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wrasea's review against another edition
4.0
" 'Succeeding,' whatever that might mean to you, is hard, and the need to do so constantly renews itself (success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it), and there’s the very real danger that 'succeeding' will take up your whole life, while the big questions go untended."
Be kind.
Be kind.
tommyhousworth's review against another edition
5.0
Let's be honest. This is a commencement speech, a few thousand words at best, so stretching it out into a book is a reach. Except that it is perfect as a gift to remind a graduate, a loved one, or one's self what is truly important. George Saunders shares his personal insight on how our most missed opportunities in life are not ones wherein we might have gained more wealth or glory, but when we might have done an active kindness for someone and, instead, remained complacent.
It takes fifteen minutes to read, and a lifetime to feel like you're getting it right. That's how the most pithy and powerful wisdom works: easy to absorb, challenging to enact. I am grateful for the reminder from one of my new favorite writers. It's the perfect book to buy for someone else...or buy for oneself and then pass it along, hoping it goes through many hands and pierces many hearts on its journey.
It takes fifteen minutes to read, and a lifetime to feel like you're getting it right. That's how the most pithy and powerful wisdom works: easy to absorb, challenging to enact. I am grateful for the reminder from one of my new favorite writers. It's the perfect book to buy for someone else...or buy for oneself and then pass it along, hoping it goes through many hands and pierces many hearts on its journey.
s_o_n_n_i_e's review against another edition
4.0
Lol, I found myself done in such a short time. Beautiful reflection.
mayenk's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
essentially, be kind. But the figure used at the end to describe kindness. Help, som of the most horrid people in the world i.e. Mother Theresa. Honestly, the book or letter should never have been written, its so milk toast.
essjay1's review against another edition
5.0
We could all do a lot worse than make kindness a priority. I believe Saunders is correct when he says we will rarely regret being kind.