Soar ! by T.D. Jakes

“If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you are what you know”, is the way T. D. Jake puts it.

If you have within you the dream or entrepreneurship you need something that can help you attain that goal. This book offers you that help. You need to realize you mustn’t give up if the business doesn't take off on day one.

Jake uses the illustration of an airplane to represent the entrepreneur spirit of starting and maintaining a business idea. “Whatever your business may be, it will never work if you can’t get it off the ground and into the air”

When it comes to certain authors there is an expectation. I was surprised to pick up this book and find it a guide book of encouragement for people who have a dream but lack the  pep talk needed to get started.

Jake handles the need for motivation needed to get started. And once you do that, he points out, there is a need to plan the flight and the landing. That is, what do you see as the outcome of your venture? Most of all it is good if you can plain backwards.

In planning backwards, you put down your goal and work back to what is needed to reach that goal. It takes work and time to be a good entrepreneur. Jake does a good job providing that needed guideline to follow to get your plan in the air.

He suggests wings to your plans.  Inspiration is one wing and innovation is the second. And then you are to practice.

This book is a good needed ‘kick’ for those who dream and wish to venture out.

I would recommend this as a starter business book. I don’t feel it will be much help to one who needs help in the middle years of the venture. But it does light the fire under the dreamer future entrepreneur.

It is published by Hachette Book Group under the imprint FaithWords. It retails at $25.00.

Instinct by T.D. Jakes

For people who enjoy the easy writing style of Jakes this will prove to be a good addition to their library.

It has the subtitle ‘The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive.’ The contention being that we all have instincts for what works well for us and what doesn’t.

Our instincts, he writes, are the treasure map for our soul’s satisfaction. Following our instincts can make the crucial distinction between what we are good at—our vocation or skill set—and what we are good for—the fulfillment of our purposeful potential.

 He also notes-- instincts are the product of what we have and what we want to have.

He adds-- they are the inner compass guiding us from where we are to where we want to go.

This is not a how-to book. It is not a one plan fits all. It is more on the line of an inspirational thought providing look at potential and possibilities.

Some people are born knowing what they want to do and tend to persue it. Others are not so attune to their inner instincts of what is the right profession for them to persue. They need to develop the inner instinct, which Jakes says, we all have.

 Since we have an inner alignment feature, contends Jakes, we can align ourselves to the best calling for our lives. Some gravitate to caring for others. Some feel an urge to create materials to help in the betterment of society. All have a purpose that is best met by following their instinct.

This is a motivational book. Jakes doesn’t try to force you to any viewpoint. He just paints a picture and allows the reader to join in on the journey.

We all need exposure to activate the instincts that belong to us. The fact is that you can’t very well be what you do not see. It is the exposure to the possibilities that awaken the instinct in you, Jake postulates. Within these pages he offers you the push to get the exposure.

I offer this book to all who know there is something more out there and they are willing to explore the subject.
 For those of you who want to order the book from this site: 

Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive