Believe it or not, there was a time when Mr. ProductiveMuslim, wasn’t that productive! .. and my biggest weakness was video games! I was insanely addicted to them, and only when I went to University and had to live without them for 4-5 years, did I manage to rid myself off them, hamdulillah!
There was something about games, something that made them addictive, that I didn’t understand. I knew they were fun, and they were an “escape” from reality… but there was more…. I recently came across a TED.com talk where the speaker not only was able to decipher what makes games so addictive but also how gamers are essentially “productive” in their own weird way!
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