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The First Online Course on Self-Gamification Went Live Today

May 31, 2018Self-Gamificationvica

Dear friends,
Self-Gamification (#SelfGamification) is now officially born. 🙂

There is now an online course with the title:
Motivate Yourself by Turning Your Life into Fun Games
and subtitle:
Practice Self-Gamification, a Unique Self-Help Approach Uniting Anthropology, Kaizen, and Gamification
https://www.udemy.com/motivate-yourself-by-turning-your-life-into-fun-games/learn/v4/overview

A little backstory: 46 days ago, I entered Udemy’s (the largest platform for online courses) challenge to create an online course on a topic I am passionate about within 45 days. This challenge was for new instructors. I picked Self-#Gamification of course. I’ve taught it twice live before and interest in this approach was continually growing on LinkedIn. That is why I decided to enter the challenge and pick the topic. It was the first time in my life that I created a video course, and the learning curve was quite steep. 🙂 Both an exciting and scary process. I practiced all three skill sets the self-gamification unites a lot during the process! 😀

And yesterday, just about two hours before the deadline the course went live on the Udemy’s marketplace.

Huge thanks to all who helped and supported me along the way during this challenge. And to the inventors and masters of those three methods self-gamification unites! Without you, your books and what you do there wouldn’t be this course.

You can check out the description, a promo video, and eleven preview videos (the whole intro section and at least one video in each other section) of the course above (link or picture) and here:
https://www.udemy.com/motivate-yourself-by-turning-your-life-into-fun-games/learn/v4/overview

P.S. Udemy offers it right now and for five more days, for only 10.99USD (that’s 93% off). It’s a great price, and I wanted to share this information with you.

#transformation #anthropology #kaizen #microprogressing #gamification #motivation #mindset

The Story Behind Self-Gamification

March 23, 2018Self-Gamificationvica

I turn my life into games since two years. During these two years, deliberately. Now I realize that I applied game-design principles also before to my life, but unbeknown to me until now. Since the last half a year, I gamify all areas of my life and have immense fun with it.

When I first heard of the word gamification, I was sure I would find someone doing what I do, or at least someone, who was wondering, as I was, whether we could turn all activities including those we think we don’t like doing into fun occupations. But I didn’t.

I also couldn’t find another non-gamer writing about gamification.

Now, as the interest to my method – which brings three established approaches into one strong synergy – grows, I think I should share the story that led me to develop this approach, which I call self-gamification.

This story will be the second chapter of my future book Self-Gamification: Turn Your Life into a Fun Game.

Enjoy: The Story Behind

(Credits: Photograph ©canva.com with the keyword game)

Optimist Writer’s Self-Gamification Newsletter, March 2018

March 20, 2018Self-Gamificationvica

It’s been quite some time since I wrote a blog post on self-gamification, or in other words, on how to turn one’s life into a fun game.

However, many things happened since I wrote on the topic. The book which will have the title Self-Gamification: Turn Your Life into a Fun Game is evolving well, and I am re-writing it right now. You can follow the project and show your support for it on the following Crowdfunding page:

www.inkshares.com/books/self-gamification-turn-your-life-into-a-fun-game

I will also be helping others to increase their motivation and productivity in a light and fun way through gamification of their lives, in a series of bi-weekly workshops in April and May hosted by AOF Nord at their premises in Aalborg, with the following title:Increase Your Motivation and Productivity – by Turning Your Life into a Fun Game. This series of workshops starts on April 9 and finishes on May 21. Each participant will get a signed copy of my very first book on how to gamify projects, 5 Minute Perseverance Game: Play Daily for a Month and Become the Ultimate Procrastination Breaker. You will also be able to interact with me between the workshops if you have questions on how to gamify your projects. Here is the link to this two months or 4-workshop training course: https://nord.aof.dk/kurser/Mennesker+imellem/Personlig+udvikling/4316101/

There is more to come, and I will keep you informed. But if you would like to get regular updates on self-gamification as well as my project game-plans, then join the supporting team on Inkshares. Here s the link to it again: www.inkshares.com/books/self-gamification-turn-your-life-into-a-fun-game.

And if you would like to have a customized training course, a coaching session, or a seminar on self-gamification, approaching project and time management as games, or other related topics for your company or yourself then contact me at vib@optimistwriter.com.

Let’s Talk About BREX: A Feb. 2018 Contribution to Mekon’s Bitesize Business Rules Series

March 2, 2018S1000Dvica

There is hardly an S1000D implementation without BREX today. Check out my past month’s contribution to the Mekon’s BR Bitesize series to find out what BREX is and isn’t. Click on the title of the article “Let’s Talk About BREX” or here to find out more.

Contributing to Mekon’s Bitesize on Business Rules, Jan 2018: brDoc Schema: What is Business Rule Audit (brAudit) about?

February 22, 2018S1000Dvica

Apart from business rules decision points and decisions which are to be taken, you need also to record whether the decision is finalized, or whether there are open actions in their respect. You also have to define the deadlines and the responsibility for those actions.

All that and some other information is recorded in the brAudit element of the new brDoc Schema, defined in Issue 4.2.

In the past month’s contribution to the Mekon’s BR Bitesize series, I addressed this element and the concepts behind it in the article “brDoc Schema: What is Business Rule Audit (brAudit) about?” Click on the title of the article or here to find out more.