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At the Intersection: Game Your Way to Longer Life

BY Pamela Woldow
March 27, 2014

In our column last month, we discussed legal “Gamification,” that is, approaching certain legal tasks as if they were a competitive game in order to maximize both individual and team engagement and produce superior legal outcomes. This month, we look at “personal gamification” ' how you can create stronger personal motivation and resiliency by drawing on some basic game principles. And oh, yeah, live longer, too.

How's Your QWL and SWB?

It's no secret that many lawyers feel that they are living the Sisyphus myth, constantly pushing the same rock uphill and then having it steamroll them as it rolls back down. They report that overall they're pretty dissatisfied with their lawyerly existence and, largely because of work demands, unhappy with their lives in general. Many lawyers report that they are overworked, overstressed, chronically fatigued, and constantly behind the eight ball. In research jargon, this means that their QWL ' Quality of Work Life ' is subpar and that what scientists call their SWB ' Subjective Well Being (also called happiness) ' is uneven at best.

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