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Joel Osteens Your Best Life Now - Book Review
Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen - Book Review by Mike Matthews
-Rating - 4 out of 5 Stars -The Best Advice in the book -Best
Prices for the Book, CD and Cassette -Joel Osteen's 7 steps to
your Full Potential -Critics and Followers -What I Liked -What I
didn't Like -Joel Osteen's bio -On-line Streaming Videos,
Interviews and the Blog -Your Best Life Now - Why you should buy
it today
To get the full impact of this book, Your Best Life Now, I
recommend that you see one of Joel's sermons. Did you know he
has one of the largest congregations in the U.S? Did you know he
didn't want to become a minister because he didn't think he
could effectively talk in front of large audiences? If you've
never seen him preach, you're in for a treat - take some time
and: -Watch one of his TV broadcasts at
http://www.joelosteen.com -Check out one of his on-line
streaming videos -Visit the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
Joel Osteen's ability to deliver a message is a gift and he uses
all his talent to deliver his message. His smiling face, his
accent, his stage presence, his sincerity, his analogies to
real-life situations and his enthusiasm are just a few ways that
Joel captures your attention for the 30-60 minute talks. Listen
to Joel at least once before you read his book, Your Best Life
Now. As you read, you will easily visualize him up on the stage
in front of you as he personally reads you the book. His writing
style mirrors his Sunday morning messages and you'll find the
same enthusiasm while reading this book
Rating - 4 of 5 Stars Overall, Your Best Life Now is a very good
motivational book. Many chapters will hit you directly with a
positive force, while others will cause you to ask "...why did
he include this in book...". I would have rated this a 5, but
there were a few conflicting points in the book and there were a
few times he strayed from the topic of living to your full
potential.
One of the best points is Joel's discussion about making time to
focus on your pursuit of true goals, instead of crowding your
day with mundane tasks and other people's priorities. Losing
focus on the important goals is so easy to do and his thoughts
on this subject are well written in the book. One of points that
I found difficult to accept is, trusting God to bring justice
into your life. In my opinion, this belief is too simplified and
naive.
Even though I am not a strong religious person, Your Best Life
Now contains more good points than 'not so good' points and for
that, it is a must read. His enthusiasm will help motivate you
to improve your life and to improve the life of others. If you
want to listen to him read the book, then consider ordering the
CD version or cassette version of Joel Osteen's book, Your Best
Life Now. Check out the best prices at
http://www.your-key-to-success.com/yourbestlifenow.html.
The Best Advice - Enlarge Your Vision Joel starts with a great
analogy about a gorgeous house in Hawaii that a vacationing
friend was admiring. The friend's comment was something like "I
can't imagine ever living in a place like that." In the book,
Joel states it well with one of his many quotes; "We have to
(first) conceive it on the inside before we're going to receive
on the outside." You need to change your mindset and first,
imagine yourself living in that fabulous house. Your Best Life
Now discusses the need to create a larger vision for your life
and your personal goals. He also mentions the need to avoid
getting stuck in a rut and you'll see more successes with your
relationships, personal finances, health, etc. Joel also
proceeds to tell us that God expects much more from all of us
and settling for a small vision is not what God or others
expect.
Personal Commentary Do you think Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther
King, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison, Warren Buffet - had small
visions? Absolutely Not! Every successful person starts with a
great vision of possibilities. They were not born with a set of
grandiose goals and a lifetime vision. Their goals and vision
were developed over time and became a focal point later. You too
can create a vision, make it your personal focal point and use
it as your driving force to succeed with your personal goals.
You can check out some other great motivational secrets and
articles at
http://www.your-key-to-success.com/index_articles.html. End of
personal commentary.
Best Prices for the 'Your Best Life Now' book, CD and cassette
version I've found the best pricing and availability for this
book, CD and cassette on Amazon.com, Booksamillion.com or
Simplyaudiobooks.com. Other sites such as ebay and Joel Osteen's
site also have this book, but I've always had good better
experiences at Amazon.com. Your Best Life Now can be purchased
as a book, CD or cassette version. Prices range from only $12 to
$18 and you can get a direct link to those prices at
http://www.your-key-to-success.com/yourbestlifenow.html#bestprice
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The 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential Enlarge Your Vision
- (in my opinion, the best advice) Develop a Healthy Self Image
Discover the Power of your Thoughts Let Go of the Past Find
Strength through Adversity - (another good chapter) Live to Give
- ('Give some, Receive More' would have been a better title)
Choose to be Happy - (Personally trying to make some changes
with this one)
Critics and Followers On a blog I created specifically for this
book (http://yourbestlifenowreview.blogspot.com), I've listed
some links to other web sites that contain reviews, testimonials
and other personal thoughts about Joel Osteen, the Lakewood
Church and his new book, Your Best Life Now. There seems to be
two extreme views that range from "Best person that touched my
life" to "His use of 'God' to increase his personal wealth is
not the Christian Way". After viewing about 50 of these
comments, it's about a 25 to 1 ratio in favor of Joel, his
teaching methods and his new book, Your Best Life Now. You can
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Here are a few quotes from the Followers: Chuck Norris, Actor -
"As I was growing up, my mother taught be two essential
principles for success: trust in God, and look for the best in
people. Today, my wife, Gena, and I benefit greatly from Joel
Osteen's similar positive messages of hope and encouragement."
Rudy Tomjanovich, coach, Los Angeles Lakers - "Joel has the
unique ability to communicate the most complex spiritual
principles in simple everyday language. He will motivate and
inspire you to live a life of excellence and to fulfill your
God-given destiny.
What I Liked Enlarge your Vision is by far the most important
point in his book. Without a big vision, you can't expect big
things to occur your life.
Finding Strength through Adversity is another great perspective
and realization. If we all lived without challenges, we'd never
reach our potential. Some of toughest challenges can be both
what is given to us as well as what we give to ourselves. One of
his quotes sums it up well, "turning your challenges into
stepping stones for promotion".
Choose to be Happy is a great way for Joel to end his book, Your
Best Life Now. Smile more often, show enthusiasm and make the
choice to be happy. It is your choice, no matter the
circumstance, to be happy.
What I didn't Like Chapter 22, Trusting God's Timing is
personally difficult for me to absorb. Often, I will hear the
phrase, "I'm going to pray for the (solution)." It is my opinion
that praying may be a positive step for you in finding a
solution and it may give you a sense of possibility, but it
can't be the answer. Joel's comment to trust God's timing might
lead some to simply give up and let God handle it. I believe you
need to take some specific actions to get a solution & I don't
think only praying, will get you a solution. In another section
of his book, he states that perseverance is important in living
to your full potential and getting all those things that you
create in your vision.
Joel Osteen's Bio Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of the
Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. An unbelievable 30,000
members listen to Joel each week and millions more watch him
deliver his messages on national TV. Joel lives in Houston with
his wife, Victoria, and their two children, Jonathan and
Alexandra. Joel's book, Your Best Life Now has been #1 on the
New York Times bestseller list and has sold over 1,000,000
copies. Joel started the television outreach ministry with his
father and remained behind the scenes, until his father passed
away. He dedicated this book, Your Best Life Now to his father,
John Osteen (1929-1999),
On-line Streaming Video, Interviews, Quotes and a Blog dedicated
to the Book Check out some of his most recent messages at his
web site, http://www.joelosteen.com. (You may need to register
to view).
Read the interview with Laura Sheahen or Bill O'Reilly at the
blog site listed below.
I created a specific Blog to post as much as I could about Joel
Osteen and his new book, Your Best Life Now, both the good and
the 'not so good'. Take a peek at the Blog, you'll enjoy the
interesting facts, interviews and personal comments.
Your Best Life Now - Why you should buy it today. Here are a few
quotes from his book: "You must conceive it in your heart and
mind before you can receive it" (Enlarge Your Vision) "Don't
worry about things you can't change" (Happiness is a Choice)
It's in the tough times of life that we find out what we're
really made of" (The Purpose of Trials) "It's time to think
about what you're thinking about" (Choosing the Right Thoughts)
Joel does a great job in enthusiastically conveying his ideas
and principles with the reader. His use of humor, sincerity and
analogies make the book both easy and inspiring to read. (It was
tough to put down).
"Dreams will determine what you want in life, Actions will
determine what you get in life.
Do you truly have a desire to make your life better, do you just
think about it and never take action? If you don't get this
book, you'll miss out on hearing the message of one of the great
motivational leaders of our time. Today is that day to take
action, and buy Joel Osteen's, Your Best Life Now! For less than
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End of Product Review by Mike Matthews
About the author:
Mike Matthews is a writer for http://www.Your-Key-to-Success.com
with many personal successes in the areas of personal finance,
small business, real estate investments and reaching fitness
goals.
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