Book Review:Find Your Strongest Wife(Life)
I know what you are thinking…”Why is he reviewing a book about women and leadership?”
I found myself thinking the same thing. But I made a commitment as a Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger to read and review.
My wife poked fun with me,“Have fun with that.”
And yet, in the introduction Marcus asks the question “Is it possible for women to ‘have it all’? “
And then he made the statement that struck me as I consider my own wife and her commitment to our family:
“Trying to be all things to all people all of the time is a fool’s game that will, in the end, drain mind, body, and spirit.”
I stuck it out to the end of the book because from this point on I knew that I could find a way to walk alongside of my wife in our marriage.
For me the premise the book bounces at you from the end of the first chapter:
“…over the last forty years women have secured for themselves greater opportunity, greater achievement, greater influence, and more money. But over the same time period, they have become less happy, more anxious, and more stressed; and , in ever-increasing numbers, they are medicating themselves for it.”
This made think about how hard my wife works to manage our busy home, homeschooling 3 kids and much more. I really enjoyed the tactics chapters in Part 3-Strong Life Tactics. These are principles that you could apply even if you were a guy. If a bunch of really uber-smart ladies are going to read it an benefit from it, I figured I could too.
