Building Your Empowered Steps

by L.M. Preston

Building Your Empowered Steps is your guide and personal mentor in making your life into the experience you desire. A tool to use to redirect your way of thinking about your ability to change and your worth in reaching for it through active exercises and simple bites that when taken can guide you in building your dreams and aspirations, one step at a time.

Genres: Self Help, Business, Nonfiction

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First published May 1, 2018

About the author

LM. Preston was born and raised in Washington, DC. An avid reader, she loved to create poetry and short-stories as a young girl. With a thirst for knowledge she attended college at Bowie State University, and worked in the IT field as a Techie and Educator for over sixteen years. She started writing science fiction under the encouragement of her husband who was a Sci-Fi buff and her four kids. Her first published novel, Explorer X - Alpha was the beginning of her obsessive desire to write and create stories of young people who overcome unbelievable odds. She loves to write while on the porch watching her kids play or when she is traveling, which is another passion that encouraged her writing.

Reviews

[nuhafaiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes, no matter how strong we think we may be in life we need a literal push or the most, just the right set of words to get us moving forward amidst a lot of chaos we undergo.

Building Your Empowered Steps is your [perfect] guide and personal mentor in making your life into the experience you desire. A tool to use to redirect your way of thinking about your ability to change and your worth in reaching for it through active exercises and simple bites that when taken can guide you in building your dreams and aspirations, one step at a time.

Preston, in her best every-day diction, states facts and guides like an expert delivering her motivation for her readers with clarity and quality through her simple yet articulated writing.

For lazy readers to those like me, who just need bits and bites of daily motivation and a guide to becoming organized, for those who are looking forward to kick-starting to get their lives together, this book will be an easy-to-read, informative practical.

Self-love and self-care are two important factors for healthy mental and physical growth. You cannot get your life straight in one night but one step at a time can make a huge difference.
As the author herself in this book, “find a rhythm to getting [a] peaceful nurturing time to yourself, even if it’s a scheduled one day a month.”

As it falls clearly under the genre of non-fiction and inspiration, I would not suggest this for anybody who is looking forward to fixing their life in one fictional setting but it is a must-read if you found books like The Inner-Fix by Addictive Daughter and Joey Bradford or The Self-Love Experiment by Shannon Kaiser.

Overall, Building Your Empowered Steps is a 4/5, compendious friend you will not regret having read.

L.M. Preston was born and raised in Washington, DC. [As] an avid reader, [and a young girl] she loved to create poetry and short stories. With a thirst for knowledge, she attended college at Bowie State University and worked in the IT field as a Techie and Educator for over sixteen years. She started writing science fiction under the encouragement of her husband who was a Sci-Fi buff and her four kids. Her first published novel, Explorer X – Alpha was the beginning of her obsessive desire to write and create stories of young people who overcome unbelievable odds. She loves to write while on the porch watching her kids play or when she is traveling, which is another passion that encouraged her writing.

[C. Gonzales · Rating 5 out of 5]

The synopsis its self doesn't give a whole lot away about what you will get. You can kind of surmise that you will have some kind of Motivational guide to life and that really is what the author manages to provide the reader.

I love the fact that its a step by step guide. You don't have to go into it thinking you'll pick and choose what you want to use from her words.

For me this guide helped me realize some things I had really pushed aside that I had wanted to accomplish at one time in life, but for whatever reason just pushed to the back burner. This guide will give you tools to realize which may have fallen by the wayside and how to effectively get back on track with those as well.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Empowered Steps is a practical guide for taking responsibility for your own future goals and happiness. We've all read about positive thinking and writing down our goals, even making a vision board. This brief read takes these ideas and more and sets them into an actionable framework.



With specific tools and points about perspective and self evaluation based on your own beliefs and values, this book encourages research and small steps in the direction you choose to grow.
Be responsible, accountable and create new daily habits.



There is also a section on dealing with "no" which is helpful both in work goals and in personal accomplishments. It is an easy to read book.

[Allie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So we all know that this isn’t really a type of book that I read but it was surprisingly really good with the overall message of it.

This is honestly a book talking about taking responsibility for you own actions, future and happiness. It is a book that honestly kicks you in the butt and opens your eyes to what you are doing and not every day. It’s almost a book with steps that have the primary goal of helping you reach whatever goal you want to get to. I think that this book can be used a lot in everyones daily life.

4/5 stars

[R.K. Emery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes you need a kick in the butt, metaphorically of course. : ) I really feel like what this book can be is a jump start to changing your perspective and going after your dreams. It's empowering and motivating and really gives you a positive outlook on how to accomplish your goals.

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this will help you achieve much more in your life. Especially helpful if you are struggling to find what you want to do with your life. Good for everyone including children

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Erica (The Literary Apothecary) · Rating 4 out of 5]

As most, I have personal goals I want to achieve. It was my hope that I could learn something from an accomplished woman who followed  her own advice.

The author's conversational tone made for an easy read.

While the steps are not unique, and at times a bit exaggerated, it was the author's perspective that drew me in.

I recommend this book to women who are looking for a different slant on affirmation and vision boards.