Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.

It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens.

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

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

There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential harms.