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    <body><![CDATA[What an amazing book! I loved it! It's written with really short sentences so it's easy to read and remember - great for one that is supposed to help you make changes to your life. Makes me think and inspires me to be more confident in who the Lord created me to be in the beginning. It also has real...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29440591">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book and actually photocopied a chapter for a friend to read. It was about finding what truly makes you happy. I love my job and know that I am exactly where I am suppose to be. I have the best of both worlds. A full time mom and I work full time.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Our book group book this month.  Ok read, I got some good motivational thoughts from it.  Written by a minister, so it's a bit preachy.  Basically find what you like to do and do it to serve God and do it everyday of your life and you'll find your &quot;Sweet Spot.&quot;  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the paragraph in this book that mentions that our kids are not something that We mold or form into what we want, but rather, that GOD has already painted their canvas and we as parents are just to nurture HIS design. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! Max just puts it out there so boldly with a large dose of houmor, basic principles to study and reflect on.<br/>Anyone really searching for a springboard to your dream needs to read this book!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Sweet spot.&quot; Golfers understand the term. So do tennis players. Ever swung a baseball bat or paddled a Ping-Pong ball? If so, you know the oh-so-nice feel of the sweet spot. Life in the sweet spot rolls like the downhill side of a downwind bike ride. But you don't have to swing a bat or a club to know this. What engineers give sports equipment, God gave you.<em>A zone, a region, a life precinct in which you were made to dwell</em>. He tailored the curves of your life to fit an empty space in his jigsaw puzzle. And life makes sweet sense when you find your spot. </p>  <p>But if you're like 87 percent of workers, you haven't found it. You don't find meaning in your work--or you're one of the 80 percent who don't believe their talents are used. What can you do? You're suffering from the common life, and you desperately need a cure.</p>  <p>Best-selling author Max Lucado has found it. In <em>Cure for the Common Life</em> he offers practical tools for exploring and identifying your own uniqueness, motivation to put your strengths to work, and the perfect prescription for finding and living in your sweet spot for the rest of your life.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some definition of Sweet Spot:<br/><br/>1. &quot;What you do (your unique giftedness)+ why you do it (making a big deal out of God) and where you do it (everyday of your life)&quot;<br/><br/>2. It is the intersection between SATISFACTION and SUCCESS<br/><br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A christian-based formula for finding one's sweet-spot and using that knowledge to add value and fulfillment to our lives.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this book out of the library in Rota, Spain and I'm hoping to be able to finish it before I leave here.]]></body>
    
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