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Take Your Seat at the Table: Live an Authentic Life of Abundance, Wellness, and Freedom by Anthony O'Neal Book Review






Take Your Seat at the Table is a book about choosing to live your life as authentic as you can be and making a choice to take your right seat at the table. He begins the book by sharing how he felt pressure from his parents to go to college and to get a degree and strive for a 401K. He eventually did go and dropped out and wound up holding up a cardboard sign asking for money. He did end up bouncing back and got a better job and became a youth pastor. He explained how he felt less than and he didn’t belong at the table during a conference. He thought he needed to be pushed aside. He shared how we all need to see who we are and realize what we bring to the table. Our table displays our purpose in life and what we are meant to do here. He encouraged readers to discover their number on asset they bring to the table. In the book, he explored six areas: Spiritual life, Mental wellbeing, Physical health, Career, Finances, and Relationships. 

 

 

 

I liked this book and how he helped readers to realize what all they bring to the table and how important they are. This book will help readers to take back control of their lives and to live their authentic life. 



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https://www.amazon.com/Take-Your-Seat-Table-Authentic-ebook/dp/B0CYDXHN5M/

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Everyday: 365 Simple Ways to Live a Life You Love by Richard Carlson and Kristine Carlson Book Review

 

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Everyday is a book that contains a year worth of simple ways to embrace the good life and build a life you will be proud of. We can all learn to not overthink and to not sweat the small things that doesn’t matter in the long run. Some of the topics included backstabbing, recognize patterns of behavior, find a mentor, accept that people are always going to be mad at you, quiet the mind, learn to delegate, and much more. This book is a great resource to use as a daily devotional. 

 

 

 

 

One of the days discussed will it matter a year from now. They shared how they like to play a game called time warp to see what truly matters. It’s a very easy way to see if what matters now will matter a year from now. It could be an argument, disagreement, a mistake, a lost opportunity, rejection, or heartache. A lot of the time what we choose to dwelt on isn’t going to make a difference a year from now. We may not even be able to recall the event. It can provide you with a fresh preceptive. 

 



 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is tired of focusing on the wrong things and sweating the things that don’t matter. We are all guilty of getting worked up over things that we can’t even change, but we like to believe that we can. If we think about it enough and try then just maybe it will change for the better. I loved the principles and readers could greatly see their lives change if they would just follow the lessons enclosed in this book. 






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https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Sweat-Small-Stuff-Every-ebook/dp/B0DMNJC5VM/