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All good gameplay is hard work. It’s hard work that we enjoy and choose for ourselves. And when we do hard work that we care about, we are priming our minds for happiness.
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We’d be much better off avoiding easy fun and seeking out hard fun, or hard work that we enjoy…
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Compared with games, reality is depressing. Games focus our energy, with relentless optimism, on something we’re good at and enjoy.
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…when we can enjoy our own failure, we can spend more time suspended in a state of urgent optimism – the moment of hope just before our success is real, when we feel inspired to try our hardest and do our best.
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69 |
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Trash-talking, when it’s a playful way to insult your competition, is almost as important to our enjoyment of social network games as the actual core gameplay.
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83 |
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A real team is a group of very different individuals who enjoy working together and who share a commitment to working cohesively to help the organization achieve its common goals and to fulfill its purpose.
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The goal is a seamless experience that’s enjoyable – you want a visitor to think well of your brand and return often to the site. That much is a given.
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Getting quiet, going inward, and being honest about what sparks joy within you – and then taking action to actualize it – is very, very powerful.
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What would you do for free strongly implies what activities you enjoy most and what probably comes pretty easily to you.
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043 |
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Your joy, tribe, and bliss are patiently waiting. They will always be waiting. You just need to act.
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