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Contains valuable advice. But somewhat repetitive. Everything could have been distilled into a much shorter book.
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Utterly dullwitted investor who can't author a single interesting or intelligent paragraph. I was unable to finish this.
I don't understand the hype around this book, and get a strong feeling of survivorship bias about his entire story. I am certain there a smarter people to pay attention to in this field.
I don't understand the hype around this book, and get a strong feeling of survivorship bias about his entire story. I am certain there a smarter people to pay attention to in this field.
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
Definitely a beneficial read if you’re running a business. Not necessarily applicable to me, but still found it very informative and relational.
There were some genuinely interesting/unique tips in here, that I’ll likely try at some point, hence the 2 stars. The rest, I really struggled to get through.
The first part of the book read like Ray needed to get out to the world how successful and incredible he was. The humble bragging was next level. Many of the reviews said to hang in through this section, so I did, but it was easily the worst part of the book.
Within the principles themselves, a lot of them are solid and, really, common sense. I agree with the idea that a really effective organization should be able to communicate transparently and that good ideas should win out, not just the HIPPO. But many of the principles seemed rather backward and even in conflict with other parts of the book.
He talks about having an open mindset and being idea meritocratic, but then pigeon holes employees into segments of “believability” where he discourages listening to them if they don’t have a high enough rating. He also doesn’t seem to account for how hard this would be in practice. Beyond the fact that there will always be those in an organization who actively look out for themselves, not the best idea, he completely misses talking about systemic and societal biases and disadvantages in the workplace, including things like race, gender and sexual orientation.
I also get the sense he doesn’t have very much empathy. He talks frequently of removing parts of the machine that don’t work, including people. Obviously every organization fires people, but he talks about them like they are reusable parts. I don’t know; this really bothers me.
Overall, I can’t say I’d recommend the book. You can get a lot of the key points ready the abridged list of principles online.
The first part of the book read like Ray needed to get out to the world how successful and incredible he was. The humble bragging was next level. Many of the reviews said to hang in through this section, so I did, but it was easily the worst part of the book.
Within the principles themselves, a lot of them are solid and, really, common sense. I agree with the idea that a really effective organization should be able to communicate transparently and that good ideas should win out, not just the HIPPO. But many of the principles seemed rather backward and even in conflict with other parts of the book.
He talks about having an open mindset and being idea meritocratic, but then pigeon holes employees into segments of “believability” where he discourages listening to them if they don’t have a high enough rating. He also doesn’t seem to account for how hard this would be in practice. Beyond the fact that there will always be those in an organization who actively look out for themselves, not the best idea, he completely misses talking about systemic and societal biases and disadvantages in the workplace, including things like race, gender and sexual orientation.
I also get the sense he doesn’t have very much empathy. He talks frequently of removing parts of the machine that don’t work, including people. Obviously every organization fires people, but he talks about them like they are reusable parts. I don’t know; this really bothers me.
Overall, I can’t say I’d recommend the book. You can get a lot of the key points ready the abridged list of principles online.
You can pick up pieces of the gem along the way but never really able to put them together to form something that has a deeper meaning. Great for a skim through.
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inspiring
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A book that need to be read more than once, maybe read it one time cover to cover, then reference when needed. Lots of principles that can help you make right decisions in tough times.