Abstract: 1. Physical resilience: Move a bit every hour instead of sitting still, for example stand up and take 3 steps or lift your arms up for 5 seconds (increases physical health). 2. Mental resilience: Snap fingers with both hands for exactly 50 times or count from 100 to 0 with decrements of 7 (yes you stop at 2 or -5) (increases willpower and other things). 3. Emotional resilience: Watch in or out the window or look at a picture of your favourite baby animal (Feel love. I take it you have to try and look at people when you are watching in or out of your window). Try to think of, or experience 3 good things for every 1 bad thing as often as bad things occur. 4. Social Resilience: Shake hands with someone for 6 seconds or send a message to someone saying "thank you" (boost your oxytocin by touching people or showing gratitude). Repeat often (didn't say clearly how often but for the rest of your life) and live 10 years longer than is the average age of people.

@berbudy

9 жыл бұрын

Jaakko Paukku thank you

@mindbreaker194

8 жыл бұрын

berbudy +1 social resilience!

@JonathanDavisKookaburra

6 жыл бұрын

there must be other techniques too. i'd love to read the studies she refers to in the talk, whatever they are.

@idoneakw9996

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@melodyg444

4 жыл бұрын

Jaakko Paukku thank you

I've never seen a TED audience so engaged and active in the presentation! Love Jane's presentation and I can't wait to play SuperBetter!

@georgegray2712

7 жыл бұрын

josh mack You're right! Fully engaged and having fun!

@Solutions3000

2 жыл бұрын

Five years later, have you played SuperBetter?

@thetradingtee

7 ай бұрын

two years late have you?@@Solutions3000

I will NEVER regret my time playing video games. That time is when I met the greatest people in my life. My best friend, my lover, etc. Of course, I regret the choices I made because of video games... But a minute wasting your real life playing video games is a minute living your life in the virtual world. Games have taught me many social skills (How to make creative comebacks) and that sometimes, the best people you will never meet, you will find in these games. The best and worst parts have been brought out of me while I play games. Protection of the screen. It's made me more sociable than in real life, I'm more willing to stand up for myself. This TED talk was probably one of the best I've ever watched.

I came into this talk expecting to kill 20 minutes; and was blown away instead. Well deserved standing ovation. Mind blown.

This is perhaps the best Ted talk ever. I am so much happier already. Time to make some life adjustments! =D

@MaafaxKelen

8 жыл бұрын

+SockPuppet89 This video was your traumatic experience ? XD

@lalanet1362

7 жыл бұрын

So any updates? still jerking every day ..?

Great talk. I just sent this to a friend of mine who has a kidney disease. Spread the love :)

@Davey_Maick

3 жыл бұрын

is he alive now?

My friend sent me this a few days after I got a concussion and was telling him how frustrated I will feeling not being able to do the things I enjoy. I forced myself to do them and probably hindered my healing but I am so thankful he sent this to me so I can get on the right track. Thank you so much!

Thank you for this. So super grateful that you: a) didn't give up on your illness, b) put in the hard work to get through it, and c) had the love and generosity to share your findings with the world.

Fantastic talk. I did what she said so I guess I can play 7 extra minutes of Minecraft before bed.

"I'm a gamer..." *Likes video*

I should be at about max on my emotional resilience stat! I'm always looking out windows!

I was watching this while doing a repetitive task at work, and found myself doing all of her little quests. I was in a really blah space after doing this task for hours, and I already feel better! I'm excited to try out her game for real :D

That was one of the best talks I've watched in a while. It's amazing how the body and mind are interconnected. Exercise, socialise, stimulate your intellect and most importantly be happy! We all need to remember.

Brought me to tears a couple of times.. On a personal level one of the most profound TED talks I have seen. Beautiful.

Awesome presentation, although I can't help to stare at her boots for the first few minutes lol. The crowd was cool too, playful and fun to interact with. Jane, you just made my day, and hopefully you would make me have 3650 more! Thanks!

came here from The NationalDex, and I loved the talk, who's with me?

Her book 'SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient--Powered by the Science of Games' was just released yesterday!

This was truly the most inspiring Ted Talk I've ever watched/listened to. I enjoy Ted Talks just for new perspective on things and to somewhat expand my mind, but this one truly overshadowed every other talk in my opinion. This talk really felt different and really special compared to the rest. Jane really does have a true passion for what she's sharing with us, and I have the utmost respect for her. The only other person that's moved me as much as Jane has is Allan Watts, and it my eyes, that's saying A LOT. Thank you Jane, for such a new and inspirational perspective on living life. As a gamer, this has given me some purpose to my lifestyle. But it's also made me feel I can use my lifestyle to more true meaning in life itself. I just really can't express how moving this talk was to me. Jane, you really are a true inspiration, and that's no exaggeration in my eyes. Thank you for taking the time to express these views to the rest of us.

@martinlagman

7 жыл бұрын

Jane rocks!

I bought both of her books after I heard her struggles with post concussion syndromes. She is a truly brilliant, energetic, insightful person.

I am a gamer. Always have been. Raised my son gaming, too. We gamed together. He still games at 20.. even competes. In 2018, I got a TBI, and I thought my life was over. It was taking too long to get better. They said don't game. But gaming is my outlet! I have people I play with! Well, I played a lot......and my neurologist said it was the best thing I ever did for myself!!!! Trauma to Growth.....That's my story!

Brought me to tears :')

@ofekmeshulam1688

7 жыл бұрын

same, i feel so warm inside

@kimberg2539

6 жыл бұрын

the reason for that is that you are an empatethic human being and you feelt joy watching all those in the audience smile and having a good time.

@islandmixox

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

19 minute talk to save me 7 and a half minutes

@MaafaxKelen

8 жыл бұрын

+Hancheng Wu per hour ;)

@eutyglue

6 жыл бұрын

Actually 19 mins to save you potentially 10 years. And you can show this to your kids.

@steveg8612

4 жыл бұрын

I stopped at 1:30

@happywasteoftime

4 жыл бұрын

@@steveg8612 How do I laugh harder?

This is almost more inspirational than anything I've ever seen, it brings a tear to my eye. McGonigal truly is amazing

Saw this TED talk when traveling to San Diego for some complicated health issue and it did really made me rethink many things. Awesome talk!

Poor guy at 15:59 with his hands near his mouth didnt have anyone to shake hands with.. but this was a very interesting talk, funny how much I can relate as a gamer

@ToStand2

8 жыл бұрын

+jLyf lol

Here's my #4 - thank YOU Jane McGonigal for a great talk on resilience. Having come from a physical injury after a surgery this gives me a new path to follow ~ a new way to look at and unlock my post traumatic growth. Well done!

Thanks so much Jane, after watching this I just love you, you give people so much hope and me as well...I've been saying for years games aren't a waste of time, it's about time other people see this as well. Huge hugs to you!

hallo,i am from the future ,thx for this amazing TED talk,i am super happy that i do those games and it gives bigger impact to my life

One of my all time TED Talks favourite. Keep it up!

It's a trap! She's says you will get to play a game but she just made me exercise! She also tried to pull my shades open and let the sun in!

@johana8469

3 жыл бұрын

I live for this comment

@seannaquah8232

Жыл бұрын

You're just an extremely negative person who doesn't want to do anything to help themselves.

@pincheng9130

Жыл бұрын

It is not a trap

@JesseCuster

Жыл бұрын

Hissssss!

@pincheng9130

Жыл бұрын

Don’t you hiss me

Yes, clearly the best TED talk that I have ever watched or listened. Truly inspirational and not so difficult to implement. Everyone needs to do the things that Jane McGonigal has asked.

Absolutely incredible! I can't express how amazing this was to watch any more accurately. This woman is a truly special person.

Will science please invent a long-distance hugging machine already? I long to express my gratitude to this girl

Who said time is an illusion? It's not the duration of life, it's the quality of life that counts. How could anyone watch this and not feel uplifted by this amazing person? I can't believe that 234 sad people actually disliked this video!

This is one of the BEST TED Videos ever. Inspirational to say the least. It will change your life, in a matter of minutes! Thank you for creating such a loving message.

This is such a fun TED-talk. I'm doing an assignment on it and I was dreading it but watching it I was going along with the activities like raising my arms up, snapping and texting my best friend thank you. Love it.

This is one of the best Ted Talk's out there. Much thanks for spreading the positive vibes. I noticed being racist isn't on there. Ha, ha.

wow im crying right now. :') this was beautiful thank you

I love how everything in this talk comes together. Great job.

Jane thank you so much for showing the world what games can do for people. I sometimes get into arguments with people about this subject and these TED videos are great examples I can show them. :)

"Time you enjoy wasting isn't wasted time." - Bertrand Russell

This was amazing, thank you!

I text my mom for one of the test and told her thank you for being wonderful. As an added bonus point, she instantly returned it and thanked ME for being a wonderful SON and FRIEND. There's so much more to her words than she can explain. Wonderful talk!

Been using this app for a few days and I love it

I love this woman. Great creative thinker, great speaker.

I saw Jane present to us at Microsoft back in 2011. What an inspiration.

Excellent talk Jane, very inspirational! I really like how you combine fun things such as games and "serious" things such as life and show that they are really one :)

I haven't begun this video yet. I got the app about 2 yrs ago and it's helped me more than any other single thing I've tried.

touching indeed!

We need serious people in 'fun' fields!! Like her!!

Truly enlightening speech. I already heard almost informations somewhere but I never heard with this strong message. Bravo!!!

This Ted talk changed my life I saw it on my PS3 in 2012. TED had a deal with Netflix amazing! You honestly changed my life

This was so deep, I cried, as I'm sad my girlfriend just broke up with me. Thanks for making the effort to post this video.

@Mozdk1

8 жыл бұрын

+Ivan Copeland stay strong dude. You'll get over her. One day at a time.

@ivanc.6064

8 жыл бұрын

Thank u for the effort to reply.

Great Presentation . She's a fantastic speaker

From the first 5 minutes I knew you have got more than words ... That is why I immediately added this video into my favourite list .. Well done ...

I recently downloaded SUPERBETTER App and it really helps to make me happier. I’ll keep on trying my own tiny but substantial missions. And I’ll come back to this movie whenever I feel depressed. Now I have hope to make things better. Thank you Jane, thank you TED!

Video games are traditionally scorned as a time-and-brain waster, but that may not have to be the case! Video games are enormous undertakings today, often with bigger budgets than films, and reaching huge international audiences. Wouldn't it be amazing if their power was turned towards the betterment of oneself.

I'm gonna use this to offset the effects of alcohol and cheeseburgers

It is amazing the way she prepared and aligned her ideas with science and research. What a TED talk 😮

I am so glad that my friend recommended this lecture. It was extremely inspiring!

This is fantastic! :-)

Jane you are an angel of happy news. Enjoyef your presenatio profoundly! "Abby" Abdul

One of the best TED Talks I have seen in a while. Much needed boost.

You really helped me with this video. Thank you Jane McGonical & Ted talks.

It's a TED talk about disproving a cab drivers offhanded comment.

Being someone with post traumatic stress, this is incredible. I want to be super better. Time for me to put this into action! Thank you :-) I hope the people in the comments watch this again so they understand what the point is and what the extra mins are actually about. Many seem to not get it, which sucks.

I got this app and I love it -I have multiple 'labels' and 'conditions' this makes me feel better on tough days AND IN GOOD MOMENTS!!!!

Love it, Jane. Beautiful and inspiring presentation.

Love this. She's a badass

@Mozdk1

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

16:00 Aww, they kissed. :) Here's one of my three positive emotions.

Everyone should know these things. I can't say how happy it makes me to see someone explain such powerful truths. Time to go force family and friends to watch this :D

I agree completely. I really like games. They entertain me when I'm bored, they distract me from problems I can't fix, they provide creative solutions for ones I can fix, and they give a form of social interaction even if I can't hang out with my friends (like when it's 3:30 in the morning haha). Games aren't all I do, they're actually kind of low on my list of most performed activities, but I can definitely appreciate them :) 'All things in moderation' is the key, I think.

she's so cute I

So if i watch this 20 min video. I actually wasted 13 mins

@Sniiigel

10 жыл бұрын

But you gained the ability to gain more time.

Awesome! Thank you so much for what you shared and your own strength and resiliency!

What an amazing and enticing talk! Definitely one of my favorites.

15 minutes in, those aren't baby llamas, those are alpacas, and not babies either. (Great talk regardless, but my family raises alpacas...so compulsion to correct...)

@ciaareinthecommentssection9575

7 жыл бұрын

Its kind of cute to call alpacas just "baby llamas" though xD

@davidreadman4496

5 жыл бұрын

No llamas of any age were harmed in the making of this talk. Nor were those who mentioned llamas fired.

I love the idea behind it and I am playing on superbetter now but honestly as an avid gamer the game design is horrible. They need to work with a proper game company to make it better. Great idea, poor execution.

@EpicBunty

7 жыл бұрын

I know right we need a good high end game which employs all these basic principles, but also a good educational story, educational experience, just basically an entire art piece of a game designed to educate you, and teach you! Honestly one could fit in so much into a game its not even a joke heck if I made a game I could probably brainwash and hypnotise those who play it :p (probably)

That was powerful and Jane is super impressive! Great & simple takeaways I think everyone can apply & benefit from. Time well spent and is easily one of my all time favorite TED talks.

This is by far one of the best TED talks I have watched.

but i lost 19 and a half minutes watching this video so i'm 12 minutes down

@phoggee

9 жыл бұрын

exactly

@XxrecklesscalmxX

9 жыл бұрын

Josh Bailey you were here to watch it anyways, so you didn't lose anything, you just gained 7 more minutes instead of zero.

@robertr5014

9 жыл бұрын

NethiXx Thankyou, only person on youtube with a working sense of logic.

@XxrecklesscalmxX

9 жыл бұрын

robert r Haha, I'm glad to know that you think so. But how can you possibly not adore Jane.. all her speeches are so thoughtful and interesting to listen to... I still don't get those people joking that they lost w/e amount of their time..

@MsDownTheRabbitHole1

8 жыл бұрын

Josh Bailey some people just don't get it

Shes a cutie

Simply awesome and inspiring!

She is absolutely lovely helping us out like that! Love from an avid gamer!

She is so different from that first talk...I bet its her twin sis.

Nah but for real, yall need to chill about cracking the whip- we don't need to work that hard YOLO son

I found this to be very informative & non boring she has very valid points & especially spending most of my life like part hers after her concussion wanting to die.

i love you Jane! you've changed my life with this talk!!! love you so much! you got me to tears!

I love this talk, but it would have been nice to hear Jane at least briefly acknowledge addiction in gaming. My younger sister and her boyfriend of ten years had serious problems with his 40 hour a week gaming habit. Further, Most people who say that "gaming is a waste of time" have probably been addicted to a game and actually have wasted time to the detriment of other more important things in life, like relationships with their loved ones.

@ignismaniaco9935

6 жыл бұрын

berkeleybenje , Anything can be addicting, really. The people who say games are a waste of time. Undoubtedly, 90% have never given games a chance.

If you do all those things then wouldn't you be actually be wasting time?

@Sniiigel

10 жыл бұрын

But you gain time too. You get something out of it, so it's not wasting time. It's spending time. Investing it.

@GDelva2003

10 жыл бұрын

But you've still wasted time.

@AllTheShine

10 жыл бұрын

GDelva2003 By that logic you're wasting time sitting on a computer watching youtube videos.

@ibis0921

10 жыл бұрын

GDelva2003 if you have a net gain then you have not wasted anything. Sure you have spent time but what you spent is less then what you gained so then you win.

@bryantlash6035

10 жыл бұрын

Plus you not on only gain back time but also a higher quality of life. So even if (someone do the math 10 years-the time it takes) your net time is negative then you have an investment of time to quality of life

Thank you, Jane McGonigal, you are my new super-hero!

This video came at the best time for me right now. I was brought to tears😀

A minute in I already feel like I've wasted 7 minutes

@SageKayDee

7 жыл бұрын

No, keep watching, it's really good.

@SageKayDee

7 жыл бұрын

Nick Lopez Nice

@2lock2

7 жыл бұрын

Mad bro?

Go vegan and get an additional, possibly cumulative, 10 years on top of these 10 :D

@notMattGarska

7 жыл бұрын

***** Not true, for example the Bropka tribe has been vegan for 5000 years so there you go. But really, the term "vegetarian" used to indicate vegans, up to the 1900s. The term vegan was only coined in 1944 after some vegetarians started eating eggs and milk. We had veganism for a loooooooooong time. We have records of veganism way before than the greeks, plus animal farming if I remember correctly is only 10k years old, while we have learned cooking 2 million years ago. So more than 99% of our story and evolution we were hunter/gatherers, but really the hunter part has been overexagerated to an incredible extent. We come from herbivorous apes and we've been herbivorous ourselves for a looooong time. If you want to be hyper precise you can say that those apes DID in fact eat around a 5% of insects on their diet, while the rest 95% was vegetables, nuts, etc. As all herbivores, we can digest meat (remember mad cow?), but we get artherosclerosis from it as we don't have cholesterol self-regulation as carnivores have. Also none of us have any hunting instinct whatsoever, and that's pretty immediate to notice.

@notMattGarska

7 жыл бұрын

Also forgot to quote the simplest example: Jainism. Look into those guys...

@notMattGarska

7 жыл бұрын

EpicBunty Veganism is what Vegetarianism was for centuries. Somebody started creating confusion in the first 1900s, so in 1944 they had to create a new word to say "we don't want to exploit animals in ANY way", to make it clearer.

@notMattGarska

7 жыл бұрын

Your data is very skewed, do you mind checking on it? Our actual ancestors are plant based and in fact herbivores just like we are. Btw herbivore does not mean you can ONLY digest plant matter, you can also tolerate meat (as, in fact, we feed FISH to our cows). Longest population is okinawans and they have been vegans for a long time, with some eating some fish. Now they are eating meat and others and their life expectancy is plummeting. I am not too sure about the traditional diet of sardinians. There are few centenarian vegetarians because there are few centenarians. There are centenarian smokers because there are millions of smokers. Does not prove smoking is healthy, no? Omega 3s come naturally from seeds and nuts. We do not actually know between the various types of Omega 3 what is best. But we do know that we get artheriosclerosis from meat, thing that only happens to herbivores eating meat. Because carnivores regulate their own colesterol. And we don't. We used meat to survive opportunistically but it harms us, always will. There is a vast scientific consensus that is coming up on the plant based diet, the more time passes the more we have evidence that is the best alternative. The info is already out there, but of course is contrasted by lots of propaganda (if meat is unhealthy and everyone knows it, who will we sell it too then? it's a problem of economics). We already know that red meat is between the most toxic things you could ingest, at this point undeniably carcinogenic in its processed form and almost surely carcinogenic as unprocessed. (give it a few years, they will declare that too). There aren't as many studies on poultry as fish but we know fish is so heavily laced with mercury there is no point in even doing that research at this point. Maybe it could have been healthy, doesn't matter, it's poisonous now. As for dairy there is nothing else on the market with more antibiotics and hormones in it. For the very nature of milk. It's milk. It has hormones. We also added extra hormones into the cow because money.

@notMattGarska

7 жыл бұрын

If everyone knew what the reasons to go vegan are and why they make sense, we'd already all be vegans. There are so many ways to look at it, and no downsides. You can go in it for your own economy (a WAYYYY cheaper diet, WAYYYY cheaper than the standard), for ecology, for ethics, for compassion, for your own health, even for peace. It is a lifestyle of NO VIOLENCE against anyone.

I can listen to her for a long long time.... awesome

Amazing speech, I got more energy from this one. Every day I wonder that how can I elevating myself, and today I got the answer from the talk. thank you! I can feel that the warm courage is flowing into my mind. That's incredible power!

shes hot, why so much makeup ? :P

lots of bs talk , what does she sells , video games, games online?

@Veoren12

9 жыл бұрын

You didn't get it.

This is amazing. I feel so inspired now. Thank you Jane!

This was wonderful!