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wietse111's review against another edition
2.0
Een self-help boek dat conservatief geschat ongeveer tien miljard keer verkocht is, dus ik wou hem ook wel een keertje lezen. Nu is dit sowieso niet mijn genre, maar ik was niet echt onder de indruk. Budget-boeddhisme, geschreven door een blogger die zeker in de eerste helft van het boek zichzelf echt veel te edgy en cool vindt.
Er zitten best een paar prima ideeën in, maar weinig vernieuwends en niet naar mijn smaak opgeschreven.
Er zitten best een paar prima ideeën in, maar weinig vernieuwends en niet naar mijn smaak opgeschreven.
staycthemango's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
thewhimsicalwitch's review against another edition
3.0
The book has its ups and downs, some chapters are very catching and have nice concepts on them, others quite boring.
leahlibrary's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Intro to self-help/self-reflection for bros, but this is not a criticism as I think it is hard to reach this demographic and he manages to make it short, funny and accessible.
I think it hits on the idea of entitlement in a way other books that work to raise our own responsibility and self-awareness do not - he touches upon not blaming others/the world for our problems and self-reflecting. This was a quick read and I finished the audiobook in a little over 24hrs. The author narrates it himself and it is very light-hearted and pretty fun to listen to.
While I can appreciate his perspective, my main criticism is that it falls into a common trap of touting victorious pessimism by ways of conflating optimism/positivity with fakeness/toxic positivity. Being positive doesn't mean ignoring negative feelings or the state of the world, it just means choosing not to only focus on those things and not to let them drag you down and dominate your life. Mark's perspective reminded me of that happy side/sad side bus meme, where there are two cartoon characters sitting on opposite side of the bus, one elated staring at a sunny landscape, one depressed staring at a grey wasteland and it would read "everything is f*cked."
I think it hits on the idea of entitlement in a way other books that work to raise our own responsibility and self-awareness do not - he touches upon not blaming others/the world for our problems and self-reflecting. This was a quick read and I finished the audiobook in a little over 24hrs. The author narrates it himself and it is very light-hearted and pretty fun to listen to.
While I can appreciate his perspective, my main criticism is that it falls into a common trap of touting victorious pessimism by ways of conflating optimism/positivity with fakeness/toxic positivity. Being positive doesn't mean ignoring negative feelings or the state of the world, it just means choosing not to only focus on those things and not to let them drag you down and dominate your life. Mark's perspective reminded me of that happy side/sad side bus meme, where there are two cartoon characters sitting on opposite side of the bus, one elated staring at a sunny landscape, one depressed staring at a grey wasteland and it would read "everything is f*cked."
hilmi's review against another edition
funny
informative
2.5
It is what it is. Should have been a 20-page thing. There's so much info here that's from other fields and this dude's repeating without recognition... Not sure if I learned much of anything new. There were some good lessons I guess, mostly to remind myself of. For a person proclaiming uncertainty and humility as a principle, the author makes way too many generalizations and assertions.
allielit's review against another edition
4.0
A funny kick in the a-- for embracing honesty with yourself, with nice anecdotes.