How would you rate your life?
What Does
It Take to Live a Fulfilled Life?
The key to
getting better at your life is
helping others get better at theirs.
Based on the tenth verse of the tenth chapter in the Book of
John, Ten: How Would You Rate Your Life? (Higher
Life Development Services, Inc) is a guide to living the life God dreams for
us. “We can only know life in all its fullness,” he explains, “if we live the
life God dreams for us. And part of the TEN experience is to try to figure out
what that means for each of us as individuals.” Smith’s easy-going style of
writing, coupled with his broad scope of reference, makes the book appealing to
any reader wanting to create a richer quality of life.
But while the book does most certainly provide structured
steps toward a more fulfilling life, it is
far from being the typical “all about me” self-help book. Rather, it is an others-help book. Throughout its pages,
Smith links our incredible potential for a superior life to the exponential
power of leadership, exposing the bond between creating your own better life and helping others create better lives
for themselves. No matter what our inclinations or natural giftings might be,
Smith stresses that we all have the ability to lead ourselves and others to the best possible future.
It was while endeavoring to cheer on his wife during her
first ever marathon run, Smith explains in the book’s opening, that he began to
realize that, even while we yearn for someone to witness our lives, we also
have a driving need to be a supporting witness for others. And just as we want
desperately to cheer on those we love, he believes God is also desperate to
cheer us to a preferred future and be the ultimate witness to our lives. “And
if God be for us,” he asks, “then how can we do anything but believe our best
possible future is within our grasp?”
Ten is about
grasping God’s dream for our lives and then taking the necessary action to make
that dream come true. Within the pages of Ten,
Smith offers sound advice and gives the reader seven inspired steps specifically
designed to lead to a better life:
·
Awaken:
Wake up to God’s dreams for your life.
·
Discover:
Learn how to discover your life’s calling.
·
Imagine:
Learn how the discipline of imagination makes the future real.
·
Grow:
Develop the life infrastructure necessary to sustain success.
·
Act: Take
action to create your future.
·
Lead: Learn to lead yourself and others to
the best possible future.
·
Go: Accept
the call to get started living the life God dreams for you.
Through application of these seven steps, Smith reveals how
each of us can experience life in all its fullness, moving forward from
wherever we are toward a TEN. In this way, we can create the best possible
future for ourselves and those around us. We can achieve total fulfillment. We
can take our lives all the way up the scale to TEN. All we need is the desire
to do so.
Ten: How Would
You Rate Your Life?
by Terry A. Smith
Higher Life
Development Services, Inc./January 2012
ISBN: 978-1-935245-50-6/249
pages/hard cover/$24.95
www.livingten.com/book
For review copy and interview information, contact:
Audra Jennings - 800-927-0517 x104
Bloggers may request a copy by filling out the form below.
For review copy and interview information, contact:
Audra Jennings - 800-927-0517 x104
Bloggers may request a copy by filling out the form below.
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