#101 Jane McGonigal: The Psychology of Gaming

Any game that you love. I don't care if it's League of Legends, it's Fortnite, it's Candy Crush, whatever Whatever you feel drawn to We know that there is a transferable benefit. The confidence that you can build in I can learn anything. I can teach myself, I can get better, I can develop new skills, even if I'm terrible at this the first time I tried it. Any game. that's designed to be challenging is going to give you that benefit.

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