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How to win the "Game of Life"

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 Life Skills from Video Games for Career Success Videogames have been my go-to form of entertainment since childhood and remain to be so. As a kid, my passion for gaming was astonishing, now that I look back at it! Upon self-reflection, I have realised that a lot of thinking patterns that I had as a kid playing video games can be used at present as an adult for personal growth. Life lessons learned from video gaming that can be vital for career success: 1. You can always try again: Activity: I remember having played certain game levels over and over again until I completed the objective. It is astounding and admirable to have that attitude of trying as many times as it takes to do it. Whatever it takes! Thought pattern:  In my mind, I knew the game was designed to be won. I was somehow convinced that I'm not trying hard or smart enough and that's the reason I was not achieving the objective. It was done before so I can do it too! I internalised the reason for not being able to

The Art of Decision Making

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 How to make tough choices easier An average human being makes 35,000 decisions in a day consciously. This could be something as simple as what you are wearing, what route you take to work, or something seemingly important like the strategy you implement to tackle business problems at work. How do we make better decisions? Why is decision making tough for most people? Some people can't decide if their life depended on it! I'm no exemption to this but I have never been very indecisive in life. I take a lot of time to think and process things before deciding because I realize making quick decisions is a recipe for disaster. Haste makes waste is very true in this context. The first step to solving any problem is defining the root cause and thoroughly understanding the problem. What are some of the factors that make the decision-making process difficult? Similar Scenarios: Decision-making becomes tough when the choices are not obvious. When one thing is not evidently or clearly be