This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (Create a Strategy to Elevate Your Career, Community & Life)

by Seth Godin

Here are a few things about games that are generally true: • You don’t have to enjoy the game for it to be a game. • You’re playing a game whether you realize it or not, and seeing the game helps you play it better. • The outcome of a game often has little to do with how much you want to win. • Everyone playing the game sees it differently. • Some games are easy to quit, other games are forever. • Not all players follow the same rules or have the same goals, even when playing the same game. • No game stays the same for long, because playing the game changes the game. • Short-term gains can lead to long-term losses, and vice versa. • Sometimes the best way to win is to help others succeed. • Large games are made of smaller games, all the way down. • Most games are not fair, and some games cannot be won. • The most valuable skills in one game may be useless in another. • Some games become easier as you win, others more difficult. • You don’t always have to play the game you’re offered. • Multiplayer games sometimes conceal themselves as two-player games. • We often spend more time figuring out how to win the game we’re in instead of choosing which game to play in the first place.