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The author of this self-help book is an extroverted, people-pleasing over-achiever with a demanding highly successful career who has a hard time saying no to people. In other words we are exact opposites. I couldn’t relate to half of her personal experiences. I’m frankly shocked that so many people can...
That’s not to say there wasn’t merit to her words, because there was. Slowing down and enjoying life is something I think every human in America struggles with as we place so much emphasis on productivity. Our happiness often feels attached to how productive we can be with our time. And I think this was the authors main point... there was just a lot of sifting through I unrelatable stories about turning down huge gigs, saying no to friends and enjoying her fancy rented house by a lake before you got to that little golden nugget.
Not a bad book, just not as helpful or insightful as I was hoping it would be.
At one point the author goes on a tangent about how she says yes to everything and brags about having a favorite shirt that says “yes.” and then she says something along the lines of, “can you even imagine entering a room a finding a person with the word “no” written on their shirt? Who would want to sit next to that bundle of joy.” And I was like ✋
That’s not to say there wasn’t merit to her words, because there was. Slowing down and enjoying life is something I think every human in America struggles with as we place so much emphasis on productivity. Our happiness often feels attached to how productive we can be with our time. And I think this was the authors main point... there was just a lot of sifting through I unrelatable stories about turning down huge gigs, saying no to friends and enjoying her fancy rented house by a lake before you got to that little golden nugget.
Not a bad book, just not as helpful or insightful as I was hoping it would be.
At one point the author goes on a tangent about how she says yes to everything and brags about having a favorite shirt that says “yes.” and then she says something along the lines of, “can you even imagine entering a room a finding a person with the word “no” written on their shirt? Who would want to sit next to that bundle of joy.” And I was like ✋