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Originally Posted by Fullcrum  Steve!
I never thought of equating the feeling of richness with being "rich" in a game.
I'm sure the feelings do have some correlation. My IM power just grew. Cool. Now I can show all my video game playing friends this gateway to IM. |
When I would play games and had a ton of gold, I'd stop thinking about the gold altogether. It became a non-entity, and I focused on other aspects of the game. Dealing with financial scarcity was no longer part of the challenge.
When I wanted to earn gold in a game, I didn't bemoan my poverty. I focused on the challenge of earning more gold -- what would I have to do to make that happen?
Real life is pretty much the same in my experience. When dealing with scarcity, people too often get stuck in thinking that it's a permanent situation.
To grow out of poverty, you can focus on completing the quests that will move you toward wealth. Usually this requires summoning the courage to face and overcome various "monsters," and it may also require some tedium now and then. But people say it's fun.
