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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
hopeful
slow-paced
The book feels repetitive after a while.
inspiring
medium-paced
The stories narrated in the book as examples felt like made up stories and it may not be possible in real life. The moral is just to be optimistic. But being optimistic is not always going to help you in real life.
informative
medium-paced
Great addition to other manifestation books. A bit dense but still good reinforcing.
challenging
tense
slow-paced
This audio-book is a bit weird. It started with this long tangent on why we should pray, before being quite scientific about the psychology of telling yourself that you are good enough. I don’t think “scientific prayer” is a thing, nor do I think that it should be a thing.
There are maybe 2 or 3 good ideas in this book, but they are wrapped so deeply in “divine quest” and “faith” and “Jesus” that they are completely unusable (at least to me). There is also something deeply disturbing about a book from 1963 talking about psychology and science. Maybe my train of thought is simply to deeply rooted in atheism, but this book made me uncomfortable. This is one of the best selling books of all time, and it says that the only way to become healthy and heal from a wound; is faith (wtf). I wonder what long-lasting negative impacts this has had on society and medicine.
I think this book could be worth reading if you have read a lot of other self-help books that are newer. The book does offer some interesting perspectives on sleep that are very much still relevant in newer literature. In general, stay away from this book.
I didn't necessarily learn anything new in this book, but something about the way the points are illustrated really made them hit home for me in a new way. Great read!
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced