Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940) was an American illustrator, New Thought teacher and author best known for The Game of Life and How to Play It. After failing to secure a publisher, she self-published the book in 1925. Her teachings emphasize the spoken word, affirmations, expectation, nonresistance, prosperity, intuition and “Divine Design.” More than a century later, her work remains actively republished and widely read.

Explore Bob Proctor’s story, paradigm method, You Were Born Rich, goal-setting system, The Secret legacy, books, programs and measurable proof of influence.

Explore Dr Joe Dispenza’s story, books, meditations, future-self method, retreat model, research program, audience reach and global impact in this SHS 2000 honorary profile.

Vishen Lakhiani is the founder of Mindvalley and a bestselling author whose work connects meditation, consciousness, goal design, spirituality and education reform. This SHS 2000 profile documents his methods, major books, public impact metrics and contribution to modern personal transformation.

Some creators enter self-help and add more content. Others change the language of the conversation. Our latest Special Shoutout gives Nero Knowledge his flowers — for the Matrix, the whiteboards, Outsmarting Reality, and a body of work that keeps sending the listener back to one place: their own mind.