{"id":1416,"date":"2010-01-02T21:38:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T01:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2010-01-02T21:38:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T01:38:34","slug":"book-review-find-your-strongest-life-what-the-happiest-and-most-successful-women-do-differently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Find-Your-Strongest-Life-Differently\/dp\/1400202361\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1262481504&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1418\" title=\"_225_350_book88cover1\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/_225_350_book88cover1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/_225_350_book88cover1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/_225_350_book88cover1.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just finished reading <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Find-Your-Strongest-Life-Differently\/dp\/1400202361\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1262481504&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently<\/a> <\/em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmbc.com\/mb\/books\/fysl\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Buckingham<\/a>. \u00a0Buckingham is well-known for his work with several companies and leaders in the area of identifying and developing your strengths. \u00a0I previously read another of his books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Discover-Your-Strengths-Marcus-Buckingham\/dp\/0743201140\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1262481933&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Now, Discover Your Strengths<\/a>. \u00a0This book was given to me for free as a part of the Book Review Blogging Program through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasnelson.com\/consumer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Nelson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest with you, I have had this book for several weeks and have had a hard time getting into it. \u00a0First of all, I was a little surprised to see a book geared towards helping women that was authored by a man. \u00a0However, I was willing to give Buckingham a break since he is married and probably knows a lot of women. \u00a0I have to imagine that he has tested out some of his theories on those ladies. \u00a0I also wasn&#8217;t expecting much due to the fact that Oprah has endorsed this book on her show. \u00a0That doesn&#8217;t really mean a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham&#8217;s website says that you should buy the book and discover&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to make the most of the role you were born to play.<\/li>\n<li>How to get others to understand who you really are.<\/li>\n<li>The successful strategies of other women like you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The thesis of the book proposes that modern women have it all. In the past four decades, women have secured better job prospects, greater acknowledgement for achievement, wider influence, more free time, and higher salaries. And yet, recent studies reveal that women have gradually become less happy than they were 40 years ago, and less happy than men\u2014and unlike men, they grow sadder as they get older. Does this mean that women should return to a world of fewer choices and opportunities? On the contrary, what we have learned provides an opportunity to answer some key questions about the needs of women now. What is the future for women in America? At work, at home, and in life, how can they find deeper fulfillment and joy? And how do we empower our young daughters and today\u2019s 25- and 30-year-olds to make certain they don\u2019t face the same dilemma?<\/div>\n<p><em>Find Your Strongest Life<\/em> was born out of a need to respond to questions such as these. The book challenges ingrained myths about women, tackles the paradox of declining female happiness, and demonstrates that the happiest and most successful women:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t agonize over who they aren\u2019t\u2014they accept and act on who they are. They have discovered the role they were born to play and they play it.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t juggle\u2014they catch-and-cradle. They don\u2019t keep things at bay, but select a few things and draw them in close.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t strive for balance\u2014they strive for fullness. They intentionally imbalance their lives toward those moments that make them feel strong.<\/li>\n<li>Always sweat the small stuff\u2014They know and act on the specific details of what invigorates them (and they let go of what doesn\u2019t strengthen them).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>This book is a good read. \u00a0I wouldn&#8217;t say a great read because there isn&#8217;t a ton of new stuff in here, but it might be a great gift for a young lady you know that desires to grow as a leader. \u00a0I would have liked to have seen some biblical integration, but I realize that Buckingham works with tons of secular companies and it is easier to stick with more vanilla concepts. \u00a0However, what I am looking for is more than covered in Proverbs 31.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished reading Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham. \u00a0Buckingham is well-known for his work with several companies and leaders in the area of identifying and developing your strengths. \u00a0I previously read another of his books Now, Discover Your Strengths. \u00a0This book was given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}