7 Life Lessons I Learned Playing Video Games

A person might learn a lot of essential lessons throughout his or her life. Experience is a terrific teacher, and the greatest part is that when the light bulb goes out above your brain and you realise a specific fact about life, you can apply it to a variety of situations. A common example is learning a new skill, although the psychological factors apply to every sport, art, or trade. However, there's really one extremely popular pastime that many people do not believe can help them learn essential things, and that is games.

I can already imagine a few readers smirking or laughing mockingly at the idea that something as simple as playing a game could have major consequences. "Feel free to go on and remain positive," I say to those people. For my fellow gamers out there who've presumably had similar epiphanies, I think you'll appreciate revisiting some of them while nodding and smiling knowingly.

1. Don't put too much faith in random strangers.

We are taught as kids not to speak to strangers and to remain cautious, but as we grow older, we begin to form mutual trust with others and meet a plethora of genuinely nice people. It's easy to be become accustomed to meeting kind people, especially when you live in a place where you feel extremely comfortable and safe. This is when we can relax our guard. Despite knowing all the appropriate recommendations for remaining safe online, the difficulty of remembering a large password appeared far worse than getting my account stolen, which ended up biting me during my World of Warcraft addiction.

Oh, and if a kind stranger offers to enhance your item in exchange for payment, take him up on his offer.

There are many scammers out there who will take advantage of your kindness and trusting nature.

2. You must approach a topic from different perspectives.

A game frequently reaches a point where you become stuck. On more than one occasion, I would spin my wheels in place, becoming increasingly frustrated while I played anything from Super Mario to Max Pain to GTA, and eventually Dark Souls. When confronted with a seemingly impossible obstacle, I learnt to manage my anger and allow myself time to relax over time. I leave the room, make some coffee, and try to come up with other solutions to the issue after allowing my brain to relax for 10-20 minutes. This has proven to be quite effective for both dealing with difficult supervisors and managing with everyday concerns like as budgeting and completing projects on schedule.

3. Hours of agony can be transformed into a magnificent moment of pleasure.

You can get caught in a loop for hours before completing an objective or moving on to another location. I'm at a loss for words to explain the sense of complete ecstasy, that moment of unbridled pleasure when you finally achieve something that seemed unattainable only a few hours before. Video games have reminded me that you have to slog through a lot of difficult effort that may appear dreary and unrewarding in order to feel genuinely proud of what you've accomplished.

4. Failure isn't the end of the world. rather, it provides an opportunity to learn.

To become proficient at a game, you must first become acquainted with its universe and rules, as well as develop the necessary abilities, such as speed, dexterity, resource allocation, and so on. To accomplish this, you must fail numerous times. Sometimes you fail terribly, die, or even have to restart from the beginning with a different character. Once you've adopted the perspective that "failure is only a teaching tool," you'll find yourself applying it to other elements of your life without even realising it. If you approach life as though you were playing a game, you can gain a lot of patience & attention.

5. You can cheat your way through a lot of tough situations or find shortcuts

This may not be polite, but the actuality is that we not exist in a world of rainbows and sunlight. Not everything is balanced. Everything has rules, and once someone learns the underlying system, it's simple to find and exploit numerous defects, bugs, or overpowering goods. There are numerous scenarios in real life that you can see coming a mile away if you understand how they are normally "written," and in most cases, there is an easier approach to overcome hurdles and NPCs that you know are coming.

For example, you are aware that restaurants and nightclubs are fundamentally pay-to-win establishments, so you can toss a wad of cash at the maître d' or a bouncer to gain admission. 

You're aware that a certain item accompanied with an apology improves your "silent treatment" and "cold shoulder" resistance when confronted with your partner by a ten percent. There are multiple small skills you may learn to make daily life a lot easier.

6. Rare treasures can be found in the most unexpected places.

If video games have taught me nothing, it's that you should never leave a stone unturned, a vase undamaged, or a chest unopened, even if it means going back after you've finally gotten around to gaining those last 15 points to your switch skill. Some games will substantially reward you for venturing off the beaten track and doing some exploring. Thinking for yourself and venturing outside of your comfort zone could lead you to untold riches. Just as you can find a rare and highly powerful item in a strange closet down a seemingly small corner in a game, you can find a future career at a random party your friend takes you to or acquire a skill at a random party your buddy drags you to.

You can get a job at a random party which a friend drags you to, or you can create a wonderful relationship with a girl or gentleman who sat opposite to you on a train. You know realize what you might find if you don't get out and explore.

7. Sometimes it's more important to laugh than to win.

Having your mind simply preoccupied with the idea of winning and obsessing about a loss or minor failure is not going to be good for you over the long term. Yeah, I know the "winning mindset" spiel - you have to keep your eyes on the prize and make sacrifices if you want to be the best, yadda, yadda, yadda - but you know what? 

It's not always about being the best or completing a specific set of goals to win - it was about feeling better, having fun, and feeling pleased and content at the end of the day. Games, like life, contain a competitive component. However, being obsessive, rigorous, and narrowly focused on one issue to the detriment of all others This is not the path to head if you desire to be joyful. 

These are some of the ideas I've learned while gaming. Although I am neither the best player in the world, nor have I solved all of life's riddles, I have learnt some valuable lessons from gaming that I have applied to my everyday life.