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We\'ve been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It\'s so deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases.
We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It's so deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases.
 Jane McGonigal

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Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
The by-product is that they more people you help, the "richer" you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.
 T. Harv Eker
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.
 Jane McGonigal
When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.
 Jane McGonigal
If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.
 Jane McGonigal
A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.
 Jane McGonigal
Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.
 Jane McGonigal