While some say that games are escapist, video game designer Jane McGonigal sees them as training for real life. In fact, we can use the “gamer way of thinking” to increase employee motivation at work: If you want self-motivated employees, she says, allow them to take on challenges of their own choosing, just as a gamer would do when”opting in” to a hero’s journey.Challenge Mindset: A mindset that can only come about when you feel in control of a challengeAllow others to opt into challengesLetting people set their own goals will minimize one’s threat mindset.