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Becoming a Woman of Influence: Making a Lasting Impact on Others

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In my life I have had many women of Influence that have spoken tons of wisdom into my life. I wanted to pass on the great blessing that had been given to me. This book really taught me how to be a God centered mentor. This book is one of the most PRACTICAL books I have read on mentoring. Carol starts off with a few thoughts on the power of mentoring. Then she goes through several different core values of becoming that woman of influence. It takes you through some key character traits of the perfect person of influence: Jesus. There is a study guide in the back that will take you on a 9 week Bible study about how Jesus influenced others.

I was very impressed with Carol Kent. This was the first book of hers that I had read. It won't be the last. You can hear her heart that she has to see Christian women grow in their faith and to become all that they have been created to be. I was so blessed by the stories that she shares about her mentors and some other stories. Carol gives you a glance on what it feels like to live life on purpose. You can feel her fulfillment that she gets from her "mentorship" relationships. It's catchy!

If you are a Christian woman who is around any other women, this book is for you. You will be encouraged to take the light that God has placed in your spirit and pass it on to the next generation. *As a young college student let me tell ya, there are a BUNCH of young women who need your guidance, map, and wisdom.

When I began reading this book, I was able to relate to what the writer was saying because I've been impacted by two Godly women in my life. Mrs. Kent explains clearly how we as women need to impact other women. This book can be used for any women who desires to impact lives. This book would motivate you to do so, due to what Christ has done in your life, we are to pour our experiences in the lives of other women. So every women who wants to impact lives, you should get this book. Zinnada L. Hodge Bladensburg, MD

This is the first Carol Kent book that I have read, but it will not be the last. I loved it! It reminded me of how we can be an encourager to others and often we may not even realize it. Just by letting the love of Jesus shine through us to others. How we can help lead others to Christ just by be being an example of a good christian friend. This book is excellent, great for a women's book club read.

This book is a great MENTORING book, I will say that. BUT it is not for younger girls (Im 22 and read this about a year ago) and it is DEFINATLY not what a young girl would get if she based her purchase on just the book's title (its NOT about becoming an influence to the people around you as I had thought - instead, its a "how to mentor young church ladies" book). I wanted a book that would help me learn how to generally influence others my age in the christian walk - instead I got a book on how to directly mentor people decades younger than me one-on-one.

It is definately catered towards OLDER church going ladies (in their 40s, 50s, 60s) and even the wording sometimes made me feel isolated from the author's intended audience. As a young christian girl, I even had a hard time relating to her teachings as they were mostly based on her own life experiences and were instructions on how to mentor people.

Again, may i stress - direct "mentoring" and general "influence" are NOT the same concepts!!!

This is a great Bible study book for Women. Our group is age 17-87 and each one of us enjoyed the book.

This is one of the best books I've read on mentoring. Even though it appears to be geared toward women, there are many applicable chapters useful to men too. I will reread this book many times.

I bought this book on Amazon after a good friend asked me to read it with her. The chapters are easy to read, with personal stories and applicable insights! It's good having space to write in answers to the discussion questions in the back of each chapter, too.

I recommend it for any women's group or individual who wants to challenge themselves while living for the Lord!

Product more than met expectations! Delivery was prompt and hassel-free!! Could NOT be happier!

The author used avidly personal examples, examples from others, quotes, and related scripture which illustrated themes in the principles Jesus taught to his disciples. This also aided in allowing the readers to relate the examples in the book towards their own personal life. The book also outlined that a questionnaire was sent out to 100 women and the book was based on the experiences those women had with mentoring.

I did not feel that this book was adequately categorized as a book that's primary focus on mentoring. I would not recommend this book to anyone who is a mentor or contemplating whether or not to be a mentor. While this book did do a good job outlining how one can intertwine religion into mentoring it's it did not provide enough material for me to be able to learn from it's text and apply what I learned to a real life situation.