{"product_id":"how-to-play-the-game-duncan-smart-9798232483838","title":"How to Play the Game of Life: A Modern Rendering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife is not random. It has rules. Florence Scovel Shinn called it a game. This book shows you how to play.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Play the Game of Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a modern rendering of Florence Scovel Shinn's classic \u003cem\u003eThe Game of Life and How to Play It\u003c\/em\u003e. It keeps her central insight - that your inner stance and spoken word quietly shape how you move through the world - and rewrites the language so a twenty-first-century reader can use it without superstition or strain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuncan Smart preserves Shinn's structure, key ideas, and direct tone, while updating the idioms, examples, and framing. The result is a short, clear manual that honours the original spirit and brings it firmly into our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside, you will learn how to: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotice the phrases you repeat about money, health, work, and relationships - and change the ones that quietly work against you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHold a clear inner picture without drifting into wishful thinking or denial of reality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse words, imagination, and action together, instead of treating them as separate \"techniques\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTreat difficulty as feedback and information, rather than a final verdict on you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlay by rules that favour clarity, integrity, generosity, and steady action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003cstrong\u003enot\u003c\/strong\u003e a book of slogans or ceiling-whispered affirmations. It is a working text. You read it, you test it on real situations, and you watch what happens when your speech, your focus, and your actions line up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edition is ideal for: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders who love Florence Scovel Shinn, Neville Goddard, or Wallace Wattles and want a clean, modern take on Shinn's most famous work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople drawn to \"law of attraction\" or \"manifestation\" ideas, but who also want ethics, realism, and responsibility.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who senses that their inner commentary is shaping their outer life and wants a practical way to change it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Play the Game of Life\u003c\/em\u003e keeps the heart of Shinn's message - that life responds to your words, your faith, and your actions - and gives you a way to practise it in the world you actually live in: phones, feeds, pressure, and all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duncan Smart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232483838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duncan Smart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Duncan Smart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084079341823,"sku":"9798232483838","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-play-the-game-duncan-smart-9798232483838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}