Just like in Role playing games, where people want to do awesome things and empowered, people want to feel valuable in day to day life.
This means that they want to have an impact in their social circles and or in their work (life). They want to have meaning.
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People want to feel valuable, feel like they are making an impact. People want to feel like their work has meaning.
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That’s interesting. We’re not saying the meddling project manager or producer has bad intentions. We’re saying they want to feel valuable.
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