One sentence summary:
Bob Goff’s Everybody Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People is a groundbreaking book that encourages readers to let go of their worries, fears, and limits and learn how to become living examples of encouragement, selfless love, and consistent service.
Book genre:
Non-fiction, Inspirational, Self-Help
Main topic of the book:
Everybody Always shows readers how to become living examples of encouragement, selfless love, and consistent service in a world full of setbacks and difficult people.
Key ideas:
- Pursuing Radical Abundance: Bob Goff’s key goal is to encourage readers to pursue Radical Abundance—a life of embracing the abundance of the heart, mind, time, and resources that life has to offer.
- Servant Leadership: Bob Goff encourages his readers to live lives of servant leadership. Using the example of Jesus Christ’s life and teachings as an example, he teaches readers to become inspiring leaders by being humble and loving examples.
- Interpersonal Life Lessons: The book also takes readers through several lessons on interpersonal relationships, such as how to cultivate love, develop relationships, and learn to forgive.
Main parts of the book and a short summary:
Part One: Becoming Love – Bob Goff begins his book by emphasizing the importance of becoming love in a world filled with setbacks and difficult people. He explains how to cultivate an attitude of unconditional love toward everyone in our lives, and how to become selfless in serving others.
Part Two: Unstoppable Love – The second section of the book emphasizes how to take our love to the next level, by offering practical advice and stories from the author’s own life experiences. He encourages readers to become examples of deeds that reflect a strong commitment to justice and kindness.
Part Three: Learning to Forgive – The third section of the book focuses on forgiveness and how to let go of grudges and resentments. He emphasizes the importance of forgiving those who have wronged us, even if it is difficult.
Part Four: Becoming an Unstoppable Lover – In this section, Bob Goff teaches readers how to become excellent lovers in every area of life. He gives advice on how to become transparent, generous, and understanding towards the ones we love.
Key takeaways:
- Unconditional love: Love everyone in your life with no condition or qualification.
- Selfless service: A true leader serves others with humility and grace.
- Be generous: Share your resources, your time, and your knowledge.
- Forgive: Forgive those who have done wrong.
- Be excellent lovers: Cultivate understanding, generosity, and transparency in all of your relationships.
Author’s background and qualifications:
Bob Goff is a New York Times Best Selling author and the founder of Love Does, a nonprofit that serves children in vulnerable situations around the world. He was the former Honoree in Chief for the National Day of Encouragement, an Honorary Board member of Compassion International, and the former Consul General for the Republic of Uganda.
Target audience:
Everybody Always is ideal for anyone looking to make a lasting change in their lives and become an example of love, humility, service, and generosity.
Publisher and first publication date:
Everybody Always was published by Nelson Books in 2018.