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How can we be confident about making plans? How might we feel secure despite the future being unknown? How do we learn to feel at peace with the unexpected? When we think about the future it can be difficult to feel that we have any control. We aren't confident that we can take actions and make decisions that help determine what happens next. We want to feel prepared, hopeful and equipped, and to face the future with optimism. Or, better yet, change the future. But how do we map out our lives when it feels impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year? Jane McGonigal, a renowned future forecaster, reveals that 'unimaginable' events aren't unimaginable before they happen. It is possible to see them coming and it's a mindset that can be learned by engaging with tools, games and ideas that will allow you to dive into the future before you live it. By learning to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable you can better plan for a future you'd like to see. And by seeing what's coming faster, you can adapt to new challenges, reduce anxiety, and build hope and resilience.

An "innovative guide to living gamefully, based on the program that has already helped nearly half a million people achieve remarkable personal growth...McGonigal reveals a decade's worth of scientific research into the ways all games -- including video games, 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..." -- Book jacket

A renowned game designer describes how she recovered from a debilitating concussion by turning her therapeutic process into a digital game that became the subject of a major NIH research study.

According to world-renowned game designer Jane McGonigal the answer is simple: videogames are fulfilling genuine human needs. shows how game designers have hit on core truths about what makes us happy, and use these discoveries to astonishing effect in virtual environments. But why, McGonigal asks, should we use the power of games for escapist entertainment alone? In this groundbreaking exploration of the power and future of gaming, she reveals how we can in fact start improving our own lives, our communities and our businesses one game at a time. Written for gamers and non-gamers alike, sends a clear and provocative message: the future will belong to those who can understand, design and play games. Book jacket.