Reviews for The Sower's Seeds: 120 Inspiring Stories for Preaching, Teaching, and Public Speaking

The average rating for The Sower's Seeds: 120 Inspiring Stories for Preaching, Teaching, and Public Speaking based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-12-07 00:00:00 Eugene Kang It was early 2009, I was flying to DC to attend a conference and looking for some books to read. I picked this one up at random, and so glad I did! The book includes many great ideas, but the single biggest takeaway for me was on how to tell others what you do. At the time I was teaching at the Army's Command and General Staff College, in the Department for Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations. Now that's a mouthful! Prior to reading this book, when asked what I did, I'd tell people something like: "I'm an instructor at the Army's Command and General Staff College in the Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations. We teach at the strategic and operational levels of war." (About have way through the first sentence the person's eyes would start glazing over.) Andy Bounds explains not to tell people WHAT you do, rather what you accomplish. So after reading that chapter, which includes a directed exercise to pause and write out your new pitch, I came up with the following: "I teach at the Army's Command and General Staff College, educating field grade officers to become better staff officers and improve their critical thinking skills." The difference in reception to that pitch was amazing. It often drew follow-up questions, most frequently: "Really? That's interesting. How do you go about improving their critical thinking skills?" I highly recommend this book as a great tool in improving your day to day communications.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-30 00:00:00 Rick French Stupid title, good book. Most of the advice is really simple stuff that over-analytical people tend to forget about. Light on bullshit, which is really important for me when reading communications/go-get-em-tiger books.