cover image The 7 Minute Solution: Creating a Life with Meaning 7 Minutes at a Time

The 7 Minute Solution: Creating a Life with Meaning 7 Minutes at a Time

Allyson Lewis. Free Press, $23 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4516-2822-7

Motivational speaker and financial adviser Lewis writes: %E2%80%9CMy life changed forever when I took seven minutes to write down my purpose.%E2%80%9D After targeting business success and professional decision-making in The 7 Minute Difference, she widens her scope with this new self-help toolbox, showing how to focus attention for seven minutes daily on what is most meaningful in one%E2%80%99s life: %E2%80%9Cone of the core principles... is that taking tiny steps forward every day quickly adds up to monumental change.%E2%80%9D Her goal is help people find order in the chaos of their lives, to define their priorities and to help people organize them into a fashion where they can %E2%80%9Cclearly see where they want to go.%E2%80%9D She details seven %E2%80%9Cvital signs%E2%80%9D of life: conscious awareness, motivation, growing and learning, engaging, persevering, living in flow, and living with faith. Each gets a lengthy chapter analysis, illuminated with personal anecdotes or historical events, such as the survival story of British explorer Ernest Shackleton (who exemplifies perseverance). Although much of Lewis%E2%80%99s writing is redundant, her in-depth presentation will appeal to readers seeking ways to upgrade their personal development. (Dec.)