Quotes from Jane McGonigal

Positive health means becoming whole-heartedly engaged with our own health care. It means not outsourcing our health to the health care system. It means getting rid of the fear and paralysis we too often feel, and instead cultivating a sense of agency.

My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing.

Games are such a powerful intervention in health and wellness.

A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.

My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation.

We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.

In entertainment, we have a comfort level with crisis.

Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.

'SuperBetter' is fundamentally about a mind shift. It's about claiming your power to be in charge of how you spend your time and energy, and focusing it on the things that matter the most to you. Focusing on things that will bring real happiness, real well-being.

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It's so deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases.

I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.

There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew.

Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.