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Gorilla Mindset: How to Control Your Thoughts and Emotions to Live Life on Your Terms
Mike Cernovich
2.9 AVERAGE
13 reviews for:
Gorilla Mindset: How to Control Your Thoughts and Emotions to Live Life on Your Terms
Mike Cernovich
2.9 AVERAGE
This low effort book gets a low effort review. I can't imagine anyone checks the box that their review has spoilers for this one. We've all read it before in the words of more talented grifters.
I don't want to go into bat for Jordan Peterson, but 12 Rules For Life at least had a theory of philosophy underpinning it. A weird, semi-mystical, semi-coherent philosophy of struggle, but you could at least argue with it. This book exists to advertise Cernovich's podcast and his other books. It sells his brand and has no reason for existing outside of it. It's boring, poorly edited and repeats as new information things that have been common knowledge for years, such as visualising a basketball in a hoop is a good way to get better a shooting hoops.
One star for the context defying line "The third eye in the gorilla recognizes we are great apes who seek enlightenment"
I don't want to go into bat for Jordan Peterson, but 12 Rules For Life at least had a theory of philosophy underpinning it. A weird, semi-mystical, semi-coherent philosophy of struggle, but you could at least argue with it. This book exists to advertise Cernovich's podcast and his other books. It sells his brand and has no reason for existing outside of it. It's boring, poorly edited and repeats as new information things that have been common knowledge for years, such as visualising a basketball in a hoop is a good way to get better a shooting hoops.
One star for the context defying line "The third eye in the gorilla recognizes we are great apes who seek enlightenment"
This book will change your life.
Gorilla Mindset is practical and logical advice on how to achieve personal greatness. This book contains chapters on diet, fitness, mindfulness, entrepreneurship, and personal finance in easy to understand prose. Do the worksheets and apply the knowledge offered in the book and start living the life of abundance that you deserve.
Gorilla Mindset is practical and logical advice on how to achieve personal greatness. This book contains chapters on diet, fitness, mindfulness, entrepreneurship, and personal finance in easy to understand prose. Do the worksheets and apply the knowledge offered in the book and start living the life of abundance that you deserve.
A effective good and motivating read. Most of the topics covered are overly simplified and doesn't leave you with direction if you want or need to go deeper.
I did appreciate how humble the author was and a touch of humility along the way, but honestly I would have benefited from more practical and real world suggestions along with some research to back that up. I would have also preferred a "going deeper" section to help focus the reader for more details.
The book feels more like a series of blog posts which I normally don't like, however, Mike pulls it off. It's a dense short read. I look forward to reading more of his material as I enjoyed the content, the pacing, and the deep thought.
I did appreciate how humble the author was and a touch of humility along the way, but honestly I would have benefited from more practical and real world suggestions along with some research to back that up. I would have also preferred a "going deeper" section to help focus the reader for more details.
The book feels more like a series of blog posts which I normally don't like, however, Mike pulls it off. It's a dense short read. I look forward to reading more of his material as I enjoyed the content, the pacing, and the deep thought.
Популярно е лайфстайл-блогъри да пишат книги, само че доколкото съм забелязал, малко от тия опити са успешни и добавят някаква стойност към това, което човек може да намери в сайтовете им. Майк Чернович се занимава с "мъжественост" и как да си здрав, силен и успешен мъжага. Сайтът му не е особено интересен и книгата, макар че има хващащо окото заглавие, също не съдържа нищо полезно.
Some hokey pseudo-science in there, but some good insights too.
"Gorilla Mindset" is a self-improvement book with heaps of stuff you've probably already heard about. Nothing new there, no revolutionary material, no real game-changer. I know there's people out there who might find this book to be useful, hence the two stars. Mind you, it's not an utter load of wank, I'll give you that. *BUT* I found myself rolling my eyes and going "oh, not this shit again!" quite often while reading.
Cool title anyway.
Cool title anyway.
Gorilla Mindset is a straightforward, honest book about how changing your mindset can aid in changing your life. Cernovich does a decent job of attempting to engage his audience at the beginning of the piece explaining that people should make notes, write down their thoughts, and even change pieces they disagree with, but without regular reminders throughout the piece to take part in the exercises, the book becomes just another read.
I'm currently on my second reading just to try and make sure I didn't miss anything revolutionary by not taking adequate notes.
I'm currently on my second reading just to try and make sure I didn't miss anything revolutionary by not taking adequate notes.
I am working through my TBR bookshelf and decided to pick this book back after attempting to read about a year ago. While the idea behind the book is right up my alley in terms of strengthening mindset and helping a person be a strong version of themselves, I struggled with this book.
Having just read two really powerful books in these fields, this one did not hold up. I looked up the author as well just to learn more about him and perhaps some of what I read influenced my thinking as well. I highlighted a few passages, but nothing really gripped me in terms of giving me new insights into the work I am trying to develop as an educator, youth coach, and parent.
I am glad to have skimmed through it, but it won't be one that I will be handing off to friends or my kids to read like I have done with others.
Having just read two really powerful books in these fields, this one did not hold up. I looked up the author as well just to learn more about him and perhaps some of what I read influenced my thinking as well. I highlighted a few passages, but nothing really gripped me in terms of giving me new insights into the work I am trying to develop as an educator, youth coach, and parent.
I am glad to have skimmed through it, but it won't be one that I will be handing off to friends or my kids to read like I have done with others.