Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Gaming Mind (part 4)


Playing a video game requires a number of layers (habits) to be built, in order to progress through the game. Those who don't have the patience to persevere through failure after failure won't experience the heightened skill development that results from this process. But ask any garner: if you keep trying, you will see improvement, and knowing you're getting better is the affirming knowledge that often gives us the perseverance to keep struggling ahead, no matter how slow the progress. Gamers feed off of each little crumb of confidence which eventually grows into a pride and certainty that fighting forward is going to get them to the goal. Musicians do the very same thing, day after day, practicing their instrument to build new layers of habits. And it's no wonder that both gamers and musicians are more likely to evidence resilience and strength even when they fail--they'll just keep trying, again and again, until they reach success.

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