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cecile87's review against another edition
2.0
DNF: I did what others have done here: started the book, thought WTF, went to GR to learn others’ impressions. This is written so oddly; I hated the descriptions of the people, the stereotypes. Def? Cat? Dude? Give me a break. I went to a synopsis for the salient information to inspire me to get up at 5.
So glad I had borrowed the audio from the library. The whole book is in pdf form online. A look at the pdf told me it is an incredibly wordy piece. My eyes glazed over the repetition of dense information.
I’m retired, was never in business, not interested in work productivity, just thought I was getting a book on how to make more of my day by getting up earlier.
The storyline approach to what could have been a few pages was annoying. The book read as though the author were a frustrated novelist.
So glad I had borrowed the audio from the library. The whole book is in pdf form online. A look at the pdf told me it is an incredibly wordy piece. My eyes glazed over the repetition of dense information.
I’m retired, was never in business, not interested in work productivity, just thought I was getting a book on how to make more of my day by getting up earlier.
The storyline approach to what could have been a few pages was annoying. The book read as though the author were a frustrated novelist.
jmm's review against another edition
I will stop hate-reading this book now and admit defeat.
nikkolechow's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
edorsettmill's review against another edition
Honestly found the fictional story so frustrating and long winded. Very difficult to take seriously.
lambchops814's review against another edition
inspiring
medium-paced
3.0
As someone who already wakes up at 4 during the week, I didn't need to be convinced to wake up early, but I did appreciate the author's tips for how to optimize your day and chunk your time better. I'm not a huge fan of books without character names, and I found the second half much more useful than the first.
keekmachine's review against another edition
1/2 audiobook, just hated the characters
justin92's review
1.0
BLUF: Couldn't finish after about halfway done. 15% of the book is about the information which is wake up an hour early and exercise, study, and pray/meditate during that hour, 35% is a horrible 2-dimensional fictional story, and 50% is reprints of humanity's most famous quotes and 2000's pop culture quotes.
This book has some good info but it could have been wrote as a few blog posts or a newsletter. The book is mainly filled with quotes by famous people which are used constantly (felt like every paragraph or two had a quote) or some of the most used statements of the 2000s, examples being that people are addicted to smart phones and exercise is good for you. The book is also wrote as a fictional novel, which includes an entrepreneur who is getting death threats from their job, a starving artist that is a caricature of an ethnic group, (they both fall madly in love) a mystical guru who has the key to perfection (think John Galt of Atlas Shrugged) and the guru's disciple who has become a billionaire, owns cars and islands, has a retinue of servants who speak multiple languages, and even a personal security force which the disciple tasks to discover who is sending death threats to the entrepreneur. And it is all made possible because the disciple follows the guru's advice of waking up at 5AM every morning and spending 20 minutes exercising, 20 minutes in professional development, and 20 minutes following a spiritual path of one's choice. It was at this point I stopped reading. Good luck to those who continue on. Couldn't spend anymore of my life energy on limited returns.
This book has some good info but it could have been wrote as a few blog posts or a newsletter. The book is mainly filled with quotes by famous people which are used constantly (felt like every paragraph or two had a quote) or some of the most used statements of the 2000s, examples being that people are addicted to smart phones and exercise is good for you. The book is also wrote as a fictional novel, which includes an entrepreneur who is getting death threats from their job, a starving artist that is a caricature of an ethnic group, (they both fall madly in love) a mystical guru who has the key to perfection (think John Galt of Atlas Shrugged) and the guru's disciple who has become a billionaire, owns cars and islands, has a retinue of servants who speak multiple languages, and even a personal security force which the disciple tasks to discover who is sending death threats to the entrepreneur. And it is all made possible because the disciple follows the guru's advice of waking up at 5AM every morning and spending 20 minutes exercising, 20 minutes in professional development, and 20 minutes following a spiritual path of one's choice. It was at this point I stopped reading. Good luck to those who continue on. Couldn't spend anymore of my life energy on limited returns.