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Own Your Everyday Influence: embracing a lifestyle of leadership
Do you long to make a big difference with your life? Do you desire to please God with something notable but feel inadequate to the task or restricted by your responsibilities? Afraid of wasting our lives, we often turn our attention to an image of something sensational we should do for God.Own Your Everyday Influence is for the dreamer with big goals and lofty plans feeling trapped by the demands of life. It is for the woman searching for purpose in the middle of her ordinary circumstances. This book is for the mother with toddlers or teenagers, the nurse with patients, the teacher with students. It is for the woman with people in her life and the untapped capacity to make a difference. Own Your Everyday Influence is an interactive guide to embracing a lifestyle of leadership that turns your mundane into meaningful, and the small into significant.
225 pages, Paperback
Published January 17, 2020
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January 6, 2021
Wow, have I got a tip for you.
I don’t often recommend non-fiction, but I want to tell you about a book that helped, encouraged and repurposed me. As it says on the back cover “Own Your Everyday Influence is for the dreamer with big goals…the mother…nurse…teacher…feeling trapped by the demands of life [and] for the … woman searching for purpose in the middle of her ordinary circumstances.” That description is 100% accurate.
I believe I’m not alone when I say that even before the pandemic there were times I found myself feeling lost for purpose or ineffective in my daily routines and relationships. I wrestled with questions like, am I doing what I’m supposed to? Am I having any impact? Feelings like…I’m just checking boxes, or doing the same thing day after day…wash, rinse, repeat. Feelings that are draining. Add the pandemic on top of that, and you can multiply that fatigue exponentially.
“Own Your Everyday Influence” by Bobi Ann Allen and Simone Monroe addresses those feelings head-on, and not just that, but provides an actual work-through guide to help you develop a plan and see God’s truth about these issues in a way that will empower and encourage you and give you a fresh start. And it’s actually doable. Something simple and straightforward that doesn’t require hours out of your day, but is wonderfully thorough.
One thing I love about this book is that it isn’t simply a read-through book with a lot of great ideas. It actually provides a framework for helping you discover the answers you’re looking for—a workbook of sorts that gets to the bottom of the issue of feeling ineffective and assists you in building a ladder to climb out of that hole. What’s more, it’s presented by two women who are like you and me, who have struggled with the same issues. They get it and in this book they throw us a rope we desperately need. But the best thing is that it isn’t based on “their” wisdom, but rather God’s truth, as defined Biblically and applied to our lives and our struggle for meaning.
How exactly did I find the book helpful? Among many other things….
It helps you evaluate and reset how you define yourself and your self-worth.
It offers real-life stories as examples of the influence we wield even in our ordinary.
It shares truth that confirms God’s intention to use you right where you are.
It renews your perspective, lightens your load, and restores meaning.
I highly recommend this book—especially for such a time as this. Whether for the new year, or anytime in between, whether for yourself or for someone you love, it will not disappoint.
I don’t often recommend non-fiction, but I want to tell you about a book that helped, encouraged and repurposed me. As it says on the back cover “Own Your Everyday Influence is for the dreamer with big goals…the mother…nurse…teacher…feeling trapped by the demands of life [and] for the … woman searching for purpose in the middle of her ordinary circumstances.” That description is 100% accurate.
I believe I’m not alone when I say that even before the pandemic there were times I found myself feeling lost for purpose or ineffective in my daily routines and relationships. I wrestled with questions like, am I doing what I’m supposed to? Am I having any impact? Feelings like…I’m just checking boxes, or doing the same thing day after day…wash, rinse, repeat. Feelings that are draining. Add the pandemic on top of that, and you can multiply that fatigue exponentially.
“Own Your Everyday Influence” by Bobi Ann Allen and Simone Monroe addresses those feelings head-on, and not just that, but provides an actual work-through guide to help you develop a plan and see God’s truth about these issues in a way that will empower and encourage you and give you a fresh start. And it’s actually doable. Something simple and straightforward that doesn’t require hours out of your day, but is wonderfully thorough.
One thing I love about this book is that it isn’t simply a read-through book with a lot of great ideas. It actually provides a framework for helping you discover the answers you’re looking for—a workbook of sorts that gets to the bottom of the issue of feeling ineffective and assists you in building a ladder to climb out of that hole. What’s more, it’s presented by two women who are like you and me, who have struggled with the same issues. They get it and in this book they throw us a rope we desperately need. But the best thing is that it isn’t based on “their” wisdom, but rather God’s truth, as defined Biblically and applied to our lives and our struggle for meaning.
How exactly did I find the book helpful? Among many other things….
It helps you evaluate and reset how you define yourself and your self-worth.
It offers real-life stories as examples of the influence we wield even in our ordinary.
It shares truth that confirms God’s intention to use you right where you are.
It renews your perspective, lightens your load, and restores meaning.
I highly recommend this book—especially for such a time as this. Whether for the new year, or anytime in between, whether for yourself or for someone you love, it will not disappoint.
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