Because it’s fun and the research shows that goal achievement has to be enjoyable.
Remember how exciting it was to play and discover new qualities and abilities, and learn more about others? Why do games work so great?
While playing transformational games, we can live through different life scenarios, situations, and model out many possibilities. A game is like a mirror, it reflects our familiar patterns and choice-making strategies that we can then analyze and change. A game allows us to get away from common perceptions and decision-making patterns.
Have you ever wondered why it’s easier to solve other people’s issues than our own? Because we can see more objectively from the outside than from the inside. A lot of times, it is quite challenging to view a situation as a whole when you are in it, since past experiences, habits, and especially emotions interfere.
What is happening with us is crucial and tends to influence us emotionally. Thus, we are limited to the usual way of looking at things, making it difficult to be objective and see new possibilities. Transformational games can serves as tools to get outside of the boundaries of our usual way of thinking and find solutions that work well with our goals.
In a game, it’s possible to build a model of reality and practice interacting with it without fear that something might go wrong. At the same time, we can view any situation from an outside perspective. Playing makes it kind of make-believe, which means there are no restrictions and limitations! It is possible to imagine a variety of scenarios unfolding, take on different roles, and act as if we can handle everything.
A game takes away the limitations of reality, and we can see much broader, think more freely, and because it’s just a game, emotions lose their impact on our mind. That’s why a game can make the process of finding answers much faster.
So the game format is essentially is a fun form of training/coaching, but there is no preparation needed. All that is asked of players is to have a question or issue they want to address and stay open and curious.
So what can it do for you? What can it help you with?
It can show what kind of situations you keep getting into and how to react differently in those situations.
It can help you figure out what direction to take knowing who you are and what you want.
It can help you find a solution to an old question (how to keep an interest in something, how to raise self-esteem, and much more).
It can help resolve a dilemma or see it from a different angle.
It can help you see the mistakes you keep repeating and how to stop the vicious cycle.
It can help improve relationships/communication.
It can show you how to realize your highest potential.
The goal of the game is to find the answer to your question. Therefore, everything that happens during the game is about you!!!!
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