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The Book of Choice: Mapping the Life You Want by Understanding the Life You Have
Every choice you make becomes part of your story. Some are life-changing. Others seem insignificant at the time, yet lead to people, experiences, and opportunities you never could have anticipated.
But how often do you stop to consider what your choices reveal about you?
In The Book of Choice, Kim DeYoung invites you to look at your choices in a new way. Rather than focusing on whether a decision was right or wrong, she shows you how to explore what motivated you, what mattered to you, what you've learned, and what has become possible because of the choices you've made.
At the heart of the book is Choice Mapping, a creative, visual process Kim developed to help you ask yourself meaningful questions, organize your thoughts, and see your choices from a fresh perspective.
Through personal stories, real-life examples, thoughtful questions, and practical mapping exercises, you'll discover how
Understand your past choices with greater compassion, recognizing the lessons, strengths and experiences that have shaped who you are.
Navigate your present choices with greater awareness of what matters, what may be getting in your way, and how you want to show up.
Explore your future choices with curiosity and openness, taking meaningful action while allowing room for the unexpected.
The Book of Choice isn't about finding the perfect answer to every decision. It's about learning to understand yourself through your choices, so you can approach what comes next with greater intention.
Because understanding the life you've lived can help you shape the life you want.
But how often do you stop to consider what your choices reveal about you?
In The Book of Choice, Kim DeYoung invites you to look at your choices in a new way. Rather than focusing on whether a decision was right or wrong, she shows you how to explore what motivated you, what mattered to you, what you've learned, and what has become possible because of the choices you've made.
At the heart of the book is Choice Mapping, a creative, visual process Kim developed to help you ask yourself meaningful questions, organize your thoughts, and see your choices from a fresh perspective.
Through personal stories, real-life examples, thoughtful questions, and practical mapping exercises, you'll discover how
Understand your past choices with greater compassion, recognizing the lessons, strengths and experiences that have shaped who you are.
Navigate your present choices with greater awareness of what matters, what may be getting in your way, and how you want to show up.
Explore your future choices with curiosity and openness, taking meaningful action while allowing room for the unexpected.
The Book of Choice isn't about finding the perfect answer to every decision. It's about learning to understand yourself through your choices, so you can approach what comes next with greater intention.
Because understanding the life you've lived can help you shape the life you want.
252 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2023
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June 20, 2023
Since finishing the book, I feel like I have leveled up the way I show up in my life. I’ve grown a deeper sense of self awareness and agency.
Kim’s insights and thought-provoking questions made me rethink the way I process and connect with my own intuition and intention. It brought a practicality to have deep conversations that I have never thought of. We hold a lot of pressure around choices and the book beautifully illustrates the impact of thoughtful questioning in overcome those emotions of shame, fear and uncertainty. It is a true guidebook that I will continue to turn to.
Kim also shares a resource page accompanying the book that is incredibly insightful and practical. If you are looking for more intention and confidence in your life, you NEED this book! & you need to share it with those around you ✨
Kim’s insights and thought-provoking questions made me rethink the way I process and connect with my own intuition and intention. It brought a practicality to have deep conversations that I have never thought of. We hold a lot of pressure around choices and the book beautifully illustrates the impact of thoughtful questioning in overcome those emotions of shame, fear and uncertainty. It is a true guidebook that I will continue to turn to.
Kim also shares a resource page accompanying the book that is incredibly insightful and practical. If you are looking for more intention and confidence in your life, you NEED this book! & you need to share it with those around you ✨
April 15, 2024
Attention visual learners and people, if you are curious about how you arrived at decisions in the past and/or need a process to help you make future decisions, this is the book for you!
In this book, Kim DeYoung introduces her methodology, Choice Map. It's really a collection of maps--one for different choices you've made or want to make. She provides stories and examples to illustrate how to create your own maps.
One of my favorite parts of this book is right at the beginning, asking the reader what our five biggest decisions in life are. The answers to these questions are great fodder for building maps--as tools to learn, practice gratitude, and help you answer questions about your future.
Many self-help and personal development books don't offer a tool that you can do at home. THE BOOK OF CHOICE is not this kind of book. I would consider it a reference book, one that you keep on your shelf to help you understand your life and the direction you want it to go in.
In this book, Kim DeYoung introduces her methodology, Choice Map. It's really a collection of maps--one for different choices you've made or want to make. She provides stories and examples to illustrate how to create your own maps.
One of my favorite parts of this book is right at the beginning, asking the reader what our five biggest decisions in life are. The answers to these questions are great fodder for building maps--as tools to learn, practice gratitude, and help you answer questions about your future.
Many self-help and personal development books don't offer a tool that you can do at home. THE BOOK OF CHOICE is not this kind of book. I would consider it a reference book, one that you keep on your shelf to help you understand your life and the direction you want it to go in.
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