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What a Video Game Taught Me About Leadership

For decades all around the world, however, video games have been used as teaching tools, educating kids on a plethora of subjects like historypattern recognitioncritical thinking, and more since the early 1990s.  (Think Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Tetris, SimCity, Starcraft, etc.)

If games can teach us how to recognize patterns, develop plans of action, think critically, manage resources, problem solve and more, could a game you play online help you develop leadership skills that you can apply in RL? (that’s real life for those who don’t speak gamer)

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