10 Smart Things Women Can Do to Build a Better Life - by Donna Carter (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Gifted communicator Donna Carter believes the choices we make today define the quality of our lives tomorrow. With enthusiasm and encouragement, she helps readers discern their priorities─how they want to live and what they want to accomplish─and then helps them use these choices to build lives filled with excitement, fulfillment, and joy. Women will discover practical ways to... keep their connections to people strong and encouraging decrease stress and accomplish more through organization develop and maintain an upbeat, biblical self-image stay positive when problems and disagreements occur forgive when wounded As women make positive changes in their lives, they'll have more time and energy to focus on what truly makes life worth living─serving and worshiping God, loving family members, spending time with friends, helping others, overcoming trials, and achieving their dreams.

Review Quotes

"'10 Smart Things' is an exciting tool that God is using at First Alliance Church to help our Christian women in reaching out to their unchurched friends and family. Like Donna Carter, the author and leader of this curriculum, the course is approachable and safe and a great resource to be used as a first-step to bring pre-Chrsitian women into a relationship with God's people and, in God's timing, acceptance of His far reaching, heart transforming, plan for their lives."
--Robyn K. Manning, spiritual formation pastor, First Alliance, Calgary

""10 Smart Things Women Can Do to Build a Better Life" offers an opportunity for women to ask themselves questions that could lead to lasting change. I appreciate Donna's candor and humor together with the challenge that things can be different. Many women lead unexamined lives. Donna's challenges and questions help women examine where they are and could be right to the end of her book..."
--Donna Mitchell, director, Connecting Streams Women's Ministry

"I know that women of all ages and stations in life will find "10 Smart Things Women Can Do to Build a Better Life" both informative and stimulating reading."
--Dr. Wendell K. Grout, minister at large, Christian and Missionary Alliance

"If you are looking for practical strategies for living a life that combines purpose, joy, generosity, and balance, this book is for you. With poignant illustrations, common-sense wisdom, and biblical insight, Donna Carter has developed a tool that will positively impact the rest of your life."
--Carol Kent, speaker and author of "When I Lay My Isaac Down"

"Practical, real, and right-on! Donna Carter speaks the language of today's woman and touches the life issues which either destroy or create a better life. Real-life stories and humor supported by life-changing truth make '10 Smart Things' an indispensable resource for individual or group study. Enjoy it. It's a winner!"
--Margaret Gibb, president, Women Alive

"The principles I found are excellent for men and women, and my wife agrees. We laughed and were challenged by Donna's personal applications of principles through stories and in a style that made it feel like she was speaking personally to us as we read."
--Jack Toth, CEO of iMPACTsociety

"This is a great resource for clearing the clutter from our many choices, emotional traps and time wasters. Donna's teachings help connect you to hope that your life can be purposeful, peaceful and productive. She gives great tools for refining your focus on the essentials, and it's a how to manual for a better life."
--Lorna Dueck, "Listen Up TV" faith commentator for "The Globe and Mail" (Canada's largest newspaper), president of Media Voice Generation

"To be effective communicators of faith to our generation we need bridges to span the chasm between our world and the world of the yet not convinced. '10 Smart Things' is one of those bridges. The effectiveness of '10 Smart Things' is in its ability to create a way to share common frustrations and challenges and yet to provide solutions that are rooted in God's truth. Donna Carter provides room for a productive dialogue that allows and encourages a discussion of practical life issues and faith."
--Steve Wile, Ed.D., director of ministry, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

"Today on the market most seeker study material is written with the assumption that the individual has some knowledge of spiritual things. '10 Smart Things' is new in the sense that it gives an excellent introduction to Christ with relevant topics for the woman who has never heard about Christ but who longs to fill the spiritual gap in her life. What a great resource to help women get started in their spiritual journey."
--Grace Koh, women's ministries national director, Evangelical Free Church of Canada

"With wit and wisdom, Donna shares timeless truth in a practical and real way. What I love most is that these '10 Smart Things' aren't just a part of another 'to do list'--rather they are quality of life choices based on "being" the smart woman. When embraced, they lead to transformed lives full of purpose and fulfillment."
--Becky Matchullis, coactive life coach, workshop facilitator, and motivational speaker