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.

I didn't accomplish what I set out to do, but I realized I had set out to do the wrong things

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

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.

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

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

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.