Serious life lessons mafia taught me

[Accountant]

you could be a psychologist or therapist

[Accountant]

or play mafia on online forums

[LicketyQuickety]

Mafia taught me not to assume that I know what people are doing. It also taught me that a healthy dose of paranoia regarding the motivations of other people is a good thing. This should be true for everyone who doesn't have perfect reads, which is pretty much everyone who plays this game.

[LicketyQuickety]

"Play to your win condition" is sound advice both in Mafia and in real life.

Good stuff, the basics.

[Umlaut]

Reviving this yet again:

Mafia continues to teach me the importance of distinguishing between the loyal opposition and the enemy -- between people who want the same thing as I and disagree on how to get it, and people who actually oppose my goals.

I feel like this is a forgotten virtue in most discourse.