Real Life Game Skill (Warlock): The Lich Pact — How I Slept 3.5 Hours a Day for 2 Years and What It Cost Me
In 2011, my CTO Stephen Johnson had been stuck on a database architecture problem all day. The rest…
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Lifestyle Gamification
Articles on Lifestyle Gamification — from Yu-kai Chou, creator of the Octalysis Framework.
Your Waist Knows More Than MyFitnessPal: What 7,853 Americans’ Health Data Actually Shows
I spent $1,500 on AI tools to analyze health data from 159 countries and 6,000 Americans. Sugar doesn't…
Transform Your To-Do List into a Task Management Game with Octalysis
Turn a plain to-do list into a task game using Octalysis, with practical ways to apply the 8…
Leveling Up Your Productivity: The Gamification Revolution
Learn how productivity gamification works, when visible mechanics help, and how Octalysis turns motivation into better routines and…
How to Be Influential (5 Tips)
5 Tips on How to be influential Not everyone wants to Gamify their lives, but almost everyone wants…
How to Master Almost Anything (with a Few Principles)
Almost everyone I meet who says they want to master something has been grinding hours into the wrong…
The Lazy Man’s Way to Become Successful: Start Early
There’s always going to be people smarter than you and people dumber than you Everyone wants to be…
How to Become Irreplaceable in Your Company (The 2×2 Corporate Matrix)
Your boss doesn’t fire the person who makes them feel safe about the company’s future. They fire the…
Now is the Time to Upgrade Yourself for the New Economy
Author Credibility: Yu-kai Chou Yu-kai Chou created the Octalysis Framework after studying gamification since 2003 — years before…