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Playing the Game of Your Life

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Page : 312 pages

File Size : 43,3 MB

Release : 2020-12-14

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 9781800314658

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Would you like to change? Do you want to play the game better? This book is for people who wish to make changes to improve their game and move forward in their life journey. The story follows the fortunes of 5 young footballers who attend a 12 week summer sports camp to improve their football skills in the hope of becoming professional players in the game. At the end of the summer camp, these teenage players have the opportunity to be signed by the Premiership Football team scouts who come to watch them. However, this year for the first time, the boys have to attend a Sports Psychology class at camp. In this class they will explore aspects of their Game Mindset and Mind Fitness. This class will take them all on a journey to build resilience and change their mindset which will seriously impact their future progress in the game. There is a 12 week Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) change programme embedded within this book, giving readers not only a good story but the chance to start on their own journey of change and the tools to improve their life game. This book also contains examples of techniques that have been used by professional sportspeople to enhance their sports performance. 'Dr Curley had helped me immensely in the psychological issues that professional sport generates...a fantastic read' Gareth Evans, Professional footballer 'Mind blowing stuff really got me thinking outside the box...' Kevin McIntyre, Former British Welterweight Boxing champion 'This story is a cross between Dead Poets Society, Breakfast Club, Good Will Hunting, Coach Carter and Ted Lasso...' UC-MindSolutions



The Game of My Life

Author : Jason McElwain

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 33,49 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780451223012

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An inspirational memoir recounts one young man's lifelong battle to overcome a diagnosis of severe autism and the tough challenges he and his family confronted and describes the role of basketball in transforming his life.



The GAME of LIFE for WOMEN {and HOW to PLAY IT!}

Author : Florence Scovel Shinn

Publisher : Devorss Publications

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 13,41 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780875167824

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Now the world's most celebrated book and guide on how to WIN the game of life through positive attitudes and affirmations is refined for women, giving them the opportunity to cultivate success and bond closely with Florence Scovel Shinn's everlasting wisdom like never before.



Improve Your Life by Playing a Game -

Author : Jana Krivec

Publisher :

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 20,14 MB

Release : 2021-02-09

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ISBN : 9789464201024

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This book is partly designed as an autobiographical experience focusing on the processes that arise in the life of a chess player that have be translated into everyday life. In part, the book incorporates psychological theories that generally explain these processes, but overall it can be seen as a guide on how to use any activity to learn skills that will enrich your life. There are several activities in life which can be seen in the same way if we know where and how to exploit the opportunities. The truth is that all aspirations are interconnected when we keep an eye on the thematic links. I believe that this book will give you a new insight into how any ability can be transferred from a particular activity to the universal wisdom of life. It will awaken your networking skills and teach you how to turn life activities into lifelong skills that will improve your well-being. The course of the book follows the typical process of playing chess, starting with training, followed by the tournament situation, the course of the game, the time after the game and the tournament. Since I am not a poet, I have often borrowed some quotations from famous, imaginative and clever people from all over the world. I believe that these valuable thoughts have enriched the book. One thing I ask you to do while reading this book is to open your mind and enjoy the inner journey. So let us go and try to become aware of the processes behind our life activities. Let us find out what and why we do what we do in our daily lives.



Life Is A Game, Play It!

Author : Joy Thomas

Publisher : Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division

Page : 360 pages

File Size : 49,96 MB

Release : 2014-01-24

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9350691841

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"The world is teaching man innumerable lessons all the time. Each one should try to discover for himself the secret of his life and the Universal Consciousness that is inherent in him. The first requisite for each one is to make himself his own guru," said Bhagawan in a discourse at Sri Sathya Sai University (then, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) on July 3rd, 1986. This book is the story of the efforts made by the author in obedience to that instruction and of some of the ways she has been assisted in her inner search by Baba's simple, but very effective teaching methods. This book does not attempt to tell anyone else how to live his life. It does not include any experiences, except those of which the author has first-hand knowledge. No attempt is made to describe or explain Sathya Sai Baba, but the author illustrates by incidents in her personal story what knowing Him has meant to her. This book is the first volume in the quartet, the other volumes being, "Life Is A Challenge, Meet It!", "Life Is A Dream, Realize It!", "Life is Love, Enjoy It!".



The Game of Life (and How to Play It) by Florence Scovel Shinn

Author : Richard Lode

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 25,69 MB

Release : 2017-03-08

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ISBN : 9781544260334

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Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game. It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness. Jesus the Christ taught that it was a great game of Giving and Receiving. If we give hate, we will receive hate; if we give love, we will receive love; if we give criticism, we will receive criticism; if we lie we will be lied to; if we cheat we will be cheated. We are taught also, that the imaging faculty plays a leading part in the game of life. Keep thy heart (or imagination) with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov. 4:23.)



Lost in a Good Game

Author : Pete Etchells

Publisher : Icon Books

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 44,40 MB

Release : 2019-04-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1785785060

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'Etchells writes eloquently ... A heartfelt defence of a demonised pastime' The Times 'Once in an age, a piece of culture comes along that feels like it was specifically created for you, the beats and words and ideas are there because it is your life the creator is describing. Lost In A Good Game is exactly that. It will touch your heart and mind. And even if Bowser, Chun-li or Q-Bert weren't crucial parts of your youth, this is a flawless victory for everyone' Adam Rutherford When Pete Etchells was 14, his father died from motor neurone disease. In order to cope, he immersed himself in a virtual world - first as an escape, but later to try to understand what had happened. Etchells is now a researcher into the psychological effects of video games, and was co-author on a recent paper explaining why WHO plans to classify 'game addiction' as a danger to public health are based on bad science and (he thinks) are a bad idea. In this, his first book, he journeys through the history and development of video games - from Turing's chess machine to mass multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft- via scientific study, to investigate the highs and lows of playing and get to the bottom of our relationship with games - why we do it, and what they really mean to us. At the same time, Lost in a Good Game is a very unusual memoir of a writer coming to terms with his grief via virtual worlds, as he tries to work out what area of popular culture we should classify games (a relatively new technology) under.



Life Is a Game

Author : Edward Castronova

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 10,28 MB

Release : 2020-09-17

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1501359177

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What if life is a game? Are you winning? Have you even decided what 'winning' is? Game design could be defined in many ways, but here the term is used to denote the practice of creating choices. Designing a game, in this sense, involves crafting limits, rewards, incentives, and risks in such a way that the person who interacts with the game – the player – makes choices that have consequences. Edward Castronova urges readers to think about the fundamentals of the human condition and compare them to different games that we all know. In some ways, life is like an idle game: providing unchallenging distractions that fit easily into a person's daily routine. In other ways, life is like the game Minesweeper: You poke in different places to learn about what you don't know, taking care to avoid big explosions. Or, life is like a role-playing game: You adopt a persona and speak your part, always seeking adventure. Bringing together questions relating to diverse fields – such as politics, economics, sociology and philosophy - Castronova persuades readers to broaden the scope of game design to answer questions about life's everyday obstacles. The object of this book is to take seriously the idea that life is a game. The goal is not to make readers wealthier or healthier. Its goal is to go on a journey into the human condition, with game design as a guide.



Playing to Win

Author : David Sirlin

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 15,7 MB

Release : 2006-04-01

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 1411666798

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Winning at competitive games requires a results-oriented mindset that many players are simply not willing to adopt. This book walks players through the entire process: how to choose a game and learn basic proficiency, how to break through the mental barriers that hold most players back, and how to handle the issues that top players face. It also includes a complete analysis of Sun Tzu's book The Art of War and its applications to games of today. These foundational concepts apply to virtually all competitive games, and even have some application to "real life." Trade paperback. 142 pages.



Self-Gamification Happiness Formula

Author : Victoria Ichizli-Bartels

Publisher : Independently Published

Page : 485 pages

File Size : 44,12 MB

Release : 2019-06-11

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ISBN : 9781073323258

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Are you struggling to motivate yourself to start the day, to work on a project, or maintain a healthy habit? Do you think that happiness is hard earned and reserved only for the "chosen ones"? This book will show you that happiness is close by and available to everyone. It will show you how to not take life too seriously and still be excellent in all you want or have to do. Read the book and learn how to motivate yourself by practicing self-gamification -- a unique self-help approach to implementing game design elements into your life. Master three skill sets to be successful in your self-motivational game design, your projects, and your life: See yourself, the world around you, and your thought processes non-judgmentally, as an anthropologist would do. Identify your dreams and goals, and take action, one small and effortless step at a time, the kaizen way. Apply gamification, that is see and treat whatever you are up to as a game: design, play, and improve your (life) games, and learn to appreciate every step on the way by giving yourself points, badges, stars, and other small symbolic rewards. Apply anthropology, kaizen, and gamification together to practice self-gamification, a unique approach that will help you turn happiness into a lifestyle.