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Jane McGonigal
Game designer and author
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Jane McGonigal is an internationally renowned game designer and author. She is the founder of SuperBetter Labs, a global research and development organization that designs and implements innovative online games and activities that help people build resilience and tackle real-world problems. McGonigal is also the Creative Director at Institute for the Future, a nonprofit that works to help create a better tomorrow. McGonigalʼs creative and innovative approach has led to numerous acclaimed titles such as SuperBetter, Evoke, and Superstruct, as well as numerous books, including Reality is Broken, The Brave New World of Gaming and her most recent work, SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully. Her work has been honored with honors such as a nomination for SXSW Best Social Impact Game, a Webby Award, the Peggy Healy Award, the World Technology Award and the Ursula M. Franklin Award. McGonigalʼs vision is that games can empower us to tackle issues like climate change, poverty, and inequality. Her mission is to use advanced technology to a create new tools, tactics and tips to help people achieve their goals and make the world a better place. Throughout her career, she has championed the idea that games should be used for social good. To further this mission, McGonigal also runs many public events, writes for publications such as TED, TEDx, and Foreign Policy, and founded The Institute for Epic Achievement, which promotes gameful living. In short, feeling games can be used to playfully overcome personal and social issues. Jane McGonigal is a pioneer and innovator in this field and has brought together inspiring insights and mesmerizing experiences to create inspiring games and activities that have made a tangible and measurable difference in peopleʼs lives.
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SuperBetter
September 15, 2015
SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal is the groundbreaking guide to achieving optimal mental health, resilience, and overall well-being. The book introduces readers to the science and practice of “gamifying”...
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war―events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ...
Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal is a powerful book that provides a perspective on how gaming can be a positive force in life. The author...
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Tim Ferris Show Guest
Thinkers 50
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war―events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ...
Jane McGonigal is unusually adept at anticipating events that most of us can’t even fathom. In this eye-opening, actionable book, she teaches you how to widen your peripheral vision, extend your imagination farther into the future, and conceive of the inconceivable.
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Tim Ferris Show Guest
Thinkers 50
SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal is the groundbreaking guide to achieving optimal mental health, resilience, and overall well-being. The book introduces readers to the science and practice of “gamifying”...
At the heart of SuperBetter is a simple and potentially transformative idea: We can use the same psychological strengths we display when we play games to confront real-life challenges, whether it's illness, injury, or just changing our habits for the better. Grounded in research and informed by McGonigal’s own sometimes harrowing experiences, this book will make you stop and think, then get you to act.
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war―events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ...
Reading this book is like sitting down with a creative, optimistic friend―and getting up as a new version of yourself. Jane McGonigal has long been a visionary. Now she teaches the rest of us how to be one too.
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SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal is the groundbreaking guide to achieving optimal mental health, resilience, and overall well-being. The book introduces readers to the science and practice of “gamifying”...
SuperBetter delivers mind-boggling, science-supported, health-promoting knowledge and practical steps to bring more well-being into your life in a fun and engaging way, even if you are facing epic challenges like anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury, or medical illness. Visionary innovator and researcher Jane McGonigal provides the proof and the practices that reveal how living a ‘gameful’ life can help you get personally stronger, closer to others, clearer in your mind, braver in your actions, and a greater hero in your own unfolding life story. SuperBetter is a playful, hands-on manual immersing you directly in challenges and adventures of creative gaming to develop more flexibility and resilience as you transform your life.
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Future Shock is a non-fiction book written by Alvin Toffler that was published in 1970. This book is a thought-provoking look at how the social and technological changes of the Industrial Revolution a...
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SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal is the groundbreaking guide to achieving optimal mental health, resilience, and overall well-being. The book introduces readers to the science and practice of “gamifying”...
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Suffering Is Optional: Three Keys to Freedom and Joy by Cheri Huber is a book of great value for anyone who has ever felt stuck in patterns of self-sabotage or suffering. The book explores the simple ...
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