Conscious Luck: Eight Secrets to Intentionally Change Your Fortune by Gay HendricksMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I found this book to be an uplifting read. It is a self-help book that has a few interesting sections that are enlightening, The biggest issue is that so many of these ideas are present in other similar types of books in this genre, many of which have been out and well read for years. That being said, it has many salient ideas to change their own way of viewing and interacting with the world around them in order to change their "luck". As, stated by many others like Oprah, "Luck is only being ready and prepared when the right opportunity is presented." The novel aspect of this book is how they chose to utilize exercises to change one's mindset to enable positive results.I found this to be an interesting addition to the ideas presented. I also enjoyed some of the vignettes used to give real world examples of their concepts. One in particular was the story related to Shame, when the author related a story of childhood and how her mother "would apply the switch on her" when she had committed some offense. This was such a common practice of discipline in the South that I had to laugh, recalling my grandmother making me go out to a tree out behind the house and choosing my own switch for my punishment. This was related to what it means to wake up to the feeling people carry of shame and then ultimately steps that can be taken to move beyond it.
Good read with insightful exercises and ideas.
Thank you for the early copy.
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