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The first of many episodes that will share great books you should read to improve your mind, heart, business, family and faith. We start with Bob Goff’s Love Does.
@andytraub @lovedoes Thanks so much for the VM message Andy and for your terrific program and book review. Wow!
— Bob Goff (@bobgoff) May 16, 2012
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Love Does by Bob Goff is whimsical, optimistic, honest, funny, poignant, simple, loving, deep, thoughtful, kind, inspiring, practical and you’re upset when it stops. While I’ve never met Bob Goff I think he’s all of those things too.
How you should read this book:
I read this book wrong for the first few chapters. It should come with instructions that say, “You’re going to be talking to a friend for the next 224 pages so relax, listen well, laugh often and enjoy your time together.” After a chapter of this book you’ll wish Bob Goff was your friend. As you read about his adventures and his theology you will be drawn to him. You’ll wish you had his phone number so you could call him and say, “What’s going on Bob?!” and hear him talk about his latest adventure with his kids, or his friend Don, or a trip to a jail in Africa bring justice to some kids. This isn’t hero worship. Bob Goff isn’t the kind of friend that you live vicariously through. Bob’s the kind of friend that helps you change the world because you want to do stuff after you’re with him. His heart is like a good warranty, it’s transferrable. That comes from being with Jesus.
It’s a conversation
If you want to sit down and get to know Bob, to hear some crazy stories and learn lessons from someone who’s lived ten lives worth of adventure, then open Love Does to any page and start reading. There is freedom in the pages of Love Does. There are stories of Bob helping kids find freedom and there’s freedom in hearing how Bob’s life carries forth the love that Christ modeled. There’s a first page and a last page but don’t let that stop you from opening to any page and reading. Don’t overanalyze this book, just listen well. He’s so humble that you get the feeling people had to talk him into writing this book, people like Gail Hyatt and Don Miller. I’m writing thank you’s to them both.
Love in Greek doesn’t matter
Bob doesn’t tell us the four Greek words for love. Bob does love. Bob talks about how he loves and in doing so helps us realize that we’re capable of the kind of love that matters, love that does. When Jesus was on earth He told stories and then let people decide where they fit into them. He allowed people to live a story of their own using his life as a model but not a roadmap. You don’t have to be a carpenter’s son or even the Son of God to change the world. You can be you and Bob serves as a model for that kind of living and thinking.
Love Does taught me three things:
1. I want to be the kind of friend Bob Goff is.
2. I want to know the Jesus that Bob Goff knows.
3. Love Does are two words will guide the rest of my life.
Thanks Bob.
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Thanks for this show Andy. My wife and I are looking forward to reading this book.
Grateful for you listening. It’s a great book, just make sure you read it right
I have been hearing about this book a lot here lately. Got it ordered. Thanks for adding this book and also for doing this podcast. This is going to be a great podcast adventure for you. Reading to subscribe to it!!
Thanks Scott. It’s going to be a challenge but I”m excited because it’s a natural outlet for what I’m already doing. Thanks for spreading the word and subscribing. I tried to make the pages pretty simple to navigate and find the subscription and listening options. I hope I achieved that.
Does this page work well for that? http://www.takepermission.com/books-for-a-better-you-show/
Appreciate your feedback on that.
I especially enjoyed this show. I have heard you on a few different podcasts and here I could really see you shining through here as it seems more you as you are not talking through so much of a specific point such as technology or even being a Linchpin etc. Enjoy all the different shows you do, but this just seems to really show a bit more of you it. Not sure how to describe it anymore, without sounding more odd, but yeah.
Anyhow, I have followed Bob Goff for a while on Twitter and have this book on my to-read list after following the account on Twitter also. Not read any of his other stuff, but the few lines/topic you touch on got really excited to experience this book (and read it the right way:) ).
Thank you Andy and I look forward this show growing.
P.S. Great artwork.
K, bye
and that comment goes directly into my “affirmation” folder in gmail. Thanks brother.
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