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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
inspiring
reflective
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
slow-paced
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
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reflective
medium-paced
Not your average self-help book!
I was pleasantly surprised in some regards about this book, my standards were low and I was expecting your "run-of-the-mill" self-help book which vaguely describes everything and doesn't give concrete advices or facts. In this book that is not the case. It actually has some very interesting topics, and quotes one of the biggest names in philosophy and argues about their thinking and rationale around life's meaning.
I gave it 3 stars because of those "nice chapters" where it actually challenged your thinking or gave the author's interpretation of Heidegger and others. I enjoyed the chapter where the author talked about how we are constantly trying to "manage" our time and that in modern society you are basically shamed if you are doing "nothing" or doing something with no end in mind, everyone always expects you if you start something as a hobby that you must turn in a side business. If you start training basketball, you must aim for the NBA, etc.
However, also the reason I gave it 3 stars is because it is way too long based on the content it offers. The author's beliefs could have easily fitted in a book half the size. Unfortunately this way a lot of the book ends up being gibberish, nothing but filling in the pages, repeating the same point over and over. To be frank, the last 30 pages I actually skimmed through it, because I felt them like being "empty words".
All in all, it is an "okayish" book, no regrets reading it, but there are other books way more worth your time. You could even say if you look at you life as Four Thousand Weeks (pun intended), this book is simply not worth it. If it lost half its pages, then it would be quite worth it.
I was pleasantly surprised in some regards about this book, my standards were low and I was expecting your "run-of-the-mill" self-help book which vaguely describes everything and doesn't give concrete advices or facts. In this book that is not the case. It actually has some very interesting topics, and quotes one of the biggest names in philosophy and argues about their thinking and rationale around life's meaning.
I gave it 3 stars because of those "nice chapters" where it actually challenged your thinking or gave the author's interpretation of Heidegger and others. I enjoyed the chapter where the author talked about how we are constantly trying to "manage" our time and that in modern society you are basically shamed if you are doing "nothing" or doing something with no end in mind, everyone always expects you if you start something as a hobby that you must turn in a side business. If you start training basketball, you must aim for the NBA, etc.
However, also the reason I gave it 3 stars is because it is way too long based on the content it offers. The author's beliefs could have easily fitted in a book half the size. Unfortunately this way a lot of the book ends up being gibberish, nothing but filling in the pages, repeating the same point over and over. To be frank, the last 30 pages I actually skimmed through it, because I felt them like being "empty words".
All in all, it is an "okayish" book, no regrets reading it, but there are other books way more worth your time. You could even say if you look at you life as Four Thousand Weeks (pun intended), this book is simply not worth it. If it lost half its pages, then it would be quite worth it.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced