Chapter     1

Introduction to Motivational Design

This introductory chapter presents a broad overview of what this book is all about. Different readers will want different things out of this book, and it’s this chapter’s job to get you up to speed quickly, so you can begin to pick and choose how you navigate through the other chapters.

In this chapter, you’ll learn

  • What motivational design is, and where you can go looking for examples in your own life
  • What motivational design patterns are
  • How to read this book, teaching you how to get the information you need quickly

Motivational Design

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