Aidan's Infinite Play E53 Yu-Kai Chou And Mark Diaz: How To Gamify Your Life In Six Steps
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Mar 27, 2025 Join Yu-Kai Chou, a global leader in gamification and creator of the Octalysis Framework, alongside Mark Diaz, his co-author and gamification expert. They delve into how to transform life into a video game with a six-step process filled with quests and alliances. Discover the balance between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, the importance of emotional intelligence, and how to find joy even in mundane tasks. Their witty discussion about peanut butter adds a sprinkle of humor, reminding us that play and laughter are essential for personal growth!
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Gamify Your Life
- Gamify your life in six steps: choose your game, identify attributes, select your role, enhance skills, build alliances, and take on quests.
- These steps, when aligned, can lead to real-world success, turning 10,000 hours of work into 10,000 hours of play.
Alignment is Key
- Success requires aligning all six steps of the "life as a game" framework. Focusing on individual steps without alignment is less effective.
Yu-kai Chou's Edge
- Yu-kai Chou's "edge strength" is associative thinking, connecting unrelated ideas. This strength, punished in school, is now rewarded in his career.
