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jbalmet's review against another edition
5.0
I've read this book twice now and highly recommend it. The method it lays out to live your life on purpose just works for me, and if you find yourself drifting or just want to be more intentional, you should read it.
joyful7's review against another edition
5.0
As recommended by a friend, I read the book quickly then set aside my "one day" to focus more on each chapter and build my own personal life plan. I dove into the book and plan today. 6.5 hours, lots of notes, 2 Sparks and 10 pages later, I have the start of a Life Plan that can keep me from drifting away from what's most important. It was a helpful and personal process; flexible to meet people at different seasons of life, but a great template to work through your dreams and plans. Certainly the dedicated day (with a few breaks) was necessary. I love the themes that surfaced in most of my relationships and priorities which just confirms how interrelated it all is. Giving it a full day to work on (your Life Plan) will help ideas flow from thought to thought in a productive way. I had spa music in the background so could focus but have some mental stimulation through the day. There are also helpful ideas to put the plan to work and review it from time to time to revise as needed. Life has plot twists so that will be necessary, but the overall life goals should stay the about the same. If you are seeking a process or template to help plan your next few years or more, I recommend this book. Also would make a great gift. I wish I had this tool in my early 20s, but it's just as helpful in my early 40s.
breeoxd's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Helpful but very repetitive mashup of Get Things Done and Hyatt’s other works like Your Best Year Ever. That said, I’m looking forward to my own life planning day this fall (coordinating it with a group that does planning in Nov.) so I guess it hit its mark.
dsreeves777's review against another edition
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It gives one plenty of ideas and explains the importance of Life Planning. I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels they lack vision and purpose in their lives, as this book gives you practical tools to help create purpose, vision, and direction.
joanneadams54's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great addition to working with the Full Focus Planner and expands on the Life Plan
jeneenthepharm's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
I found the ideas in this book very helpful. I loved that the authors provided examples of how to write a life plan and how to apply the principles they were teaching. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for help thinking about what they want out of life.
howardgo's review against another edition
4.0
This book gives a practical outline for how to live your life on purpose, your own purpose whatever you decide it is. The focus is on how to create space to figure out what you want and then put together a plan on how to stay on the path you chose. It also suggests regular review to make sure your purpose and plans are still relevant.
It is a short book and very practical. I expect to put its advice to use very soon to make sure I am consciously doing what I want to in and with my life.
Note: The authors are Christian and refer to God and Jesus and the Father here and there but only in the context of sharing their own or others' life plans. There is absolutely no attempt at converting readers.
It is a short book and very practical. I expect to put its advice to use very soon to make sure I am consciously doing what I want to in and with my life.
Note: The authors are Christian and refer to God and Jesus and the Father here and there but only in the context of sharing their own or others' life plans. There is absolutely no attempt at converting readers.
ashley073's review against another edition
3.0
This was a weird book.
I decided to check it out when I saw the word “drift” used a number of times in reviews/descriptions, because I really identify with that right now.
The first few chapters were pretty solid, but the end of the book was super disappointing. All of a sudden it went from being about planning your life to how to make all of your employees follow suit and plan their lives.
It went from being pretty relatable to suddenly being this weird white collar CEO instruction manual. I felt like I was peeking in on a meeting where I didn’t belong. It was really difficult to trudge through just because it was so totally irrelevant (and I get it- you can always learn something, but the few things I could apply from this section of the book had already been discussed elsewhere)
Also, some of the examples they give are pretty depressing. They keep saying how this is for absolutely anyone and “it doesn’t need to be fancy” but then they talk about taking a week at a resort, “or even just the four seasons hotel” to do the exercise.
Admittedly, they did say “but really, all you need is a place that’s private, quiet, and free of distractions” or something, but come on...why throw in examples that are totally unrealistic to most people without at least throwing in some “normal” examples as well?
The examples at the end were kind of laughable too. Some guy talking about how “when in 45 I’ll have a house with an indoor basketball court, and my family’s net worth will be $3 million by the time I’m 47”
That really kind of took some of the wind out of my sails. I totally get that that’s some people’s reality and they deserve to have stuff to read about their lives, but, again, it would’ve been nice if they would’ve included some lower/lower-middle class examples as well, especially considering those of us who are financially strapped would probably benefit from this type of exercise the most.
I think it’s a 3-Star book overall. I’d really like to knock it down to 2.5/2.75 because of the relatively extreme examples, but I don’t have the heart to knock it down to a flat 2, so I’ll still give it 3.
I decided to check it out when I saw the word “drift” used a number of times in reviews/descriptions, because I really identify with that right now.
The first few chapters were pretty solid, but the end of the book was super disappointing. All of a sudden it went from being about planning your life to how to make all of your employees follow suit and plan their lives.
It went from being pretty relatable to suddenly being this weird white collar CEO instruction manual. I felt like I was peeking in on a meeting where I didn’t belong. It was really difficult to trudge through just because it was so totally irrelevant (and I get it- you can always learn something, but the few things I could apply from this section of the book had already been discussed elsewhere)
Also, some of the examples they give are pretty depressing. They keep saying how this is for absolutely anyone and “it doesn’t need to be fancy” but then they talk about taking a week at a resort, “or even just the four seasons hotel” to do the exercise.
Admittedly, they did say “but really, all you need is a place that’s private, quiet, and free of distractions” or something, but come on...why throw in examples that are totally unrealistic to most people without at least throwing in some “normal” examples as well?
The examples at the end were kind of laughable too. Some guy talking about how “when in 45 I’ll have a house with an indoor basketball court, and my family’s net worth will be $3 million by the time I’m 47”
That really kind of took some of the wind out of my sails. I totally get that that’s some people’s reality and they deserve to have stuff to read about their lives, but, again, it would’ve been nice if they would’ve included some lower/lower-middle class examples as well, especially considering those of us who are financially strapped would probably benefit from this type of exercise the most.
I think it’s a 3-Star book overall. I’d really like to knock it down to 2.5/2.75 because of the relatively extreme examples, but I don’t have the heart to knock it down to a flat 2, so I’ll still give it 3.