{"title":"Career life as a game: an overlooked metaphor for successful career transitions.","authors":"Shékina Rochat, William A Borgen","doi":"10.1080/03069885.2021.1940844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1940844","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Meeting the psychological, social, and economic challenges of career transitions requires people to be increasingly flexible and hardy. In this article, we propose that envisioning one's life as a game can foster well-being, coping strategies, and success with career transitions. The SuperBetter approach (McGonigal, 2015. <i>Superbetter: A revolutionary approach to getting stronger, happier, braver and more resilient</i>. Penguin) is presented as a metaphor that can provide clients with a new perspective for their lives and career narratives. The way each component of this metaphor can contribute to individuals' well-being, motivation and success throughout career transitions is detailed. Implications for practice and research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":9352,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Guidance & Counselling","volume":"51 2","pages":"298-309"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03069885.2021.1940844","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10004868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}