What do you think of the "Try This" sections of the book?
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What do you think of the "Try This" sections of the book?
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I love when self help style books have an application section that allows you to implement ideas into your life. I do wish that they had been focused a little more on the dreaming aspect, but I understand where the author was coming from based on his spiritual beliefs. I think someone who shared the same faith would definitely find this section helpfulsmolbird wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 00:21 I was excited to know that there were exercises after each lesson, but I was a little disappointed when I saw that the exercises weren't entirely focused on the "spark your dream" aspect of the book. A lot of the exercises had something to do with strengthening your bond with God or how you and others can pursue Him. I couldn't do many of these exercises as I didn't agree with the author's statements. What's your opinion on these sections? Did you complete the exercises? If you did, have you noticed any changes in your life?
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But I found most of them generally applicable. I loved the Venn diagram at the end of chapter 6, enabling me to find where my special talents intersect with what the world needs. I also loved the advice at the end of chapter 21 about setting quarterly and daily objectives. It's so important to use the present to build the future.
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They reminded me of my father who is a pastor and would always tell us to dream big but would still insist we only dream through and writing the confines of God's will. So while he wanted us to dream big he was more concerned about how, the religious aspects, and if we depended on God for our dreams.
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As a Christian, I could relate to the exercises, but there were some statements that I disagreed with. However, I did find a lot of the exercises to be helpful, especially the ones that makes you look back at the things that you've wanted to do but probably forgot about.Marcel Cantu wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 07:52I love when self help style books have an application section that allows you to implement ideas into your life. I do wish that they had been focused a little more on the dreaming aspect, but I understand where the author was coming from based on his spiritual beliefs. I think someone who shared the same faith would definitely find this section helpfulsmolbird wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 00:21 I was excited to know that there were exercises after each lesson, but I was a little disappointed when I saw that the exercises weren't entirely focused on the "spark your dream" aspect of the book. A lot of the exercises had something to do with strengthening your bond with God or how you and others can pursue Him. I couldn't do many of these exercises as I didn't agree with the author's statements. What's your opinion on these sections? Did you complete the exercises? If you did, have you noticed any changes in your life?
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Doing these tasks help engage our minds as we read and we in turn gain more insight from the book, which is the authors’ intention all along. By taking notes and finding ways to get these mini tasks done, we also help ourselves to grow and become better in a very short period of time.
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