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Have you ever stood in the middle of your life, looked around and said, “Something’s got to change!”

Have you ever tried to stare down a secret addiction, or “just get over” a hurtful past?

Have you ever been so scared of failing that you didn’t even try to start to make a change in your life?

Have you ever thought, “Everything changes, so why can’t I?”

Why is it so hard to change?

It doesn’t have to be hard.

Working Your Best You: Discovering and Developing the Strengths God Gave You  is a book for anyone who has looked at their life and said, "I want to make a change, but I just don’t know how.”

You’re about to learn how.

This is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to lifestyle change. This book is about you. How you work, and how to make the change you need to make.

In the days ahead, you’ll discover your strengths and how they work. You’ll learn what your true goals are, and you’ll learn how to combine your strengths and your goals in order to draw a map you can follow as you navigate the road toward change.

You’ve never looked at your life like this before. And you’ll never see it the same way again.

The strength-based approach to change is unlike traditional approaches to problem solving. You’re not going to spend all your time digging around in the muck and mire of your past. You’re not going to relive unhappy experiences or put your problems under the microscope. You won’t even be "learning from your mistakes".

Why not? Because you’re already doing those things. You don't need any more practice looking at what’s wrong. 

What you need now is hope.

It’s time to start looking at what’s right in your life.

In Working Your Best You, you’ll spend time looking at the things that you’re good at (talents and skills), the things you love (people, places, hobbies, passions, joys), and the things that bring you joy.

You’ll learn how to build on your success using your strengths.

You’ll explore all that’s good within you. Everything that’s true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy. 

You’ll learn to see yourself the way God sees you: a beloved child, His own creation, whom He filled with strengths, gifts, talents, and hope for the future.   The Bible tells us that we are a wonder of creation. No other created thing was given the special attention humanity was given.  God has provided you with everything you need to succeed.

You can begin your journey of change today.

This is a wonderful journey that will change your life, but understand this is no "quick fix”. I’m not offering you a formula you can apply to your life and POOF! everything is fixed. You won’t find a magic incantation you can recite. Nor will you find a one minute prayer that guarantees success in 30 days. I’m not promising you a secret passage to a world where you’ll be wrapped in a divine protective bubble, never to have any problems again.

Instead, you’re being invited on a journey to a place of confidence and strength. A place where you have the assurance that God is with you, working in your life.

Change takes time, commitment, and faith. Pray now and ask God to supply these things as you seek His best for your life. God wants to give you His best.   Ask Him. He won’t disappoint you.

Get ready for the journey of your life.

Joy awaits you.

A very fine piece of writing, and a wonderful idea.
Brian

I like your emphasis on strengths. The more that any of us-- whether from a humanistic, Christian, feminist, or whatever perspective-- can argue for a focus on personal strengths, the more likely that the dominant approach based on exploiting weaknesses will be forced to take notice and perhaps change.
Jim 

At a recent Write! Canada conference I had the pleasure of attending a workshop given by Bonnie, using the priniciples from her new book.  This charismatic teacher held the participants' rapt attention as she took us through the process of translating our inspirations and talents into strengths and to use those to produce "Do-able" goals.            Judy