Fostering challenge in the work creates a video game atmosphere that will make it feel like play. Maintain a player one mentality of being in control of your own fate. Embrace context changes that place us in new and imaginary environments. Create yourself from the ordinary context regularly.
In the early 1970s, Stanford psychology researcher Dr. Mark Lepper conducted a study with a group of young children that found those who had received a reward for completing a task experienced lower intrinsic motivation to perform that task in the future.
The Passion Paradox: We have a deep desire to chase our passions, but by chasing them, we may actually reduce our passion for them.
Three strategies for escaping the paradox: (1) Keep play as play, (2) Let work be work, and (3) Make work more playful.