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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Felt less cohesive than his first book, but still a funny interpersonal tone of writing that I love.
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
This book started off really good and then kinda lost me at the end, but over all it wasn't bad.
funny
slow-paced
Teetering between 3 and 4 stars but it's more a 3-star for me. This was the second book I read by Mark Manson. I have to say, despite a much larger vocabulary and high intelligence, he sure likes to use the f word, and I have no problem with that at all because it was accompanied by real substance and research, unlike much other light fluff out there.
A few of the historical stories in this book changed my perspective for the better and I was so glad to learn about them. And while it is anything but an optimistic book about life and the future - hope for less hope (?) - it does offer a lens through which you may not have looked.
Mark's writing is counter-intuitive, questioning, sarcastic, filled with dry humor, contracting itself more often than I care to count with references to politics, history, and religion - oh my god there was so much around religion, history of religion, what religions do to people, and so on - and yet I kept reading. You don't really walk away with any ONE takeaway (which is fine) but perhaps as you read, you realize how little you know about the world and its history and maybe appreciate the context in which Mark put it.
Lately, I've started reading books that are not my normal cup-of-tea, because, why not and how else can I learn the opposite of what I think I know ... or even inquire more into what I think I know.
"The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our character, and the quality of our character is determined by our relationship to our pain."
A few of the historical stories in this book changed my perspective for the better and I was so glad to learn about them. And while it is anything but an optimistic book about life and the future - hope for less hope (?) - it does offer a lens through which you may not have looked.
Mark's writing is counter-intuitive, questioning, sarcastic, filled with dry humor, contracting itself more often than I care to count with references to politics, history, and religion - oh my god there was so much around religion, history of religion, what religions do to people, and so on - and yet I kept reading. You don't really walk away with any ONE takeaway (which is fine) but perhaps as you read, you realize how little you know about the world and its history and maybe appreciate the context in which Mark put it.
Lately, I've started reading books that are not my normal cup-of-tea, because, why not and how else can I learn the opposite of what I think I know ... or even inquire more into what I think I know.
"The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our character, and the quality of our character is determined by our relationship to our pain."
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A great sequel to the previous book. The first part took me some time to swallow but the second part of the book is truly a mine of eye-opening life advice
Embrace everything. Even pain. Hope is for the blind. Thank you Mark. Humanity could be better and we don't try because we think everything needs to feel good in order to be happy. Wrong. Balance is important in everything, and the battle to find it in our hearts, mind, and life, is the greatest pursuit. Oh and AI is awesome.
reflective
medium-paced
This would have been a five-star review but I really don't understand why he got into the AI discussion at the end of the book. Then again if he's looking to start his own religion I guess it makes sense