Collaboration is the secret strategy to avoiding either conquest or capitulation.

“The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda, Hindu monk

Today, a reporter asked me for an explanation of why people like to play games. I told her it was because we’re wired to feel personally affirmed when we find solutions. Our brains are wired to play games …

Collaboration is more highly evolved than competition. We can devolve from collaboration down to competition, but we cannot evolve from competition up to collaboration. If you can’t change the rules, then you can’t change the game. Play creative games.

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