One Life to Lead: Business Success Through Better Life Design

I consume 20-30 business/investing/self improvement books each year and I've never written a review for one before but wanted to acknowledge what the author Russell was able to accomplish with the book that few can...he created a roadmap that you can follow.What I Loved-A fun read with short anecdotes and stories from other "life designers" that are inspirational but not 90% of the content-It's very thought provoking, hearing the authors story as he applies the lessons is very helpful-It's easy to follow, I was able to take each of the 5 steps and make immediate changes and progressTake your time. I let each step sink in and tried applying a few things before moving on.

Mr. Benaroya wrote a book that I honestly think is best-in-class. It's not a pure business book, by any means. And it's not pure self-help. Rather, the book takes you through a simple-to-use and intuitive framework for how to manage the blend of work and life. Or maybe more appropriately put, the framework helps you design your life to serve your business and your personal needs simultaneously. After all, life is messy and business is always changing. He also uses a lot of quotes and anecdotes from very successful entrepreneurs, and of course adds plenty of his own insights in an authentic, vulnerable and humble fashion. The book is a really fast read, and then it becomes a useful tool once you understand the framework!

I loved this book. The first time I read it, I immediately re-read it because I saw so many valuable ways in which I could apply the book’s concepts to my everyday life. This book gave me pause to consider where I am with my own life, where I want to go, and practical guidance on how to get there.The book’s content is organized in a way that makes the principles easy to consume and understand. The anecdotes the author uses are relatable and help ground the concepts in real life examples making them easier to grasp. I really liked the author’s writing style - authentic, honest, and vulnerable – a tone that supports a lot of what this book is about.I’ve read other books in this genre, and the thing that sets this book apart for me is that the author gives you tangible tools you can put into practice the day you read this book. This book has everyday impact and is applicable in many scenarios - in business yes, but also at home with your kids, your partner, family and friends. The Five Steps of Life Design is both inspirational and doable, which for me is what makes this book remarkably different. Highly recommend!

One Life to Lead is a great read for a broad range of people. Whether you are just starting out in your business career or if you have many years of work experience this book is a great guide for you. We so often start working, work hard and just let our career and life just take us wherever they want us to go. Later in our careers we realize things like, I let my health go, I didn’t spend enough time with my family, I put up with bad work situations for too long, I’m in a career I don’t really like, I’m not fulfilling my true mission in life, etc. How often do we sit back and plan where we want our lives to go? What priorities are important to us in our careers or family lives? What personal goals do we want to achieve or what pursuits truly interests us? Russell Benaroya lays out a framework for successfully designing your life plan so you can ultimately create the life you want to have. His book has a robust set of examples from Mr. Benaroya himself and other successful people who have pursued their passions. These examples are interwoven in with the steps to achieving your goals. As an experienced businessperson, many of his main points will resonate with you. These are things that we learn along the way, but never really piece together in one robust framework for achieving the goals we want. One Life to Lead is an easy to digest work that I would highly recommend for those wanting to achieve a fuller, more satisfying life.

One Life to Lead is a book of honesty and truth. Many people will likely gloss over this book as just another business book on leadership. The book is much more than that. The book helps the reader realize what is needed to be a leader for themselves first so they can lead others. Throughout the book the root of leadership is explored.Yes, Russell uses many examples in the business world to relate the topics being discussed but they are all personal in the development of those that shared their experiences. While many books on leadership discuss how others show examples of the point being illustrated, Russell does this through his personal experiences as well as those he highlights. If it refreshing to see case studies of those that have huge amounts of success to those just starting out. All with a passion to be excellent leaders of themselves.Getting to see real-world examples of the points being illustrated helps drive the points home and have you realize that being self-reflective is the only way to bring about higher quality results and change.If you are looking to grow for yourself, your family, and or your professional life this is a highly recommended read. Go on the journey with Russell and see how you can be a better human.