Worldwide, we spend 7 billion hours a week playing video games—300 million minutes a day on Angry Birds alone!—with seemingly nothing to show for it.
These practices can make people more-resourceful problem solvers, more collaborative, and less likely to give up when the going gets tough.
they can make people more resilient
science of resilience
scientific literature about resilience, which draws on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology
There are four aspects to the ability to snap back and go on after a hit—physical, mental, emotional, and social—and each one can be developed with activities that appear to fritter away time.
willpower gets stronger the more we exercise it
such as snapping your fingers exactly 50 times or counting backward from 100 by sevens, is a scientifically backed way to improve focus and determination
mental resilience.
emotional resilience
To be less afraid of failure and more open to using different strategies, try to experience, on average, three positive emotions for every one negative emotion over the course of the day
resilience is about the relationships that help us find resources when we need them.
studies on the effects of gratitude and touch suggest developing habits that connect you to others