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Mastering The Game: What Video Games Can Teach Us About Success In Life

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Can video games be used to teach personal and business success lessons?

Mastering The Game: What Video Games Can Teach Us About Success In Life takes a look at how the same habits and principles that lead to success when playing video games can be applied to personal and business success.

Principles are ideas that are truly timeless, and remain true independent of context, culture or time period. So what are the principles embedded in the most popular video games? Surprisingly, the list strongly resembles the most in demand traits for the workplace.

  • Adaptability & Managing Change
  • Personal Accountability
  • Innovation
  • Communication & Listening
  • Teambuilding & Collaboration
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Persistence & Grit

Mastering The Game provides analogies, examples, and lessons for connecting the dots between how gamers play and how successful professionals work. Are you ready to take your career to the next level?

This book includes classic leadership lessons from the likes of Ken Blanchard, Daniel Pink, John Kotter, Malcolm Gladwell, Marcus Buckingham, Tom Rath, Stephen Covey, Seth Godin, Brian Tracy, Patrick Lencioni, John Acuff, and exclusive quotes from experts like: Simon Sinek, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, David Allen, Dr. James Rosser and David Hayter.

Gamers and business leaders alike will want to read and apply the lessons found in Mastering The Game.

Reviews

“This book is a great guide for those who are master gamers at home and wish to be as influential and competent at work. At the same time, hiring managers and organizational leaders will find keen insight on the workforce of today and tomorrow!”

– Marshall Goldsmith author of the New York Times and global bestseller What Got You Here Won’t Get You There & Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be

“Jon has put into words what gamers have been telling their parents for years: videogames are good for you.”

– Chris Hatala, Final Boss, Games Done Legit entertainment

“Jon has done what few (if any) before him have done: he has validated gaming by not trying to validate gaming, but by pushing past that and answering the “what now?” question. That is to say: “most everybody games, now what can we learn while gaming?”

– Kenny Newville, Geeks With Wives

About the Author

Jon D. Harrison, MBA/HRM, ODCC is a Certified Organizational Development Consultant, author, speaker, blogger, and podcaster.

His unique approach to teaching business, leadership, and life lessons with video game analogy and metaphor has appeared on FastCompany, Entrepreneur, Lifehacker, The Good Men Project, Monster, The NY Daily News, The Palm Beach Post, NG4, IGN, The Computer Games Journal, and more.

His skills range from individual coaching to speaking to large audiences of several hundred. Jon’s personal Focus is helping others succeed through leveraging and teaching problem solving approaches. He enjoys communicating and translating ideas to help others live a more effective life