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Florence Scovel Shin - Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, a podcast designed
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  to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna McGivern for November 19th.
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  Today is National Play Monopoly Day, celebrating the board game
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  that's been causing family arguments and teaching
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  capitalism since 1935. Monopoly was created during the
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  Great Depression by Charles Adaro, an unemployed salesman
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  from Philadelphia. He hand drew the board, carved
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  the houses from wood, and sold it to Parker Brothers.
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  It became the best selling board game in America within a year
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  and has since been sold in over 100 countries.
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  What makes Monopoly endure isn't just the gameplay, it's what it
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  teaches strategy, negotiation, risk assessment, and the harsh
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  reality that landing on Boardwalk with a hotel can ruin
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  your whole evening. It's capitalism in miniature,
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  complete with bankruptcy, deal making and the occasional player
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  flipping the board. Which brings us to today's quote
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  from metaphysical author Florence Goval Shin, who
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  captured something essential when she wrote Most people
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  consider life a battle. But life is not a battle, it's a
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  game. Shin's perspective shift is
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  profound. When we see life as a battle,
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  everything becomes adversarial. US versus them, win or lose,
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  survival of the fittest. But games?
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  Games have a different energy. Games have rules, but also
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  creativity. Games can be competitive yet
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  still be fun. You can lose a game and play a
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  game tomorrow. Games require strategy, but they
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  also allow for luck, surprise, and unexpected comebacks.
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  Monopoly embodies this perfectly.
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  Yes, you're competing. Yes, someone wins and someone
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  loses. But you're still sitting around
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  a table together, rolling dice, making deals, and laughing when
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  someone lands on free parking. The game itself is lighter than
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  battle, even when you take it seriously.
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  When we approach life as a game rather than a battle, we can
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  strategize without becoming ruthless, compete without
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  becoming enemies, and lose without being destroyed.
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  So today, approach life like Monopoly, not war.
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  Be strategic, yes. Compete, absolutely, but also
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  negotiate, take chances, laugh at the unexpected rolls.
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  Maybe actually play Monopoly tonight, Gather some people,
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  roll the dice, make ridiculous trades and remember what it
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  feels like to play, to engage with challenge and competition
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  while still enjoying the experience.
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  Because Shin was right. Life works better as a game.
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  You can take it seriously and still have fun.
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  You can lose around and still play a game.
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  The point isn't just winning, it's playing.
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  Well. That's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.