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The game of life and how to play it by Florence Scovel Shinn
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The game of life and how to play it

Self-help
Print length
88 pagesDover Publications, 2008

Description

Florence Scovel Shinn presents life not as a struggle for scarce rewards but as an exchange governed by what people give, expect, imagine, and receive. Through familiar situations and practical spiritual lessons, she argues that words, attitudes, affirmations, and mental images help shape experience. Her principles extend across prosperity, health, relationships, and everyday problems, asking readers to replace fear and destructive expectations with disciplined confidence. The accessible teaching links inner conviction to outward action rather than treating positive thought as an isolated exercise. For readers interested in spiritually grounded self-help, the book offers a compact philosophy of success built on the claim that imagination and conduct influence the patterns a person repeatedly encounters.

Reading profile

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Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).

Writing
How much attention the sentences and language require.
Ideas
How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
Structure
How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
Background knowledge
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Emotional intensity
Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.

Writing style

Conversational · Direct

Pace

Brisk

Tone

Earnest · Hopeful · Uplifting

Structure

Argumentative

Focus

Argument · Ideas

Emotional intensity

2 / 5

Reading complexity

1–5 · higher means more demanding
Writing
1 / 5
Ideas
2 / 5
Structure
1 / 5
Background knowledge
1 / 5

Themes

Knowledge and truthReligion and faithTransformationWealth

Book details

For the print edition listed above.

Publisher
Dover Publications
Language
English
ISBN
9780486461878
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