What when you might strategy your life and work with the identical power and dedication you are feeling when enjoying your favourite recreation? In a latest episode of the Magic Academy podcast, gamification pioneer Yu-kai Chou shared how his Octalysis framework will help us unlock highly effective motivation, construct higher groups, and revel in each step of our journey, irrespective of the obstacles we face.
From gamer to life recreation designer
Yu-kai Chou’s journey started when he realized: after numerous hours leveling up in video video games, he was nonetheless the identical individual in actual life. Decided to strengthen his character in actual life, he started to deal with life itself as a recreation. This led to the creation of the Octalysis framework, a system that divides all human motivation into eight core drives.
Octalysis’ Eight Core Motivation Drives
Chou’s Octalysis framework identifies eight core drivers that drive each motion we take:
These urges are additional categorised as “white hat” (optimistic, empowering, however not pressing) and “black hat” (pressing, typically addictive, however could make us really feel uncontrolled). Some are extrinsic (targeted on rewards or outcomes), whereas others are intrinsic (pushed by the pleasure of the exercise itself).
Management, groups and the sport of life
Chou believes the Octalysis framework is not only for video games: it is a blueprint for efficient management and private progress. Nice leaders steadiness three pillars: imaginative and prescient (the place you’re going), execution (making progress), and empathy (understanding and caring on your crew). Relying on which pillars you excel in, you could be a dreamer, a hustler, a supporter, or, when you grasp all three, an “OP” chief.
The important thing? Use your strengths to compensate for weaknesses. For instance, Chou admits that he lacks pure self-discipline, however by gamifying his duties and making them enjoyable, he would not want self-discipline: he wants motivation to cease! Obstacles turn into alternatives to get greater scores, identical to in a recreation.
Gamify your individual life: the six-step course of
Chou’s new e-book, 10,000 hours of playSet up a six-step course of to show your life right into a recreation:
- Select your recreation: Outline your life’s mission.
- Know your attributes: Establish your abilities and strengths.
- Discover your position: Align your position together with your attributes.
- Enhance your expertise: Degree up via studying and follow.
- Construct alliances: Discover allies with complementary expertise.
- Full missions: Set and pursue vital challenges1.
In the event you spend 10,000 hours enjoying this “recreation,” Chou maintains, you’ll not solely achieve success, however you can be joyful and passionate day by day.
Expertise, abundance and the longer term
Trying forward, Chou imagines a future the place synthetic intelligence and expertise create abundance, liberating individuals to pursue intrinsic motivations and passions. On this world, worth will come from authenticity and historical past: what makes one thing distinctive and significant, not simply its usefulness. Applied sciences like blockchain will help protect shortage and authenticity in a world of digital abundance.
The magic of connecting the unrelated
Chou’s “magic” lies in connecting concepts from totally different worlds (video games, enterprise, psychology) to create new frameworks that assist individuals thrive. It encourages us all to undertake a playful mindset: deal with obstacles as challenges, see setbacks as alternatives to stage up, and do not forget that the journey itself is the true reward.
“You do not want self-discipline to play your favourite recreation; you want self-discipline to cease. Make your life as enjoyable as your favourite recreation and you may by no means wish to stop.” —Yu-kai Chou
Able to play?
Whether or not you are main a crew, constructing a enterprise, or just looking for extra pleasure in on a regular basis life, the Octalysis framework gives a robust set of instruments. Begin seeing your life as a recreation, one with epic that means, inventive decisions, and allies at your facet. The one technique to lose is to not play.
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