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Our Best Life-Changing Tips

Small changes can make a huge difference

Ross McCammon
Forge
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2 min readDec 26, 2019

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OOne of our favorite genres of advice is the surprising solution to a big but common problem — guidance that an expert would likely never recommend, because it’s too unorthodox, too personal, too real.

These tips aren’t “hacks.” They’re bigger than that, and involve deep personal change. They represent new ways of relating to the world. And they’re so easy to implement.

The Video Game That Made Me Better at Marriage,” by Anna Peele

When Peele and her husband started playing a game called Overcooked (that comes free with the purchase of a PS4), they thought they were just passing time. But inevitably, as they tried to make their animal avatars cooperate enough to prepare elaborate meals, problems would arise. And they had to find solutions... together. Peele writes: “Overcooked is the world’s cheapest marital therapy, teaching you that when you encounter difficulty or disappointment, it’s less helpful to yell at your partner for what’s not being done correctly than to clearly communicate and work together to optimally divide duties based on skill and availability.”

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Ross McCammon
Ross McCammon

Written by Ross McCammon

Author, Works Well With Others: Crucial Skills in Business No One Ever Teaches You // writing about creativity, work, and human behavior, in a useful way

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