What Do We Want to Be When We Grow Up?

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Summary: Good, Common-sense Advice
Review: Every year thousands of self-help books are published promising you can be smarter, richer, thinner, happier and/or better pleased with yourself even without all of the above. The majority of these books have one basic assumption: that the reader knows what he or she wants.

Authors Kenney Hayes and Marlene Hamilton, however, know there are some --women in particular -- who may have a feeling there's something missing in their lives but aren't quite sure what. What may be missing, they say, is an understanding of one's life's purpose, a dream. Everyone has such a purpose, they advise, but may have either lacked the courage to pursue it or lost faith in their ability to do so. What Do We Want to Be When We Grow Up is for them.

"Get ready," writes Ms. Hamilton, "to visualize the invisible Dream God has for you, or the one tucked down deep within your heart."

In a breezy, wry style, Ms. Hayes and Ms. Hamilton offer the kind of "you can do it" encouragement one gets from good friends, and that is totally intentional. Although both are active in church ministry, they aren't out to preach a sermon. Instead, by using events in their own lives as examples, they show how even the negative events in our lives can further our path goalward. Each chapter is followed by a single page of exercises intended to build confidence and aid in self-discovery, making their slim volume an potentially excellent group study guide.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE GROW UP might almost be subtitled "An Introduction to Self-Help," because that is essentially what it does. It's a place to start if one is dissatisfied without quite knowing why, a first step on the road to finding out just what one is here for presented in an easily digested, uplifting way that never accuses or condemns. And it is well worth reading just for the pleasure of knowing the authors.

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Summary: Do we have to grow up?
Review: This is like reading your best friends journal. Great life stories,lessons learned and wisdom included. Try it. You won't be disappointed.