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The Smallest Things Make the Biggest Difference® Series

Design Your Life

Own your own thoughts · Own your own future

135 reflectionsPrint $12.95eBook $9.95ISBN 978-1-59470-128-3

In Dr. Ray's Own Words

Why I Wrote This Book

Dr. Ray shares the personal story
behind Design Your Life.

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About This Book

You're not lost. You're just ready to take the wheel.

Design Your Life is more than a book — it's a personal blueprint for living with direction, clarity, and purpose. In this inspiring collection of 135 short reflections, Dr. Ray Haring reminds us that every choice we make is a design decision — and that your thoughts, not your circumstances, shape your future.

Each story is a gem — short enough to finish in minutes, yet deep enough to last a lifetime. You'll explore:

  • Your Journey Becomes Your Destiny
  • Go Anywhere Without Getting Lost
  • The Best Place to Steer Is at the Helm
  • Change Tomorrow by Changing Today
  • You're Always in the Driver's Seat
  • Leave Your Own Footprints
  • Daydreams Make Dreams Come True

Your future isn't found — it's built.Let this book show you how.

A Story From This Book

The stories in this book are short, beautifully crafted, and easy to read in a single sitting — here is one example:

The Voyage Is Your Life

The Voyage Is Your Life — a story from Design Your Life by Dr. Ray Haring

This book is not about having someone else design your life. That would be too easy. It also would be too restrictive, controlling, and boring. Instead, this book is about designing your life — by you!

Each of us must exercise our own thoughts and wishes, not someone else's, if we want to design and create our own future.

Who will determine your future? The answer is simple — but only you can decide.

Here's to your journey. Have the time of your life designing your own future!

My future is one I must make myself. — Louis L'Amour, 1908–1988

Each story reads like this — short enough to finish with your morning coffee, meaningful enough to carry with you all day.