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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I loved this book! So inspiring and uplifting. I felt like the author made some really good suggestions and really made me reconsider some aspects of my life. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone!
I listened to this as an audiobook and although there were a couple of good ideas in the book, I couldn’t get past how often he talked about himself and what he’s done
Enh. There were some good ideas that I would like to think about a bit more, but I think the audio format made it harder for me to hang onto them.
So this is a self help and does justice to the genre. It's to the point with short consise chapters. I loved how the author made it simple and quick to read and grasp.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
Pasted from 2018 GoodReads Review:
I'm not typically one for the 'self help' style books, but I will say that reading (well, listening to) this book helped me feel a little happier in those moments just from being surrounded by positive thoughts during a time where so much that I listen to while driving to work, etc. (i.e. news) are much heavier and reminders of so much pain and frustration. Not saying that this book, or that happiness in general should be an escape from the realities, but much of this book gave seemingly simple ways to just detox from that negativity.
My two main critiques throughout reading - first, a lot of this felt like it was coming from a very privileged, and oversimplified perspective - like, yes life should be as simple as just 'following your passion' and 'living your authentic self' but we can't ignore things like class, race, etc. and other social factors that play roles in our ability to 'just do it.' Second, and much more trivial, there were moments that reminded me of Family Guy humor - not the vulgarity, but just those moments where they take something and draw it out just a little TOO far (picture when Peter hurts his knee and spends way too much time going 'tssss... ahhhh'). I think this would have been less of an issue had I read the book rather than listening to it (so I could have skimmed more) but there were a few times where the author would write/say things like "before technology, before watches, before clothing, before chocolate cake, before..." and just keep going to the point that I was like "OK WE GET IT. Move on with the point."
In the end, however, after I finished listening to the book (since I did so 100% of the time while driving), I listened again immediately after at 2x the speed and fast-forwarded to the main points and actually wrote a few pages worth of notes to reflect on. While I don't agree with each point made (as the author says you likely wont), I did learn a lot from having an outside perspective on things to focus on to be more happy and I hope to implement more of these worldviews in the present and future.
I'm not typically one for the 'self help' style books, but I will say that reading (well, listening to) this book helped me feel a little happier in those moments just from being surrounded by positive thoughts during a time where so much that I listen to while driving to work, etc. (i.e. news) are much heavier and reminders of so much pain and frustration. Not saying that this book, or that happiness in general should be an escape from the realities, but much of this book gave seemingly simple ways to just detox from that negativity.
My two main critiques throughout reading - first, a lot of this felt like it was coming from a very privileged, and oversimplified perspective - like, yes life should be as simple as just 'following your passion' and 'living your authentic self' but we can't ignore things like class, race, etc. and other social factors that play roles in our ability to 'just do it.' Second, and much more trivial, there were moments that reminded me of Family Guy humor - not the vulgarity, but just those moments where they take something and draw it out just a little TOO far (picture when Peter hurts his knee and spends way too much time going 'tssss... ahhhh'). I think this would have been less of an issue had I read the book rather than listening to it (so I could have skimmed more) but there were a few times where the author would write/say things like "before technology, before watches, before clothing, before chocolate cake, before..." and just keep going to the point that I was like "OK WE GET IT. Move on with the point."
In the end, however, after I finished listening to the book (since I did so 100% of the time while driving), I listened again immediately after at 2x the speed and fast-forwarded to the main points and actually wrote a few pages worth of notes to reflect on. While I don't agree with each point made (as the author says you likely wont), I did learn a lot from having an outside perspective on things to focus on to be more happy and I hope to implement more of these worldviews in the present and future.
A quick read full of good advice. Nothing terribly new or insightful if you've read other leadership or personal development books.
Very eye opening, the writing is smooth so I rarely found myself bored with the book , full of good stories and strategies that get the massage through Wich is you need to but your happiness first
Probably a 3.5. I liked some of the ideas, especially the 3 buckets. Makes me realize how much time I have each week for me. 56 hours. Also, even working 56 hours, I am only using 1/3 of my time.
informative
fast-paced