{"product_id":"2940012210517","title":"Game On","description":"This short ebook gives important advice about living in the moment. Make mindfulness a game -- and it won't be a drudgery.\u003cbr\u003eThe mind wanders, but the book presents 7 practical strategies for helping the individual to come back to THE GAME.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGame On is a concise examination of mindfulness, the practice of focusing our thoughts on the current moment, and not being overly concerned with the past or the future.  The book makes the case for mindfulness as a pragmatic way to reduce stress and to live a life of more contentment: Simply endeavor to live in the moment.  So simple to say -- so difficult to do!  This book explains how to connect with \"now\", and gives helpful strategies that can lead to success in making mindfulness a way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA premise of the book is that mindfulness is deceptively simple and yet difficult to maintain. One's frequent failures to remain mindful lead to giving up the practice. The reader is encouraged to see living in the moment as a game, a strategy that reminds one to approach the 'problem' as a child approaches life -- moment by moment with a sense of play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction:\u003cbr\u003eDescription of the game of mindfulness and dealing with frustration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Rule of the Game -\u003cbr\u003eThe simplicity of the basic rule and the difficulty in its pursuit.\u003cbr\u003eDifferent kinds of stress.  How The Game can negate stress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Game Strategies -\u003cbr\u003eSeven strategies that can improve your 'game play', and at the same time\u003cbr\u003eincrease your contentment with life.  Specific methods to connect with the \"now\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Prolepsis -\u003cbr\u003eMaking your \"now\" a bridge to the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the book:\u003cbr\u003e\"Prolepsis is the manner in which we guide our 'present moments'\u003cbr\u003eby visualizing the more healthful over the more destructive, the\u003cbr\u003emore helpful over the more uncaring, the more profound over the\u003cbr\u003eshallower, the better way over the baser way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Apologues -\u003cbr\u003eShort didactic narratives that give real-world examples of The Game in action.","brand":"Larry Costner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073385218288,"sku":"2940012210517","price":1.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012210517_p0.jpg?v=1763553708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012210517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}