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Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World
Trent Shelton
3.59 AVERAGE
13 reviews for:
Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World
Trent Shelton
3.59 AVERAGE
inspiring
reflective
The book is redundant with the same ideas from his other books. I love “The Greatest You”. I also had followed Trent on social media so the ideas in this book weren’t new.
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Trent Shelton always has a keen insight on life. He pretty clever in how he applies Biblical principles to everyday life, but he doesn't bash his readers over the head with it. Just subtle enough to be profound.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Bought this book in preparation for 2025. Didn’t provide any new or interesting on the topic. In fact, some of the stories felt made up or a little too convenient. Skip it.
There’s nothing new here - it’s just a rehash of common ideas/wisdom (“Be patient and trust the process”) and snappy little sayings for your Pinterest inspiration board (“Everything you’re going through will soon turn into everything you’ve made it through”).
I am unfamiliar with Trent Shelton, but I picked up this book because the title and description were catchy. Toward the end of the year, I focus on self-improvement books.
This book was just okay, and even though it's not very long, a lot of the book is filled with filler and anecdotes from the author's life. A reader would get the whole gist by reading the table of contents and the first paragraph of every chapter. The book is outlined in several principles, but the sections of those principles only sometimes align with the discussed principle. There is also very little research done here, as the endnotes only have four references to back up a few presented facts, which didn't affect the book's outcome.
For me, a person who has read many books onoductivity, and improvement, this comes across as "vibes, self-growth, pr" and I didn't extract any value from it. You could read this over a day, coming away with some pinnable quotes but no tangible action steps. I would have enjoyed seeing activities at the end of each section for the reader to complete and practical applications of the principles instead of reading more stories from the author's life. I now know more about Trent Shelton than I ever wanted to since I went in without knowing who he was. The information here would be highly repetitive for someone who listens to his podcast or follows him on social media.
I did not take anything now or actionable away from this book. It could have hit the mark better as a long-form article.
This book was just okay, and even though it's not very long, a lot of the book is filled with filler and anecdotes from the author's life. A reader would get the whole gist by reading the table of contents and the first paragraph of every chapter. The book is outlined in several principles, but the sections of those principles only sometimes align with the discussed principle. There is also very little research done here, as the endnotes only have four references to back up a few presented facts, which didn't affect the book's outcome.
For me, a person who has read many books onoductivity, and improvement, this comes across as "vibes, self-growth, pr" and I didn't extract any value from it. You could read this over a day, coming away with some pinnable quotes but no tangible action steps. I would have enjoyed seeing activities at the end of each section for the reader to complete and practical applications of the principles instead of reading more stories from the author's life. I now know more about Trent Shelton than I ever wanted to since I went in without knowing who he was. The information here would be highly repetitive for someone who listens to his podcast or follows him on social media.
I did not take anything now or actionable away from this book. It could have hit the mark better as a long-form article.
inspiring
medium-paced
I liked the way the book was broken down into three parts with three of the nine principles discussed in each part. Although I didn’t do them as I was reading, I also thought it was helpful to have a protect your peace practice at the end of each principle and I will be revisiting those.
While I thought it was nice that he related his personal experience to the principles throughout the book at times I did find it a little repetitive which is why I took half a star away but I did find it to be a useful book overall for self motivation.
While I thought it was nice that he related his personal experience to the principles throughout the book at times I did find it a little repetitive which is why I took half a star away but I did find it to be a useful book overall for self motivation.