A review by hannahleelovestoread
9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemy's Demise by Rick Walker

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Rick Walker’s 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning is far more than meets the eye. Rather than prescribing readers a stale and forgettable self-help formula which promises to be simple, this book takes a revolutionary approach in proclaiming that nothing worth doing is easy. The titular nine steps are strikingly nontraditional; examples include “choose one worthy enemy” and “give away what you want to keep.” Employing a reader-friendly format brimming with bullet points and featured quotes, the text focuses on the behavioral examples of great men of history, with a particular focus on Alexander the Great and Jesus Christ. Though 9 Steps was written with young men in mind, women could easily benefit from the sage advice within its pages, as well. Perhaps the crux of the book’s message can be summed up with the following quote from Chapter Eight:  “The effort you give today determines your forever.” This is a can’t-miss read for anyone hoping to find meaning in his or her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War