- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Library Edition edition (Sep 30 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0849921201
- ISBN-13: 978-0849921209
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #577,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Bestselling author Lucado (Come Thirsty) dedicates his latest book to helping readers discover their "sweet spot"—the job or life calling they were created for. He guides readers on their search to find the unique abilities God may have built into them. First step: "read your life backward" to see where you've been successful and what you've loved in the past. Readers are directed to find their personal "S.T.O.R.Y."—strengths, topic, optimal conditions, relationships and "Yes!" moments. This acronym originates with People Management Inc., whose theories helped Lucado find his own strengths and form much of the foundation for this book. For Lucado, discovering one's life purpose is really about honoring the God who gave the unique abilities in the first place, so he instructs readers not to make decisions based on greed. Instead, he exhorts them to "make a big deal out of God" rather than worrying about their own reputation and to trust God to use their "small beginnings" in his overall purpose. The book contains a "Sweet Spot Discovery Guide" with detailed exercises from People Management to help readers uncover their own personal "S.T.O.R.Y."—though some will want further guidance. As always, evangelical readers will appreciate that Lucado is easy to read while still substantive and orthodox, and many struggling to find the work that's right for them will find this book very helpful. (Jan. 3)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Book Description
Its only Sunday and youre already dreading Monday. You spend 50+ hours at a job you hate and come home too exhausted to pursue anything other than reality TV. You are not alone: 87 percent of workers dont find meaning at work and 80 percent believe their talents are unused. The resulting attitude impacts health, relationships, and a fundamental sense of happiness, but best-selling author Max Lucado has a cure. In his winsome, encouraging voice, Max gives practical tools to explore your uniqueness, find motivation to put it to work, and get perspective to redefine your concept of work. Its never too late to uncover strengths, discover Gods will, and cure the otherwise hopeless prognosis of a common life.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A helpful guide to finding that special niche,
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This review is from: Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot (Paperback)
This book is easy to read and serves as a good reminder that people really do have sweet spots. It's a good encourager to go for it, citing many examples of how people found the courage to leave their 'security' to find their dreams fulfilled doing what they truly love and were meant to do. I think that saying, do a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life holds very true.I agreed with the book but I remember years ago questioning about recipes when cooking sweet things that needed salt added. That just didn't make sense to me. Then someone explained that the salt just makes the sweet sweeter. I think sometimes we need to have a salty job for a while so that when we find that sweet spot we'll appreciate it that much more. The book is faith based and quotes scripture to back up the concepts. It has exercises at the back--answering questions and writing about experiences--all engineered to help you find your sweet spot. Wishing you lots of sweetness in your life, and yes I recommend the book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cure for the common life,
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This review is from: Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot (Paperback)
This is one of the best books I've read in the last twenty years. It is full of examples of living in the sweet spot of life. At the end of the 'story' is a 40 page workbook, The Sweet Spot Discovery Guide (pgs. 141-181). If you read this entire book and complete the discovery guide, you will realign your life with a purpose that is as plain to see as the nose on your face. I totally enjoyed this book and highly recommend it with five stars!
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An easy and insightful read!,
This review is from: Cure for the Common Life (Paperback)
Dissatisfied with your job?Feeling like you have no real skills? Or as though your interests are meaningless for glorifying God? Cure for the Common Life discusses our "sweet spots"..the areas in our life in which we feel fulfilled because we're doing what we do best, and doing it for our Maker. We've all had those "How can God use little old me?" thoughts, and Max teaches us how to replace those with "I'm good at this because God chose me to be good at this, and I can do this for HIM." Like with all of Mx Lucado's that I've read, Cure for the Common Life is an easy read, and chock full of insight. Using simple yet meaningful analogies, he gets his point across. Max explains how no matter how insignificant our skills appear, we can use them for God because God gave us those skills! Lucado also encourages us to take the time to thoroughly explore ourselves so that we can find our "sweet spots" in life. This book held my attention from cover to cover with its inspiring message that even I can do great things for God. I bookmarked several passages in the book to refer to later. Whether you're just starting out on your own in life, or you've been in the workforce for decades, you should read this book! At the end of this book, Lucado shares a step-by-step guideline to help us discover our sweet spots.
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