Posts Tagged ‘Kathy LeMay’
Giving Thanks with the Generosity Package Daily Deal
Thanksgiving is the time of year to give thanks, but we want to encourage you to integrate generosity into you life every day! That’s why we’re offering this excellent Generosity Package, which features two titles to help you be generous everyday, Kathy LeMay‘s The Generosity Plan and Pierre Pradervand‘s The Gentle Art of Blessing, all for the price of one. The Generosity Plan guides readers to discover what inspires them and direct that toward a better world, and The Gentle Art of Blessing helps readers develop a down-to-earth approach to applying spirituality in their everyday life.
In honor of thanksgiving, some of us in the office wanted to share with all of you what we’re thankful for this year. And from everyone here at Beyond Words Publishing, Happy Thanksgiving!! (more…)
What’s next month’s book?
Are you in a book club? I have been a card-carrying member for about 6 months and have enjoyed all of our talks. But what if book club wasn’t just once a month, what if it was every day? I don’t mean reading a book a day, but if you were to read a book that didn’t stop at the discussion. What if it was a book that could change how you lead your day-to-day life? And your book club could act as a sort of support group. (more…)
Response to PW review of Kathy LeMay’s The Generosity Plan: Sharing Your Time, Treasure, and Talent to Shape the World
Last November, Publisher’s Weekly did a review for Kathy LeMay’s marvelous new book, The Generosity Plan. Overall, a wonderful review as can be seen below.
Professional global activist LeMay (founder and head of Raising Change), sets out to accomplish a twofold task with her inspirational handbook. First, she ventures to redefine the word “philanthropist” as an egalitarian title that can apply to the masses as well as the rich. The second is to show readers, step-by-step, just how easy it is to be philanthropic, regardless of personality or personal budget. LeMay’s success on both counts emerges from her commitment to her causes, the disarming candor of her personal stories of triumph, and the thoughtful discussion points and charts she provides to structure the financial planning process for giving on any salary.
There are two points, however, that I would like to comment on:
#1. “Unfortunately, the book’s greatest strength is also its weakness—LeMay’s well-presented plan is not a quick solution, but requires time, thought, and preparation.”
I have to wonder when it became a weakness to take time, thought, and preparation to make good choices and create lifestyle changes. We usually put a lot of time, thought, and preparation into planning what college we go to, what career we choose, how we save for our children’s educations, purchasing our home, our retirement, even our deaths. Why wouldn’t we put similar attention into a generosity plan? (more…)
