The document discusses the concept of life as a game where individuals choose their paths based on passions, talents, and skills, encouraging personal development and role determination. It emphasizes the importance of building a skill set, finding allies, and completing quests to grow and succeed. The ultimate goal is to live a meaningful life and enjoy the journey, while being open to new challenges.

2. Epiphany

3. The Game of Life

4. Problem with Society

5. The NPC

6. The Main Character

8. Pick Your Game vs

9. vs Based on your passions Pick Your Game

10. vs Pick generic industries/fields Pick Your Game

11. vs Don’t factor in your talents Pick Your Game

12. vs Examples: solve global warming, make the internet more efficient Pick Your Game

13. vs Passion leads to better work ethics and more fun Pick Your Game

14. Determine Your Role

15. Determine Your Role Based on your interests and skills

16. Determine Your Role Find your initial stats and build

17. Access your Initial Stats What are your innate talents?

18. Access your Initial Stats What do you do better than everyone else in this world?

19. Access your Initial Stats Don’t be an Axeman if your strengths lie in magic

20. Associative Thinking Yu-kai Chou Your Talent Triangle Leadership Empowerment Emotional Intelligence Creativity Empathy Networking Optimism Systems Creation Gem Spotting Adaptation Strategy Analytical Skills Learn-Use Conversion Interpersonal Speaking Corky Humor Events Memory

21. Build your Skill Sets

22. Build your Skill Sets Plan out your ideal skill combo

23. Build your Skill Sets Focus on a few essential skills

24. Build your Skill Sets Only invest in synergetic skills

25. Build your Skill Sets Find your right Skill Triangle

26. Coaching Yu-kai Chou Skill Triangle-Now Networking Leadership English/Mandarin Innovation FD Social Media Branding Project Management Excel Pitching Finance Sustainability Analytics Recruitment Virtual Worlds GIMP (Design Software)‏

27. Leadership Yu-kai Chou Coaching Networking Public Speaking Sales Pitching Sustainability Social Media English/Chinese/Spanish/Arabic Innovation Excel Project Management Analytics Finance GIMP (Design Software)‏ Legal Programming Events Memory Skill Triangle-Final

28. Find Allies

29. Find Allies Find people with the same passion and Complementary Skills

30. Find Allies Find people who are much higher level than you are

31. Find Allies Help lower level people level up

32. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxUKPXDzLdM The Harmless Dragon

33. The Harmless Dragon Approaching strangers seems scary, but there is nothing to lose

34. The Harmless Dragon Worse Case: you make someone feel good about him/herself

35. Complete Quests

36. Complete Quests Find small quests that help you beat the final mission

37. Complete Quests Level up and grow with teammates

38. Complete Quests Be Persistent: don’t be afraid of rejection or failure

39. 5 Scores of Power

40. 5 Scores of Power 1. Reputation

41. 5 Scores of Power 2. Influence

42. 5 Scores of Power 3. Network

43. 5 Scores of Power 4. Resources

44. 5 Scores of Power 5. Ability

45. Beat the Game

46. Beat the Game Fulfill your life with meaning

47. Beat the Game Make every day count

48. Beat the Game The Journey is the fun part

49. Beat the Game Retire or find new games to master

50. Thank you. Truly. @yukai_chou