Find your Strongest Life Review

I found "Find Your Strongest Life", by Marcus Buckingham, a hard read. Not due to the content, but because I felt it in a way it lacked...chutzpah.

Being apart of the Thomas Nelson Blogger Review program gives us the chance to read books and review them, regardless of our opinions of the book. This so far was the least engaging book I've read for the program. I found it somewhat disappointing as I had found previous books of Mr Buckinghams to be engaging and relevant. I was waiting for the drums to roll, or the trumpet to sound, or a town crier to walk out and announce "The book is about to begin." But alas it didn't happen, and my pom-poms I was ready to bring out, are still dusty and sitting on a shelf.

I found Buckingham painted a grim and grey portrait of what it means to be a women. I almost got depressed reading it. Perhaps it was a "create conflict" tactic, but the first portion of the book was dreary. God forgive me if women around the world ask themselves "How happy am I with the things I own" but something tells only women like Anna Wintour ever pondered those conundrums.

I scrunch my nose up when books seem to promise attaining happiness and success. Perhaps I don't know Thomas Nelson Publishers enough, but I thought the book teetered on somewhat new-agey.
Secret-ish.
Eckhart Tolle minus the weird stuff.

It just didn't seem as "Christian" as I had thought it might be, coming from a Christian publisher.

A quote that stuck out to me, and a few other reviews was:

“This moment, and the emotions you feel as you relive it in your mind, is you, in truth.”

Hmmm....?

I can take away a few positives from the book, like identifying our strengths as women, playing to your strengths, and being positive. I didn't need to read a whole book to glean that truth, but was thankful I was reminded of it.

Overall not a book I would recommend. Anyone want my copy?