It is when you to turn a task into a game to motivate yourself to finish it.
It motivates the "player" to chase after rewards as he gets points and achieve new levels with new challenges.

Lifestyle Gamification

Product Gamification<ul><li>Add new features to a product to make it addictive when used.</li></ul>Marketing Gamification<ul><li>Gamify experiences to increase loyalty among existing clients.</li></ul>Workplace Gamification <ul><li>Train employees and help them grow into a leader.</li></ul>

Gamify Your Business

Attach rewards to your to do list.  <ul><li>Reward yourself for fulfilling one or several tasks</li></ul>Use surprise rewards.<ul><li>Determine a reward by chance.</li></ul>Engage in time-based challengesMake a deal with your friend.<ul><li>Challenge and motivate each other to finish a task</li></ul>

Be a Game Master

<ul><li>Do It Now (RPG To Do List)</li><li>Habitica/HabitRPG (Boosts General Productivity)</li><li>MindSnacks (Language Learning Apps)</li><li>SuperBetter (App for Tracking a Single Difficult Goal)</li><li>Fitocracy (Workout Fitness Log)</li><li>Productivity Challenge Timer</li><li>LifeRPG (Task List Based on a Mission-Oriented Approach)</li><li>EpicWin (RPG-Style To-Do List)</li><li>Life Strategy (Life Managing App)</li><li>Thirty – Get Inspired (Habit-Building App)</li></ul>

Gamify Your Life with Apps

<ul><li>Epic meaning and calling to finish a mission.</li><li>Development and accomplishment inspires us to finish the game.</li><li>Empowerment of creativity to bring imagination to life.</li><li>Ownership and possession of rewards.</li><li>Social influence and relatedness or envy.</li><li>Scarcity and impatience to have things we don't have.</li><li>Undpredictability and curiosity of what the next challenges are.</li><li>Loss coins and chances and avoidance of failure.</li></ul>

What Makes Games Addictive

Have you ever tried to set your own record time while working on a boring task? Tried to beat your previous commute time? Do more in a half-an-hour session, or reward yourself after finishing a project? While even these simple ways of using gamification in life can bring tangible results, professional gamified products can go much further.

Lifestyle Gamification

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