Gamify Your Life: Level Up Your Skills to Boost Earnings
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Chapter 1: The Game of Life
Imagine yourself as a character in a video game.
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Recently, I revisited Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, the sequel to Mount & Blade: Warband, a game I enjoyed during my school years.
This strategy-action RPG captivates me, particularly because it reflects real-life business dynamics.
Set in a medieval era marked by the decline of the Roman Empire, the game's mechanics allow for diverse gameplay styles.
Players can engage as mercenaries for various kingdoms, trade goods for profit, craft and sell weapons, raid for loot, or even govern their own kingdom.
The game features skills that enhance as you progress, similar to leveling up in life.
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Maxing out every skill can take thousands of hours, so it's essential to allocate skill points strategically.
For instance, if you aim to excel as a fighter wielding a two-handed weapon, focus your points on the Two-Handed and Athletics skills.
Conversely, if you prefer to command a large army, enhancing your Tactics, Leadership, and Steward skills would be more beneficial.
By concentrating on specific skills, you can level them up more quickly and unlock valuable perks.
Distributing your points evenly across all skills can make gameplay more challenging and slow your progress.
Time is limited, as you can only equip four weapon slots, and certain weapons, like bows and crossbows, occupy additional slots.
This limits the opportunity to diversify your weapon skills. Why invest in skills that remain unused?
Section 1.1: Aligning Skills with Real Life
You might wonder how these gaming skills translate to real life.
Playing this game illuminated the fact that life operates similarly, albeit with different skill sets.
Instead of combat skills, consider practical skills such as writing, programming, or playing musical instruments.
With numerous skills to develop but limited time, it’s crucial to identify which skills to focus on and shape your life around them.
For example, if you have honed your programming skills over a decade in software engineering, it would be more advantageous to share your insights as an expert rather than spread yourself thin by learning new skills while neglecting your programming expertise.
In essence, you should leverage your strengths.
Subsection 1.1.1: The Value of Expertise
My six years in business have demonstrated that specializing in a few areas can yield significantly higher financial rewards than having a superficial grasp of many topics.