Roar: How to Stand Up for Your Life’s True Purpose

Motivational speaker Habif makes his English-language debut with a mishmash of platitudes urging readers to follow their dreams. Breaking down his program into three steps, Habif outlines how to “inhale” (gathering self-knowledge, including by auditing one’s talents and types of intelligence); “inflame” (preparing for action by sharpening the ability to focus and make decisions); and “roar” (devising an action plan and putting it into practice while looking to God for strength). He supplements the steps with solid guidance on identifying Enneagram types and discovering one’s personal talents (“Remember, don’t look for [satisfaction] in the outcome but in what you feel when you do it”). More often, though, the parade of truisms is dominated by vague advice (“Stop being silent... and God will join you in that battle where you must overcome yourself”) and grandiose language (“Yes, it will hurt to tread on the parched field of betrayals and lies. Yes, there will be distortions that will attempt to extinguish what is rumbling within you”). This self-help guide spends a lot of time saying relatively little. (Sept.)