You can do much more with your life, and actually be a happier more fulfilled person, if you switch from focusing on finite games to infinite games.

A finite game is something meant to be won or finished. It could be an actual "game" like chess or soccer, but it's also other bounded activities like getting a good grade in a class, performing in a job, or achieving some goal like making a certain amount of money.

The problem with finite games is that they usually involve competing with people, or your environment, so you see enemies or adversaries or obstacles all around you.

You can't enjoy the activity as much because there's a potential to lose or fail at it.

And even when you succeed, it rarely feels as good or satisfying as you hoped. Most of us immediately pick some next thing to chase after, we never actually appreciate the win.

If you instead focus on playing infinite games, like becoming more educated, or getting better at your work, or even unproductive things like becoming more mindful of enjoying the present moment, you are in a sense never losing. You're no longer seeing the world as competitive.

There are a lot of other benefits too that I talk about in the Nat's Notes episode on the book

And obviously we have to play finite games sometimes, but by viewing them from the lens of small pieces in your greater infinite games, you can actually perform better at them because you're not taking them as seriously. They don't feel as life or death to you.

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