SuperBetter
The Power of Living Gamefully
Jane McGonigal
- An
- innovative
- guide
- to
- living
- gamefully,
- based
- on
- the
- program
- that
- has
- already
- helped
- nearly
- half
- a
- million
- people
- achieve
- remarkable
- personal
- growthIn
- 2009,
- internationally
- renowned
- game
- designer
- Jane
- McGonigal
- suffered
- a
- severe
- concussion.
- Unable
- to
- think
- clearly
- or
- work
- or
- even
- get
- out
- of
- bed,
- she
- became
- anxious
- and
- depressed,
- even
- suicidal.
- But
- rather
- than
- let
- herself
- sink
- further,
- she
- decided
- to
- get
- better
- by
- doing
- what
- she
- does
- best:
- she
- turned
- her
- recovery
- process
- into
- a
- resilience-building
- game.
- What
- started
- as
- a
- simple
- motivational
- exercise
- quickly
- became
- a
- set
- of
- rules
- for
- “post-traumatic
- growth”
- that
- she
- shared
- on
- her
- blog.
- These
- rules
- led
- to
- a
- digital
- game
- and
- a
- major
- research
- study
- with
- the
- National
- Institutes
- of
- Health.
- Today
- nearly
- half
- a
- million
- people
- have
- played
- SuperBetter
- to
- get
- stronger,
- happier,
- and
- healthier.But
- the
- life-changing
- ideas
- behind
- SuperBetterare
- much
- bigger
- than
- just
- one
- game.
- In
- this
- book,
- McGonigal
- reveals
- a
- decade’s
- worth
- of
- scientific
- research
- into
- the
- ways
- all
- games—including
- videogames,
- sports,
- and
- puzzles—change
- how
- we
- respond
- to
- stress,
- challenge,
- and
- pain.
- She
- explains
- how
- we
- can
- cultivate
- new
- powers
- of
- recovery
- and
- resilience
- in
- everyday
- life
- simply
- by
- adopting
- a
- more
- “gameful”
- mind-set.
- Being
- gameful
- means
- bringing
- the
- same
- psychological
- strengths
- we
- naturally
- display
- when
- we
- play
- games—such
- as
- optimism,
- creativity,
- courage,
- and
- determination—to
- real-world
- goals.Drawing
- on
- hundreds
- of
- studies,
- McGonigal
- shows
- that
- getting
- superbetter
- is
- as
- simple
- as
- tapping
- into
- the
- three
- core
- psychological
- strengths
- that
- games
- help
- you
- build:•
- Your
- ability
- to
- control
- your
- attention,
- and
- therefore
- your
- thoughts
- and
- feelings
•
- Your
- power
- to
- turn
- anyone
- into
- a
- potential
- ally,
- and
- to
- strengthen
- your
- existing
- relationships
•
- Your
- natural
- capacity
- to
- motivate
- yourself
- and
- super-charge
- your
- heroic
- qualities,
- like
- willpower,
- compassion,
- and
- determinationSuperBetter
- contains
- nearly
- 100
- playful
- challenges
- anyone
- can
- undertake
- in
- order
- to
- build
- these
- gameful
- strengths.
- It
- includes
- stories
- and
- data
- from
- people
- who
- have
- used
- the
- SuperBetter
- method
- to
- get
- stronger
- in
- the
- face
- of
- illness,
- injury,
- and
- other
- major
- setbacks,
- as
- well
- as
- to
- achieve
- goals
- like
- losing
- weight,
- running
- a
- marathon,
- and
- finding
- a
- new
- job.As
- inspiring
- as
- it
- is
- down
- to
- earth,
- and
- grounded
- in
- rigorous
- research,
- SuperBetter
- is
- a
- proven
- game
- plan
- for
- a
- better
- life.
- You’ll
- never
- say
- that
- something
- is
- “just
- a
- game” again.
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