When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

You can't play the same game every day for years. New games are key.

The real world just doesn’t offer up as easily the carefully designed pleasures, the thrilling challenges, and the powerful social bonding afforded by virtual environments. Reality doesn’t motivate us as effectively. Reality isn’t engineered to maximize our potential. Reality wasn’t designed from the bottom up to make us happy.

Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying and trying now.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

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

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