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jensullivan's review against another edition
This is a DNF for me. While the premise of living in the gain and avoiding the gap is good and helpful, the way many examples were presented didn’t sit right with me. There was more than one mention by the creator (the author interviews him in the audio book) that making the world better or helping other people (with nothing to gain) wasn’t for him. He came across as braggy and better-than to me. The examples of how certain individuals defined success were clearly from wealthy men and unrelatable to the majority of people. After making two negative comments out loud to my phone as the book played, it was time to shut it off.
camgray94's review against another edition
2.0
This is largely “toxic positivity” in book form. There is about as much content for probably 20-50 pages maximum. A couple decent ideas, but not worth the read. I’ll summarize it here: set goals for yourself, learn from past experiences, bad things are actually good things if you’re a smart, successful person lol.
lambchops814's review against another edition
medium-paced
1.75
I liked the author's premise that when we focus too much on we don't have or don't have yet that we lose happiness and focus where as if we go us on what we have and we have achieved we will be happy. That said, I could not stand the writing style. The run-ons, the fragments the constant capitalization, all were painful to read. The approach to trauma was awful.
mowokalu's review against another edition
4.0
I don’t think there is anything groundbreaking but it is great to have gap and gain language to help in your daily life. It also reminds to be more mindful and aware in order to have a great outlook on life.
artmajorese's review against another edition
I was looking for something a little more insightful than "human brains constantly move the goalposts on their goals" and "don't measure yourself by your ideals, measure yourself by metrics."