5-Day Course: The Games You're Actually Playing
Day 3: Score Yourself Across All Six Games
Part of Day 3: The Six Games Framework. Read The Six Games Deep Dive for full context.
Instructions
Part 1: Self-assessment
For each game (G1–G6), rate yourself on:
- Capability (0–10): How good are you at playing this game?
- Interest (0–10): How much do you enjoy this game?
- Current activity (0–10): How much are you currently playing this game?
- Natural fit (0–10): How naturally does this game come to you?
Create a table with all 6 games and all 4 dimensions.
Part 2: Evidence
For each game where you scored >5 on capability, provide:
- Specific example of you playing this game well
- Observable outcome (what happened because you played?)
- Who could verify your performance?
- What artifact exists as proof?
Part 3: Gap analysis
- Where is your capability higher than your current activity? (Underutilized games)
- Where is your current activity higher than your capability? (Wasted effort)
- Where is interest high but capability low? (Development opportunity)
- Which game has the highest combined score across all dimensions? (Primary game)
Part 4: The hard truth
- If you could only play ONE game for the next 6 months, which would it be?
- What would you have to stop doing?
- Who in your current network is playing this game at a high level?
- What would it take to actually commit to playing this game well?
Submission format
- Structured document with scores table
- Evidence for all high-capability claims
- Complete gap analysis
- Part 4 must show real thinking about commitment, not just "I'd like to do X"
What we're looking for
- Honest self-assessment, not aspirational claims
- Actual evidence of capability (not just interest)
- Recognition of where effort is misaligned with capability
- Beginning to see which game you should actually be playing
- Willingness to consider stopping activities that don't serve your primary game
Submit your work
Link to your completed exercise (Google Doc, Notion, Dropbox, etc.). Required for workshop discount.