☉ Self

You may first want to read another post I wrote about  how to create and use affirmations? Everyday in every way, I am becoming more successful. I actively nurture relationships. I allow my life to unfold. I am accountable for my life. I am being myself. I am breaking unproductive habits. I am grateful for many blessings. I am honest with myself. I am inspired. I am rich in relationships. I am rich in values. I am solution oriented. I attract successful people. I cheer others' victories. I compete with myself. I choose happiness from within. I enjoy what I have. I enthusiastically get things done. I face problems head on. I focus towards positive outcomes. I forgive myself and others. I grow stronger during the hard times. I learn from my mistakes. I listen to the inner voice. I live in present. I spend time with right people. I utilize ethical channels. I work on my calling every day. My success is contagious.

You may want to read another post I wrote about  how to create and use affirmations? I am ambivert i.e. both introvert and extrovert. I meet one new person each day. I ask people who they know at personal and professional level. I am relaxed while meeting people. I excuse myself if I need to. I schedule some time aside to recharge myself. My network is growing.

Affirmations for learners: I demonstrate commitment to learning. I know my strengths are ... I leverage my strengths. I know my improvement area are ... I am evolving in the improvement areas. I am developing new skills. I am continually enhancing my contribution for growth wherever I am. I actively participate in learning and development opportunities. I use learning opportunities. I constructively use feedback from co-workers. I constructively use feedback from clients. I am enhancing my performance. I participate with professionals and associations to maintain knowledge. I have good relationship with others. I regularly update my knowledge and skills. I apply best practices. I apply new trends. I am aware of the changes in internal and external environment. I anticipate the needs of my customers. You may want to read another post I wrote about  how to create and use affirmations?

Gamification is revolutionizing the eLearning industry. Game based learning strategies increase learner engagement and attract new registrations.  Gartner  Says By 2015, More Than 50 Percent of Organizations That Manage Innovation Processes Will Gamify Those Processes. According to Wikipedia,  "Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems." Above definition itself helps derive the important concept that there has to be a problem that the learner is supposed to solve. A context needs to be set so that the learn can relate and has a starting point to interact with the game. Intent is not to create a game but to create gameful experience. This makes sense, else, we would simply call it Game Development instead of Gamification. Games are intrinsically rewarding by nature but in case of Gamification it is optional to reward intrinsically. Games have predefined rules whereas Gamification has tasks wi...