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“We’ve made the mistake of trying to copy the methodology of “success” rather than the process behind the methodology.”
― Don Cousins, Experiencing Leadershift: Letting Go of Leadership Heresies

“People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.
Source: The Wisdom of Heschel”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel

“It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.”
― Jane McGonigal, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

“Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension.... With games, learning is the drug.”
― Jane McGonigal, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World