Review: The Magic of Knowing What You Want by Tracey Gee

The Magic of Knowing What You Want
by Tracey Gee

My Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Non-fiction/ Self Help/ Motivational/ Inspirational

Blurb:
Create the fully aligned, purposeful life you were made to live

What do you really want? It’s an uncomplicated question until you try to answer it meaningfully. Whether prompted by transition, disruption, or curiosity about how to live more aligned with your values, we’ve all been there, feeling frozen, stuck, or lost in the fog of competing, half-baked desires, unsure how to move forward.

In The Magic of Knowing What You Want, leadership coach Tracey Gee walks you through a proven framework of identifying, clarifying, and embodying your desires. With interactive exercises, relatable case studies, and thoughtful questions, Gee helps you discover what you really want, teaches you how to turn those desires into action, and shows you that a thriving, abundant life is closer than you think.

My Review

I received a free copy from the publisher through Netgalley and voluntarily reviewed it.

This one caught my eye when I saw it on Netgalley and I decided to give it a try. I really liked the focus on figuring out what you want and what your desires are and especially the practical tips to do so. I liked the concrete tips and exercises the book provided to figure out what you wanted as well as tips to go from these ideas and thoughts to actually test whether these fit your life. It definitely made me think and reflect on my own life and I think this is a book I want to get back to again later and read again.

I liked the encouraging and positive hopeful tone of the book. I liked how it focuses on how following your desires can make your life richer. And how it goes against the prevailing idea that you should ignore your desires and why that isn’t what the author recommends, but why she encourages you to listen to them. I enjoyed reading about the author’s own experiencing and how focusing on her desires enriched her life.

While I enjoyed most parts, there were a few parts that didn’t quite work for. And that’s okay, with books like this I usually expect some parts to resonate more than others and that was the case here as well.

To summarize: I enjoyed this helpful and encouraging book about figuring out what your you want. I especially liked the practical tips and exercises the book provided. I also liked the positive and encouraging tone of the writing. It was great to read about the author’s own experiencing with figuring out what she wanted and how that changed her life. There were a few parts of the book that didn’t quite work for me, but I expect that from books like this that there are parts that don’t resonate as well. All in all I can definitely recommend this book! It made me think and reflect on my own life and what I want and I hope to get back to it and read it again in the future.

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