Emotional Intelligence Game Changers: 101 Simple Ways to Win at Work and Life by Harvey Deutschendorf Book Review

In Emotional Intelligence Game Changers, Harvey Deutschendorf has written a book to help readers to understand their emotions and to learn how to balance them. The book is in a simple form with a short chapter with bullet points, El exercise, and a quote broken down into 101 ways. He explained where the term emotional intelligence come from and it began with Aristotle. It is defined as, “skill of understanding and channeling our emotions, rather than letting them control us.” He shared how his father was an angry man and was rarely happy. They have to live on guard never knowing when he would get set off. His mother was the opposite and she was patient and loving. He grew up in a dysfunctional family life. This led to him to become guarded and afraid of criticism. He would withdraw and would be distant and at work he didn’t have the people skills. He explained how he read a book and worked hard on his emotions and he turned his work life around. He would get to know them on a personal level and help with extra work and this led to him getting promoted. 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters discussed the importance of recognizing awesome employees. They have discovered that potential new hires are looking for employees with good attitudes. This tends to be more preferred than their abilities, skills, or knowledge. One of the ways we can change is remembering to respect others and show them consideration. We need to be handling our emotions well and become a part of who we are. Another way is knowing when to speak up and ask questions with sensitivity. We must also refuse to ever say it’s not our responsibility and ignore trying to help others or doing additional tasks. Employees can also be open to finding ways they can improve the work environment. This EI activity was to begin your awesome gift card program and email another coworker a blessing and a gift just to thank them for their hard work. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book about emotional intelligence and this is a great tool for personal and business reasons. He has a main goal of helping you to learn how to manage them. I liked how he explored body language and how we should position our bodies and maintain good posture. I also liked how he explained the prominence of not taking things too personal in business. Our coworkers might have been upset at a spouse and taking it out at us at work. I thought it was really interesting how he described how loneliness in our workplace is worse than obese and possibly even smoking. He included helpful tips in creating an atmosphere where coworkers can connect also on a personal level and in turn become less likely to be lonely. I also connected with all the types to avoid at work that are toxic to our health. This will help readers to learn more about them and how to handle them. I thought he did an excellent job at trying to help readers especially in their work environment. This book would be a great read if you would take a tip a day and try to act it out in real life. 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Dexterity for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-Game-Changers-Simple/dp/1947297694/

 

Love Is the Point: 100 Days of God’s Love for You and How to Share It with Those Around You by Carlos PenaVega and Alexa PenaVega Book Review

 

In Love is the Point, Carlos and Alexa PenaVega has written a book on critical it is to remember and focus on love and share it with others. Love should be the main point of our existence. This book is divided up into short devotionals for 100 days. They both realized that fame and being a celebrity couldn’t ever be the most important aspect of their lives and marriage. They explained how they were forgiven by God and loved by him. They shared how they learned to love each other and love their friends. They also shared a lot on one of their best friend’s, Andrew and how he chooses to reach out to others anytime they need assistance and is active example of love in action. They shared how he asked them to start a Bible study in their home. Lex explained how she wasn’t looking forward to it at the time and didn’t want to host and invite a lot of people in their home. She eventually agreed to and it tried out to be one of the best decisions she ever made. They had Bible study, worship, and fellowship with about 50 other people. She explained how we need to create our homes as a welcoming place for others and we can show them hospitality. 

 

 

In the book, Los also opened up about his past struggles with pornography. When he received Christ, he began to feel led to give up this habit. God was calling in and instructing him to become more holy. He relied on the help of the Holy Spirit to help break this addiction. He suggested that readers find their one person who we fully trust and have them support us in our journey to let go. Lex also shared how she struggled with an eating disorder in her teens. Her own mother made a comment about Katharine McPhee and how when she revealed her own struggle with bulimia. She felt people would always judge her and she would forever be known as someone who dealt with bulimia. Her mother was just trying to protect her own daughter. But Lexa disagreed and knew she needed to acknowledge her secrets and bring them into the light. She shared how we need to share our deep secrets with someone we trust as we love in action task. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to love stronger and learn to truly love others like Christ does. This book is extremely helpful for marriage couples to use as a devotional together. You could also benefit from it from being single it could help you to love in the future. Each day had a short story and a love in action task to complete. I especially loved the tasks and thought it immensely helped to live out love each day. There stories are very personal and they try to make the content relatable. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Thomas Nelson for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Love-Point-Share-Those-Around/dp/1400242770/

Flying Sideways: The Story of the World's Most Famous Stunt Pilot by Fred North and Peggy North Book Review

 

In Flying Sideways, Fred North opened up about his journey to become a professional stunt pilot. He has done stunt work on X-Men, several Fast and Furious movies, James Bond: Spectre, Mission Impossible, Transformers, and has been credited in over 200 movies. He was chosen to work on Extraction 2. He explained how they worked together to create the masterplan of landing a helicopter on top of a moving train and having it top off back guys right on top of the train. He shared how this led to him flying sideways for the epic scene. He also shared how he met his wife Peggy and how she helps him in his filming stunt career. 

 

 

 

In the book, he explained how he told his parents that he wanted to become a pilot and fly a helicopter. At first, he was going to try out for the military. He had to pass an IQ test, psychological evaluation, and pass the assess knowledge. He failed the psychological test and was told he isn’t logical and he wouldn’t ever be able to become a pilot. On the instructor test he passed it with a perfect score but it still wasn’t enough for them to accept them. He did try out for the army proper and the EMHM program and was able to focus on alpine and arctic warfare. He also opened up about his experience in this program and how he talked them into releasing them. He still wasn’t living his dream. He went into extreme details revealing how he became a pilot and his experiences and adventures he faced. 

 

 

I absolutely loved the cover design and the photos in the book. They all had a comic or superhero feeling to them. This is helped to lure readers all of ages into wanting to check out the book. I really enjoyed reading about all of his crazy adventures. It was interesting reading about how he refused to ever give up on his dream even when people didn’t support him. He bet the incredible odds despite being labeled a misfit who wouldn’t ever fly. I remember watching some of the scenes he was a part in and they were unbelievable action packed. You can tell he is very talented in his work and has cheated death a few times. This story will inspire readers to never give up on their own dreams. 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Dexterity for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Sideways-Story-Worlds-Famous/dp/1947297872/

When the World Breaks: The Surprising Hope and Subversive Promises in the Teachings of Jesus by Jason Adam Miller Book Review

 

In When the World Breaks, Jason Adam Miller has written a guide in helping readers to rediscover hope and that all is not lost in the world. The world around is hurting and breaking. We are still recovering from the side effects of a global pandemic and the politics are out of control. We are dealing with racial injustice, climate change, sickness, divorce, religion falling away. He shared a personal story of witnessing the violence in the Middle East. He heard of stories of families shot and killed. He went to Gaza and saw that every playground has a bomb shelter. They have 15 seconds to make it underground before the rockets will land. He saw a video of children being tear gassed. All of this led him to feeling hopeless and at the end of his faith. He passed by a church that contained engraved words and blessings on the steps. There were known as the Beatitudes. He felt an urgency to study them. In the book he explored all eight of the blessings referred to as the Beatitudes which are found in Matthew chapter 5. These included blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, meek, people who strive for righteousness, merciful, peacemakers, just to name a few. 

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters discussed mourning and how it can turn into praise. He shared a story about one of his friends named, Alex. They met in college and they were roommates with some other guys. One day, he saw his friends discover his calling and passion for life. He wanted to join a nonprofit that helped children who were exploited to become soldiers in Joseph Kony’s war in Central Africa. He travelled the world and helped others and found happiness. He eventually got married to Beth and they were expecting their first son. A few months went by and he received a phone call telling him that Alex committed suicide. He explained the grief he felt and heartache. He revealed how he was a part of his memory at the ocean and how he found healing. He compared it to finding the glory and praise in the pain. 

 

 

I would recommend this overwhelming book about the Beatitudes and the blessings that we can experience in scriptures. This book provided a new fresh look at the passages and they were very eye opening. We can learn a lot about Jesus and His teachings and the hope we can still reply on today. I really liked how open he was in his own struggled with clinical depression and even went into a psychiatric ward. He was dealing with childhood trauma and feeling despair. He also shared how he was able to connect more with God. I really connected with the Everyone an Icon story about Jenny and the Snotty Lady. Readers will really get a taste of how noteworthy it is to see the Divine in other people. This will be life changing if readers will begin to see God in others.  

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/When-World-Breaks-Surprising-Subversive/dp/1546003509/

 

Brindlefox by John Sandford Book Review

Brindlefox is a children’s book discussing the life of a fox and how this particular fox hated to speak to others. He hated small talk or any kind of talk at all. He didn’t like to have guests over or to invite people into his home. He wouldn’t clean his home and he let moss and ivy grow around the rooms. There were weeds and flowers everywhere. He refused to have any friends. He had a hard heart and was bitter on life. One day a small sapling grew on his back. This led to a big tree growing on him and birds loved to make nests in the tree and he hated this. A young heron decided to swing on his branches and he told him that he heard he never spoke. She kept coming back and taking brambleberries from his vine. One day he smelled pies that were freshly baked being left at his own house. He spoke and asked the heron why she would make him pies. The heron refused to not take no for an answer. She was determined to make the fox speak to him. This led to them to become friends and he experienced love and kindness. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome children’s book with a powerful message of how a hardened heart can be turned around. At times, I think we can all related to the fox and how we want to shut the world out and just to be left alone. We might be experiencing pain or hurts from others and we think it is just plain easier to build up walls and ignore others. There is great healing when we choose to let kindness in and become friends with others. This is a wonderful book about helping others and learning to love ourselves and to love others. We all need to remember how to be a friend. I loved the wonderful pastel colors and it reminded me of nature and looked very storytelling in the colorful details. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/BrindleFox-John-Sandford/dp/154600372X/

 

Home is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly by Katherine Pryor Art By Ellie Peterson Book Review

 

Home is Calling is a children’s book about the critical journey of a monarch butterfly and their travels around the world. Every fall monarch caterpillars hatch in the eastern United States and southern Canada. Then they travel over 3,000 miles to central Mexico for the winter months. The book covered how the fly and travel across the oceans and world during the different seasons. They are typically orange and black with incredible wings. They are all on a special quest to make it back home. The book enclosed the anatomy of a butterfly and had a helpful chart explaining what each part of the butterfly is. It also described the life cycle of a caterpillar to an adult butterfly and how long it takes them to complete the cycle. She explained the importance of milkweed and how this is a beautiful flower that helps them to survive. Since the 1990’s the monarch butterflies have encountered a vast decline in their numbers. They have become a member of the endangered species list in 2022. A big part in their decline is the view of the milkweed and how it is considered a weed and climate change. She shared how readers can help save them by planting milkweed. You just have to be careful cause it can harm other animals. You can also report and seek out ways to help through organizations. There was also a guide on the migration progress and their travels at the back of the book. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this colorful impactful book on butterflies to anyone who enjoys watching these beautiful creatures. It would be a great sadness if we lost them and they were no more. But there are things we can do to help them live longer and to have a home. It was interesting to read about the migration process of them and I loved how in depth they went in explaining it where kids can understand. I liked how they created a fun book showcasing their journey around the world and how they travel every year. I liked how they included the anatomy of the butterfly and how they tried to teach children some of the science behind their bodies and their live cycles. I also loved the illustrations and it was like watching the monarch butterflies fly right around me while I was reading the book.  

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Home-Calling-Journey-Monarch-Butterfly/dp/1546003134