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Good ones can open up whole paths like a tech tree:Ĭombinations of skills are the most effective. It’s very hard to max out one skill to be the best – in fact, that’s often impossible. Some skills are more valuable than others. And then you need to develop your skills with what you have left. You need to put time into things that ensure a healthy state – like food and sleep – to keep your willpower high. Some tasks mostly affect your state, e.g. Choosing the right tasksĬhoosing the right tasks at the right time is most of the game. Just don’t leave yourself on autopilot, or you’ll never get anything done. Eliminate such distractions.Ī key part of playing the game is balancing your competing priorities with the state of your body. Reduce the need to use willpower by reducing choices. If you’re trying to work on a computer that can access Facebook, you’ll need more willpower because you’re constantly choosing the hard task over the easy one.Attempt the most important tasks first. This makes other tasks more difficult, but makes your top task more likely.Don’t demand too much willpower from one day. Spread your most demanding tasks over multiple days, and mix them in with less demanding ones.

Ensure you take consistently good care of yourself.

Keep your state high. If you’re hungry, exhausted, or utterly deprived of fun, your willpower will collapse.

There are various tricks to keep your behaviour in line: exercise instead of watch TV) require a lot of willpower. When your willpower is low, you are only able to do things you really want to.Įvery decision you have to make costs willpower, and decisions where you have to suppress an appealing option for a less appealing one (e.g. Willpower fades throughout the day, and is replenished slightly by eating, and completely by a good night’s sleep. Your willpower level is especially important. Try studying when you’re exhausted and hungry, and watch your concentration switch to Twitter. If your state gets too low in one area, your body will disobey your own instructions until your needs are met. Everybody has a state, which you can’t see directly, but looks something like this: Many players find that when they choose to do something – say “go to the gym” – their body ignores them completely. This may sound simple, but the problem is you won’t always know what tasks to choose, and your body won’t always obey your commands. Every single thing you do affects your state and your skills:

Now that you’re playing properly, your top priority is to assign your time as well as possible. You will never have so much time and energy again. This is the time to level up your skills quickly. You’ll find most things – like the best jobs, possessions and partners – are locked until you get some. Young adult stageĪs a young player, you’ll have lots of time and energy, but almost no experience. The first 15 years or so of life are just tutorial missions, which suck. Life begins when you’re assigned a random character and circumstances: Later in the game money comes into play, but your top priority should always be mastering where your time goes. Most importantly, successful players put their time into the right things. There are some fun mini-games – like dancing, driving, running, and sex – but the key to winning is simply managing your resources. You might not realise, but real life is a game of strategy. Real life is the game that – literally – everyone is playing. This is your strategy guideĦ82k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter