The 3G Cycle of Life

The Secrets for Achieving Joy, Meaning and Well-Being

Non-Fiction - Health - Medical
334 Pages
Reviewed on 03/18/2023
Buy on Amazon

This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.

This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.

This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.

    Book Review

Reviewed by Kimberlee J Benart for Readers' Favorite

If you feel burned out from work and out of balance in your personal life, The 3G Cycle of Life: The Secrets for Achieving Joy, Meaning, and Well-Being by physician Dr. Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski is for you. Inspired by her struggles to navigate between the demands of a high-performance career and the desire for a meaningful and fulfilling life outside the workplace, Dr. Lisigurski developed the 3G Cycle philosophy. This approach looks at life as a sequence of interconnected cycles rather than a single line running in one direction. The components are the 3Gs of Goal, Grit, and Growth. Understanding how to use them enables us to address the negative aspects of chronic stress while fostering positive feelings of growth and fulfillment.

In The 3G Cycle of Life, Dr. Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski gives us a chance to stop, take a breath, reassess where we are in our lives, and change our approach. I liked the discussion of catalysts such as self-awareness, kindness, altruism, empathy, self-care, self-compassion, spirituality, and mindfulness. This holistic approach is based on the need for mental and emotional fitness and, as she points out, when we are mentally fit, we can handle life’s challenges. Though she uses illustrations and data to reinforce her points, her presentation is well-organized and relatable. For example, in discussing being tough-minded in pursuing goals, she writes that a smarter goal without grit is like a car without gasoline. It is informative, insightful, and inspirational.