Design your own Destiny by Mary A. Molloy
Design Your Own Destiny: Life Planning for the 21st Century by Mary A.Molloy is a book suitable for people who are facing live changing decisions in their lives. In the 8 chapters on the book she talks about how one can
- Check if your life is in balance
- Re-examine their core values and believes, talents and joys
- Being aware of “self talk” and the power of belief
- Focus on your dream
- Know what the alternatives are
- Create your life choice map
- Measure and adjust your life plan
- Obtain harmonic alignment
In each chapter questions are asked to help you examine yourself. Suggestions and key points are also given at the end of the chapter which you can work on the determine your balance/destiny. They work as checkpoints that you can work through while you rediscover yourself.
Positive reinforcement and Tai Chi help to clear your mind and give you the energies to focus on what matters to you. You need to know what is your mission in life, what is your end point and work backwards to where you currently are.
Put your dreams down in writing or drawing so that you can visually see it and make it happen. Having it written down on pen and paper gives us the point of focus and encouragement to work towards seeing it become a reality.
Molloy gives the readers the tools through case examples on how to do a realistic assessment of where her clients are in relations to the goals that they wish to achieve. They are thought how to think through the various options which maybe presented to them and select the best. They are also thought how to do up their own personal life choice map filled with the activities that they wish to do in order to reach their goal.
My thoughts
I find this book by Mary a very refreshing read. The way she puts across the points make it easy to comprehend. We need to know yourself first before any changes or improvements can be done. We ourselves are in charge of our destiny and how to create it for yourself. I agree that it is important to try to keep yourself positive and remove/drain out all the negativity that seeps into your life if you want to be focus on your goals.
One of the quotes in the book really struck a chord with me.
Keep whatever serves you. Release whatever does not.
Sometimes we clutter up our lives with unwanted physical/ mental clutter which makes it difficult for us to focus on what truly matters to us. It’s time for me to re-examine what I want in my life and put it down on paper to make a commitment to myself.
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October 26, 2012 @ 7:41 pm
aside from science fiction and adventure books i love self help books too! 🙂
October 26, 2012 @ 7:50 pm
I like the quote..keep whatever serves you, release whatever does not… I might share this too.. visiting from ComEx Oct23
October 26, 2012 @ 9:06 pm
Her topics are very positive and looks like that this is a great self-help book! I life, positivity is always the key. Though, we may create our life choice map, there are also so many opportunities that come by which is not necessarily in our plan but may still turn out as great life changing experiences so be open to them!
October 27, 2012 @ 6:24 am
Hmmm… this is new to me… will dig more on this sis.. Thanks for sharing.
October 28, 2012 @ 6:22 am
Wow! That one line is so strong that it made me realize on how I should look and think positive on the future. Thanks for sharing this. Visiting from CommEx 10/23.
October 28, 2012 @ 10:51 pm
love the quote. come to think of it , it makes a lot of sense.