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adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
There are some YouTube channels that I’ve watched (for example, about credit card points and travel) not so much for the information, but more so to absorb the personality and character of the person so that I could have the courage to do the things they’re doing. THIS BOOK IS LIKE THAT. The info isn’t earth shattering. Most of it you’ve probably heard before. But this author has gone from a “9 to 5” life to freedom, and hearing about his journey helps to absorb the courage to do it myself.
isabellelg's review
1.0
extremely boring and repetitive. also, we can’t all follow the corporate to blogger pipeline… if no one did anything real, there would be nothing to blog about.
sristy's review
5.0
This book is the perfect companion for someone who has dared to ask this question: Is this the life that I want to live?
tejark333's review
5.0
In economics, there is a concept called "Hidden Unemployment". Any person not employed to their total capacity would be categorized under this Hidden Unemployment. Keeping aside the economics and capitalism aside for a bit, I strongly feel, this Hidden Unemployment is/should be the way of human living. In earlier times until the industrial revolution, we used to work to ensure our basic necessities and spend the remaining time on our relationships, leisure (which has become the luxury concept now) and recreational activities. We are now prioritizing the unplanned office meetings over the planned dinners/movie outings.
From the time when we built everything around life, we are now fighting very hard to equate work and life in the name of work-life balance. How this transformation has happened very quickly? Well, there are many reasons. Consciously or subconsciously the author had shed light on them in the first part of this book in the name of the Traditional path in the first half of the book. Later he went ahead to introduce the alternative way "The Pathless Path".
This may not make us immediately switch to the pathless path but kind of gives a perspective of treating work as just work and improves our relationship with work as well as life.
From the time when we built everything around life, we are now fighting very hard to equate work and life in the name of work-life balance. How this transformation has happened very quickly? Well, there are many reasons. Consciously or subconsciously the author had shed light on them in the first part of this book in the name of the Traditional path in the first half of the book. Later he went ahead to introduce the alternative way "The Pathless Path".
This may not make us immediately switch to the pathless path but kind of gives a perspective of treating work as just work and improves our relationship with work as well as life.
ciarashanta's review
4.0
If you are a person that values work above everything else and are always striving for some type of achievement in your life, this is a great book to read. It makes you question what is truly important in your life and if the path you’re going down is really the most fulfilling one.
The first half of the book when he details his life story is definitely more inspiring than the second half of the book. In the latter half, there are way too many references to other people’s ideas instead of his own and nothing novel is presented. I lost interest because of this but would still recommend the book because the beginning was really thought provoking.
The first half of the book when he details his life story is definitely more inspiring than the second half of the book. In the latter half, there are way too many references to other people’s ideas instead of his own and nothing novel is presented. I lost interest because of this but would still recommend the book because the beginning was really thought provoking.
stephszeto's review
3.0
Insufferably written (the author manages to stuff all the in vogue mental models from the tech thinker types and also spends way too much time in talking about his default path), but some good food for thought for those exploring deviating from the standard 9-5 route.
franciscaneumann's review
3.0
Good point of view for those who are not happy with their jobs, for them highly recommend. Not my case, but still got good ideas.