LifeFocus: Achieving a Life of Purpose and Influence

One small change of direction is barely noticeable in the short run. But once we've gone far enough, we find we're on a completely new course! It's called the vector principle. Jerry Foster shows readers how to put that principle to work in their lives, helping them to make small changes that can improve their relationships with people and with God, and balance their financial, physical, and intellectual pursuits. Foster's life work is about helping people make changes. Here's the book to show them how.

Those who turn to the self-help section to improve an unexamined life can profit from the goals recommended by Foster, a Christian financial planner. The "Vector Principle" governs his outlook: each of us is a product of past choices, but small changes in the present can yield huge benefits over time. The best course corrections spring from the proper definition of success. This incorporates what Foster calls "lifeWealth": "the accumulation of financial, relational, physical, intellectual and spiritual capital." Faith figures prominently in Foster's life strategy; it's presented gently, on equal footing with the other four priorities. The seeker who is pressed for time would be well-served to head straight for Part 3, "Strategies for lifeFocus," which presents Foster's best practical advice. Reliance on the language of the motivational speaker tilts the writing toward cliché, but Foster's description of the results of choices in each stage of life and his exploration of the three "life paths"—indifference, self-indulgence and the more positive path of concern for others—provide a useful overall perspective.
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