{"id":5091,"date":"2015-02-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2015-02-12T08:18:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T14:18:18","slug":"doable-the-girls-guide-to-accomplishing-just-about-anything-by-deborah-reber-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5091","title":{"rendered":"Doable: The Girl&#8217;s Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything, by Deborah Reber (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Doable.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=5121\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Doable.png?fit=534%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"534,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Doable.png?fit=534%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5121\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Doable-200x300.png?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"book cover of Doable by Deborah Reber published by Beyond Words\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Doable.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Doable.png?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>A new project &#8211; yay!<br \/>\nNew goals &#8211; hurrah!<br \/>\nRoadmap outlining how to do it all&#8230; umm?<\/p>\n<p>Frame it right and your goal is indeed do-able IF you have some guidance that&#8217;s based on tested practice.<\/p>\n<p>Peruse chapter 1 of <em>Doable<\/em> on the publisher&#8217;s site free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondword.com\/product\/doable\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, then grab a copy at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\">local library<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\">independent bookstore<\/a> &#8211; you&#8217;ll refer to it often!<\/p>\n<p>And be sure to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbiereber.com\/freebies-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">free resource<\/a>s on the author&#8217;s website, including your own personal Doable workbook and an ebook of career tips.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;what <strong>do<\/strong> you want to do?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Doable: The Girl&#8217;s Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything \/ Deborah Reber. Beyond Words\/Simon Pulse, 2015. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbiereber.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondword.com\/product\/doable\" target=\"_blank\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBJs2cLZbvk\" target=\"_blank\">book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: If you&#8217;ve ever begun a great project or set an important goal, then lost enthusiasm partway, take heart and reach for <em>Doable<\/em>, which will help you get where you want to go in life.<\/p>\n<p>Step-by-step, the author outlines the 8 stages of doing what you deem important:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define Your To-Do<\/li>\n<li>Detail the Little Tasks<\/li>\n<li>Defend Against Obstacles<\/li>\n<li>Develop Support Systems<\/li>\n<li>Determine What Success Looks Like<\/li>\n<li>Do the Work<\/li>\n<li>Deal with Setbacks<\/li>\n<li>Deliver the Goods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Common pitfalls, workarounds for stalled projects, and examples from young women who&#8217;ve accomplished much are provided with each stage so that you can go from almost to all done on your own timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you want to change yourself, change your school, or change the world, you can use the steps, worksheets, and good advice in this book to create a goal that you can control and a plan for reaching it. (One of 7,000 books recommended on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abookandahug.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new project &#8211; yay! New goals &#8211; hurrah! Roadmap outlining how to do it all&#8230; umm? Frame it right and your goal is indeed do-able IF you have some guidance that&#8217;s based on tested practice. Peruse chapter 1 of Doable on the publisher&#8217;s site free here, then grab a copy at your local library [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,23],"tags":[22,11,16,43,242,15,9,21,35,33,58,3,8],"class_list":["post-5091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-nonfiction","tag-behavior","tag-communication","tag-determination","tag-growing-up","tag-projects","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-technology","tag-teens","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5091"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5130,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions\/5130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}