What is 'life'? Throughout human history, nobody has ever known the exact nature of it. The author of this book, Chérie Carter-Scott, compares life to a game. She wrote this little but deeply spiritual book, trying to help people to live more positively and to learn the lessons we can't avoid as we live our life every day.
There are some points of this book that are worth appreciating. For example, the language used (e.g. sentence structures and vocabulary) is quite simple and easy to understand. I think students at F4 level or above should not find it too difficult to read. Moreover, it is good for the writer to use real-life examples she encountered to illustrate her points. This can make her points more persuasive. Another technique she used is to quote the sayings of famous people, ranging from respectable people like Helen Keller, Winston Churchill and Isaac Newton to a pop singer Bruce Springsteen. I think the latter is used to make the book more down-to earth and resonate with the working class. The quote, for instance, 'I cried because I have no shoes until I saw a man with no feet' (Author unknown) is quite inspiring to those people who are always complaining about minor problems.
However, there may still be some room for improvement. I have a feeling that some "real-life stories:" are a bit unreal. Perhaps they were created to enrich the context. Anyway, the author seems very good at understanding people as what she writes can really touch readers' heart. To play the game of life well, we all need some knowledge of its rules. If not, we are bound to be losers. Read this book and you will get some inspiration.
【作者简介】
Dr. Chérie Carter Scott (known as "Dr. Chérie") born May 30, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, is the author of several bestselling self-help and life-coaching publications.
She attended the University of Dijon in France. She later attended the University of Denver where she received her BA degree in theater. As a student, she spent her summers in Summer stock theater and after college was cast by Joseph Papp in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, in Central Park, New York. She later attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota and later transferred to the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California where she received her master’s and doctorate degrees. She started life coaching in 1974 .
Her bestselling book, If Life is a Game, These are the Rules is used as a text in 100 university and colleges throughout the United States and her book, If High School is a Game, Here’s How to Break the Rules has been adopted by 50 high schools. In 1974 she founded the MMS Institute, LLC. (MM standing for Motivation Management) The Institute was built around executive business coaching, business skills training, and life skill coach training offered for personal growth and professional training. The Institute has bean international affiliate, The MMS Worldwide Institute, BV located in The Netherlands, and operated by Carter-Scott's sister, Lynn U. Stewart.
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