each other around that interest.”

73. “In order to turn a group of strangers into a community, you have to follow two basic steps: first, cultivate a shared interest among strangers, and, second, give them the opportunity and means to interact with each other around that interest.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Studies have found that we also think more creatively and set higher, “maximal,” goals for ourselves when we’re in rooms with higher ceilings or outside in a wide-open environment.”

74. “Studies have found that we also think more creatively and set higher, “maximal,” goals for ourselves when we’re in rooms with higher ceilings or outside in a wide-open environment.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Work ethic is not a moral virtue that can be cultivated simply by wanting to be a better person. It’s actually a biochemical condition that can be fostered, purposefully, through activity that increases dopamine levels in the brain.”

75. “Work ethic is not a moral virtue that can be cultivated simply by wanting to be a better person. It’s actually a biochemical condition that can be fostered, purposefully, through activity that increases dopamine levels in the brain.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “Over time, even the tiniest meaningful actions add up, each one bringing you closer to a life that is truer to your dreams and free of regret.”

76. “Over time, even the tiniest meaningful actions add up, each one bringing you closer to a life that is truer to your dreams and free of regret.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “What matters is whether your brain perceives an abundance of time. So give it a try. Give yourself luxurious ten-year deadlines. You might be surprised at how much faster and more happily you do things you’d otherwise put off when you feel time-rich, and therefore more in control of your timeline.”

77. “What matters is whether your brain perceives an abundance of time. So give it a try. Give yourself luxurious ten-year deadlines. You might be surprised at how much faster and more happily you do things you’d otherwise put off when you feel time-rich, and therefore more in control of your timeline.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “A crowd carries the social authority to redefine norms.”

78. “A crowd carries the social authority to redefine norms.”

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Jane McGonigal Quote: “My favorite part of running is the thinking time.”

79. “My favorite part of running is the thinking time.”

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