Options are Power

by Donna Peters

You’re a high performer who wants a career on your own terms. Maybe you’re exploring the next best step. Maybe you feel stuck. Maybe you want more. No matter where you are right now, you need options. When you have options, you’re in control. You make decisions from a position of strength. You run to something, not from something.

Options are Power provides strategies for surrounding yourself with options. You’ll learn to lead with a Me-Suite mindset, cultivating the role you want work to play in your life.

You’ll create a life in which:

Your personal core values drive decisions.
Your priorities are clear.
You’re staying fresh and relevant for the future you want to have.
With options, you’ll always have the right, not the obligation, to make a change.

My life mission is to help career-driven, life-minded individuals surround themselves with options.

Options are power. Let’s get in there.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 25, 2022

Reviews

[C Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Options Are Power was given to me as a gift. Honestly, as a part-time employee and mostly stay at home mom, I wasn’t sure how much I was going to get from a business book geared toward professional high performers. But Options Are Power is really a self-help book about living intentionally, identifying your core values and then offering practical career advice so that you can achieve the freedom to live without compromising priorities. I loved Peters’ voice – funny, honest and always engaging, Options Are Power was a quick read that stayed with me long after I finished it.

[Laura Skladzinski · Rating 4 out of 5]

At my college reunion, I was lucky enough to attend a lecture by author Donna Peters, on "Designing Your Next Best Move", and I absolutely loved it. I immediately ordered her book, and it did not disappoint! This book walks you through the personas of people who are looking to make a move (Exploration Erika, Crossroads KT, and Hamster Wheel Hank), and encourages you to determine your core values, establish / update your personal brand, adapt your networking style and how you build relationships, and translate your skills to new applications. I appreciated the mix of personal anecdotes with practical exercises, and got a lot out of both. I also thoroughly appreciated that it was only 155 pages - so many times I feel like business books repeat the same thing over and over to try to hit a certain page count, but this was concise and to the point. My only quibble was that the last chapter was business advice that was much more generic rather than connected to the rest of the book (perhaps trying to pad that word count after all?) but I will easily overlook that with how fabulous the rest of the book was. I have already been highly recommending this to everyone I know, and will likely buy it as a gift for some of my coachees as well - go get this if you are considering any kind of change!

[Samantha Turley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great read for goal orientated business minded people. It really gives insight on how to get to the next level while making the right decisions for you personally. Opening yourself up and giving yourself options along the way leaves you room for trial and error without you feeling like you are on a set path you can’t get off of. That’s how so many people get stuck in their jobs, they feel like there isn’t another option.
Great read, so well put together and Donna’s voice shines through!

[R.K. Emery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why get another leadership book? Because sometimes you find someone with a different outlook that really helps put things into perspective.
The book is easy to digest full of examples and stories. We often try to make leadership seem so complicated. We often think being high-powered in the business world means losing our personal life. That is what this really highlights how to change your outlook to give yourself ways to simplify.
Did I mention it was easy to read?

[Gina Stamper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you want to get ahead? Are you career driven yet want balance in your life? Having it all does not have to come at such a steep price.
Donna Peters brings a self-help book that really analyzes the way successful people become married to their work in an unhealthy way, but in doing this she shows you the perfect way to set yourself up for a different experience.
Relatable, practical, and extremely helpful and eye-opening.

[C. Gonzales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another way to consider improving oneself and work life.
This book is extremely consumable and after you’re done, you might decide to see where you can change how you change your work life.
This book is life-changing and will open your eyes in each aspect of your life. It will change your self perspective at home and at work.

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

practical and crisp

Practical read of how to create and manage your career, in a way that focuses on durable, purpose driven skills. Would recommend to anyone looking to improve how the cultivate a strong network and career journey.