However, readers will quickly acknowledge they offer down-to-earth insight and reveal hard truths. The assessment tools at first appear to be typical lightweight quizzes. It’s sympathetic yet hopeful, honest but inspiring. The book blends a warm writing style and meaningful stories with the authoritative but gentle tone of a trusted mentor. (He faced imprisonment in San Quentin before transforming his life.) Coauthor Bill Dallas, founder and CEO of a satellite and Internet communication company, often affirms the truth of each principle through real-life experience. He ensures each teaching remains grounded in solid psychological principles. A popular speaker, he has written several books and appeared on television and radio. Then each section, filled with compelling stories, offers practical steps for growing in each area.Ī doctor of psychology, Les Parrott cofounded the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University. And for the soul, it tells readers to empty themselves and take risks. For the heart, it asks readers to be vulnerable and connected. For the mind, it calls readers to think simply and expectantly. Strong people experience the same things they have just learned some practical techniques that anyone can learn.ĭivided into three sections-mind, heart, and soul-the book discusses the keys to strengthening each area.

Yet the authors argue that we need not remain mired in that state. Sometimes we feel crushed by life’s pain, and sometimes we feel heartbroken by unattained dreams. Parrott and Dallas explore the times of weakness we all experience. Les Parrott and Bill Dallas write in You’re Stronger Than You Think, we all possess untapped resources that allow us to overcome and even joyfully thrive. Or we view our dreams from afar and believe that achieving them is impossible. We know we can’t possibly take one more thing.

You are stronger than you think