When it comes to Osteen’s writing styles in his book Your Best Life Now, a lot of people have one opinion. They all mention that his inspirational capabilities are far greater than what his smiles hold. But of course, since Your Best Life Now claims to be effective in changing the way people look at the world in order to live their lives to the fullest.

Osteen writes Your Best Life Now by laying out seven steps, including Enlarge Your Vision, Discover the Power of Your Thoughts, Find Strength Through Adversity, and Choose to be Happy. The books starts off in the form of Osteen telling a story about him and a friend as they talk of a certain vacation spot in Hawaii. His friend mentions that he could never think of ever being able to live in such a wonderful place. Which then, Osteen counteracts by saying that the most important way to start things in life is by having a vision of them happening.

It was a great start for the book, and a good way for Osteen to open the minds of his readers. By giving readers this quick advice, he imparts a knowledge already for them to go by, but he also prepares them for all the issues and messages that he plans to say further on. The next sections of the book follows on with the same structure of thoughts. But there is this one part where Osteen talks about letting everything be according to God’s plans. Although he meant well, many readers will definitely get the wrong idea that we should completely rely on God about everything and not do our part. Except that, Your Best Life Now is cleverly filled with a lot of inspirational thoughts.

However, one undeniable reason as to why this book has become a best-seller is that because Joel Osteen has millions upon millions of followers. In fact, some of them are also known personalities themselves. For instance, there is the remarkable actor Chuck Norris who has a liege of followers himself. And then there is the coach of the big-time NBA team Los Angeles Lakers Rudy Tomjanovich.

Osteen has had his fair share of television and various mass media exposures, which have definitely had been a part of lives all over the globe. That’s why there is no doubt that these regular audience who knows him very well understands and appreciates the style of writing that Osteen applied in Your Best Life Now. Then again, what if you’ve never witnesses Osteen in TV before? What if you have never heard of his name until now? Do you think you will have the same opinions as those of Osteen’s supporters? There’s only one way to find out: grab a copy of Your Best Life Now and judge for yourself.