{"id":3390,"date":"2012-05-11T06:03:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T06:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2022-09-20T18:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:04:55","slug":"designing-your-destiny-book-review-for-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/designing-your-destiny-book-review-for-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Your Destiny \u2013 Book Review for Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upsidethinking.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upside Thinking<\/a>, author Lisa Marie Platske provides a tool in this book, Designing Your Destiny, for exploring who you are and what you want, strategizing, and expanding the positive outcomes you create.<\/p>\n<p>The sections in the book (in order) include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bold Beginnings \u2013 <em>an opportunity to reinvent yourself<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Building Relationships \u2013 <em>focusing on the power of your relationships<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Creating Your Own Luck \u2013 <em>explore and build on your strengths<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Growing Into Extraordinary \u2013 <em>reflect on what success is for you <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Being Authentic \u2013 <em>a process for authenticity<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Discovering Your Passion \u2013 <em>know what drives you<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Choosing Excellence \u2013 <em>developing your dream and yourself for excellence<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Staying Balanced \u2013 <em>creating a quality of life supports quality in all you do<\/em><\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s Working for You (And Against You) \u2013 <em>evaluate and make smart choices<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Bringing Out the Best in Others \u2013 <em>be a better you by helping others<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Attitude of Gratitude \u2013 <em>being present and positive<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Giving Back \u2013 <em>making a positive difference for others means you are your best you<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Good:\u00a0 In each section a narrative the often includes examples sets the stage, then you are asked to reflect and write for personal awareness and application.<\/p>\n<p>The Bad:\u00a0 The format is free-flowing and requires time for self-reflection and writing; the value is obtained by investing your time and expanding your thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:\u00a0 When you want to take charge of your life, be intentional, and maximize outcomes, this is a great workbook for setting the foundation, creating your strategy, and moving toward your best opportunities.\u00a0 Use it as self-directed coaching for coaches or as insight for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching<\/a> clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Founder of Upside Thinking, author Lisa Marie Platske provides a tool in this book, Designing Your Destiny, for exploring who you are and what &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,48,45,50,103,79,107],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-resources","tag-book-review","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-opportunities","tag-skills","tag-strategy","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11156,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/11156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}