The Super Mario Effect (Day 233)

Video: The Super Mario Effect - Tricking Your Brain into Learning More | Mark Rober | TEDxPenn

Really fun and insightful video shared by a fellow engineer friend. Watch it before you scroll down and read my comments!

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The two key takeaways:

1. Yes, the traditional way of education is boring, just like the "script of button pressing" vs "game play" as shown in the video. Luckily, we are finally living in the age that there are many people attempt to make learning fun! Truly appreciate the whole gamification movement that "tricks" our brains to learn and improve in fun ways.

2. Don't be afraid of failure! Yes, reality is different from how we picture it. Let's treat each obstacle or failure a learning experience. We will get better and better. If I had to do my life all over again, I wouldn't shy away from my failures, except that maybe I should have done a bit better in risk management, lol.