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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Both inspiring and depressing to know I really CAN'T have it all.
Quit? Don't quit? Push through but know when it's not worth it or know magically when you can't get past the hard stuff but also know what exactly you need before the dip comes...
This book has been recommended to me so many times because it supposedly has great info about getting past the hard stuff to succeed. What it has, I found, is a jumbly mess of statements and ideas that contradict each other.
At least it's short.
This book has been recommended to me so many times because it supposedly has great info about getting past the hard stuff to succeed. What it has, I found, is a jumbly mess of statements and ideas that contradict each other.
At least it's short.
Don't think that because this book is so refreshing short that it isn't packed brain-warping ideas. Practical and thought-provoking, The Dip provides a simple algorithm for knowing when to quit and when to stick that, if taken seriously, just might make you the best in the world at something.
A little book about opportunity cost. Reads like attending a one-session seminar.
Ok so I'd like to disagree to Godin's message, if you're not going to be best in the world, don't even start! While I can see his reasoning, about how the best gets so so much more than the second down the line, there's the fact that sometimes, you won't even know if you'll like something or not unless you try it. You are not predestined to know everyhing that you like, you know.
Therr are people (like me!), who's not really driven by profit or being recognized as the 'best'.
hmm but then again Godin mentioned that the world is subjective and depends on the needs of the consumer, and since everyone's best in their world can be different, it would be hopeless to chase one someone else's definition of best. So, in a way, however far, it can be said that it's about chasing your definition of best.
Anyway, I still got something helpful from this. I learned that there are two types of quitting, and that quitting on the long term is beneficial. Also, it would behoove you to list down the terms of when you would quit so that you can't just randomly talk yourself out of it because of short term pain.
but awwwwww I feel so disappointed.
Therr are people (like me!), who's not really driven by profit or being recognized as the 'best'.
hmm but then again Godin mentioned that the world is subjective and depends on the needs of the consumer, and since everyone's best in their world can be different, it would be hopeless to chase one someone else's definition of best. So, in a way, however far, it can be said that it's about chasing your definition of best.
Anyway, I still got something helpful from this. I learned that there are two types of quitting, and that quitting on the long term is beneficial. Also, it would behoove you to list down the terms of when you would quit so that you can't just randomly talk yourself out of it because of short term pain.
but awwwwww I feel so disappointed.
I really enjoyed this book despite its simplistic notion that "if you're not going to be the best at something, give up." Of course all of us may *want* to be the best at something, but rarely would the time and effort required to be the best actually be worth the cost. The author says that if you cannot be the best or do not want to be the best, you simply haven't picked the right field. Currently the way I view the book, the mentality of dropping so much in order to be the best in something makes people lose themselves to hustle culture and can easily lead to toxicity in the future. I might be misreading the book's message on that however as never does the author ever state hobbies directly as something to be dropped, so I will probably give it another read later on.