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Living With Intention: Designing a Wildly Fulfilling & Remarkably Successful Life

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I think this is the first time I've read a self-help book that made me laugh out loud--several times. The author has a great way of combining practical, easy-to-follow techniques for improving life with light-hearted humor.

Each chapter focuses on an individual technique for making improvements in all aspects of life. I've put several into practice with incredible results in my life.

Reading this book is like having a life coach right there next to you. Don't miss this one!

Living with Intention combines witty, interesting writing with useful practices -- practices that work! Each chapter educates readers and combines all insights with a call to action. These practical action steps result in the behavior changes necessary to transforming your life. The book has helped me re-frame my thinking about myself, my job, and my relationships. Even more important, I have taken this new way of thinking and have applied it to my actions. As a result, I feel more equipped to face challenges, accomplish goals, and experience lasting joy. I often find myself passing along the wisdom found in the book to my friends, colleagues, and family members when they come to me with their own challenges.

I have often been skeptical of "self-help" books, but Living with Intention is a practical manual that I couldn't have done without. I highly recommend this book!

Dr. Davis's comic talent deserves to be directed towards an all-humor book. Her tales of personal comeuppances are truly funny and touching at the same time. Here's an example: After succumbing to the flu on Valentine's Day (the kind that keeps you hugging the toilet), her one-year-old daughter repeatedly exhorted Dr. Davis to stop drinking the water in the toilet bowl if she wanted to feel better. If you like that one, wait until you get to the softball stories!

Seriously, though, the humor serves to break down the barriers most of us feel between "experts" (especially well-educated ones by Dr. Davis) and normal folks. Her book has a serious purpose which is to direct you to take charge of your life to create a direction and a style that make you feel terrific.

Here's a brief overview of her key points:

1. Change your perspective to a more powerful one: See yourself as in charge of what's going to happen to you; be optimistic; and choose meanings for what happens that inspire you to keep going.

2. Pick a direction: Determine your values; picture what you want; develop goals; and find the support you need to succeed.

3. Become efficient in employing your focus and energy.

4. Fill each day with happiness (life is a journey, not a destination): Savor what you love; re-experience things that bring you joy; help others; lose yourself in something joyful; be grateful.

5. Build on what you do best.

6. Develop resiliency in responding to external and unexpected events.

Each section is filled with specific descriptions of research that talks about how to do these things, strategies for turning the research into practice, and exercises to help you move your thinking along. A good portion of the book is also devoted to pages where you can write down your thoughts and the results of exercises so that you can keep track of your progress over time. Dr. Davis doesn't limit herself to her own resources: She also cites many other excellent books and free online resources that you can use.

I don't know of a better, simpler, and more helpful book for taking charge of your life. Those who find The Success Principles to be too daunting (with all of those short chapters on things to do) will find Living with Intention to be low-key, accessible, and comfortable.

Get the ball rolling today by ordering this excellent book.

If you need more help, Dr. Davis is also a life coach who can work with you directly. That sounds like fun!

Just don't ask for help with softball.

This book is a MUST read for everyone who desires to create a life rich with meaning and purpose! Deanna has a style of writing that will truly captivate your heart and inspire you to take the necessary actions for creating the life of your dreams. Within the pages of Living with Intention you will be taken on a personal journey where you will learn amazing things about yourself, your perspective, vision and conviction. You will discover what brings joy, connection, laughter and balance to your life. I highly recommend this book to everyone, you are going to love how it impacts your life!

Truth in advertising requires me to say that I know Deanna and think she is an amazing human being as well as a phenomenal coach. In fact, she was my coach and inspired me to enter the field.

That said, I couldn't give this book a five-star rating unless I believed it was worth it. So...

What I love about Deanna and believe makes her such an excellent coach shines through in this book. Her humor makes what she says reverberate as truth. Her ideas and advice, while researched based (after all, she has her Ph.D), come across in the book much as they would from an old friend.

As a coach, I'm very much focused on taking action with my clients. so to me, the book's worksheets make the price of purchase worthwhile if you are serious about making changes in your life. This book is a friendly, yet structured guide to becoming the person you want to be.

Buy it. Use it. Enjoy it!

I've read a lot of self improvement books, but this one really spoke to me. It's a witty and enjoyable read that maps out the methods to success in a clear and concise manner. After reading it, I was able to apply what I'd learned to my everyday life. I've lost weight, had a more positive outlook on life, and set some significant new goals. The steps that are provided are effective and easy to implement. I enjoyed it so much that I bought copies for all the members of my family.

Deanna Davis has written a book that makes the power of intention accessible to all. Deanna's wit and humor and her obvious mastery of the material supported by research and great personal anecdotes make the concept of Living with Intention fun and powerful for all. The exercises in the book are well explained and easy to accomplish yet give readers a big bang for the buck..Powerful information with great personal warmth and humor!! I really recommend this book to anyone who wants to acquire simple yet powerful new tools to improve quality of life.

This book helped show me a blue print in altering my life's course to the direction I wanted...get out of auto-pilot and start being who I was designed to be. Deanna speaks in a way that resonates through a unique mix humor and candor that left me feeling like I had the tools to take immediate and massive action in the direction of my dreams. I apprecaited this book so much that I also purchased her CD's and solicited her to come teach my team to to live their "wildly successful lives" as well. Thank you!