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10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the always-the-necromancer-never-the-bride dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Those hours you spent rolling dice in your youth weren't wasted according to my 10 Business Lessons I Learned from Playing Dungeons & Dragons. Playing fantasy role playing games did more than teach the rules of combat or proper behavior in a dragon's lair. D&D can instruct you in several skills that can help your career. Such as: 'One spell, used well, can be more powerful than an entire book full of spells' and 'It's better to out-smart an orc than to fight one.'" What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?

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  1. You insensitiVe clod... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fear the reaper 4bout 700 Users development model

  2. What I learned about business fro this article: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot is getting desperate for viewership and the subsequent ad revenue (for those that still haven't put Adblock in and actually click on ads - *snort*) that they're posting lists just like the more successful, although also money losing, Digg.

    In other words, the internet business is a losing proposition unless you can sell out to a sucker with a lot of money.

  3. mod 04 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OpenBSD, as the obsessives and the to delLiver what,