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58 reviews for:
The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life
Todd Herman
58 reviews for:
The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life
Todd Herman
I wasn’t finding this useful, and then fell out of a reading habit. I will need to find some serious hardheaded motivation to get through this at a later date - but frankly I don’t think it’s worth it. He took over 30 pages to say what could have been said in 5, and there’s still a whole book for him to repeat himself.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Three things:
I do feel like his in-person explanations in podcasts and videos were better than the book. I felt like I connected to him and his material much more listening to him explain it rather than reading his book (even though I prefer to read) Having this be a course where the author guided you with cohorts of students working together would have been much more powerful.
I felt like the book was of two minds. It wanted to be a guide in one manifestation and a workbook in another. I wish the author committed to one or the other. I felt like the tasks were disjointed from the format of the book.
I found that, even though the material really did apply to me, I had problems integrating it as it became repetitive. I wish the objects introduced here (Alter Ego, Field of Play, Enemies, Artifacts or Totems) was more systematically laid out. I think it would have helped me to actually make it all one cohesive system then and wrap my mind around the concepts better.
I do feel like his in-person explanations in podcasts and videos were better than the book. I felt like I connected to him and his material much more listening to him explain it rather than reading his book (even though I prefer to read) Having this be a course where the author guided you with cohorts of students working together would have been much more powerful.
I felt like the book was of two minds. It wanted to be a guide in one manifestation and a workbook in another. I wish the author committed to one or the other. I felt like the tasks were disjointed from the format of the book.
I found that, even though the material really did apply to me, I had problems integrating it as it became repetitive. I wish the objects introduced here (Alter Ego, Field of Play, Enemies, Artifacts or Totems) was more systematically laid out. I think it would have helped me to actually make it all one cohesive system then and wrap my mind around the concepts better.
Useful concept, but very alienating authorial voice (and political red flags--lotta of dog whistles here). I wish there were a comparable, clinical evidence-based book written by someone with a background in psychology that covered the same ground, but this will do.
If you are really interested in becoming a good leader/star/what-have-you, there are an infinite number of better ways to go about it.
Start with reading a book that isn't vapid male wish fulfillment and is based on actual research and science.
I'd recommend something by Brene Brown
Start with reading a book that isn't vapid male wish fulfillment and is based on actual research and science.
I'd recommend something by Brene Brown
informative
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reflective
fast-paced
informative
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I loved this book's take on how making different characters for different roles can be helpful for achieving excellence and changing behavior in many situations. I think I'll be going back to this one again.
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced