If you are a gamer, it’s time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games. You have not been wasting your time. You have been building up a wealth of virtual experience that, as the first half of this book will show you, can teach you about your true self: what your core strengths are, what really motivates you, and what make you happiest.

I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.

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.

When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them.

Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.

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

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'