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A review by ashley073
Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want by Daniel Harkavy, Michael Hyatt
3.0
This was a weird book.
I decided to check it out when I saw the word “drift” used a number of times in reviews/descriptions, because I really identify with that right now.
The first few chapters were pretty solid, but the end of the book was super disappointing. All of a sudden it went from being about planning your life to how to make all of your employees follow suit and plan their lives.
It went from being pretty relatable to suddenly being this weird white collar CEO instruction manual. I felt like I was peeking in on a meeting where I didn’t belong. It was really difficult to trudge through just because it was so totally irrelevant (and I get it- you can always learn something, but the few things I could apply from this section of the book had already been discussed elsewhere)
Also, some of the examples they give are pretty depressing. They keep saying how this is for absolutely anyone and “it doesn’t need to be fancy” but then they talk about taking a week at a resort, “or even just the four seasons hotel” to do the exercise.
Admittedly, they did say “but really, all you need is a place that’s private, quiet, and free of distractions” or something, but come on...why throw in examples that are totally unrealistic to most people without at least throwing in some “normal” examples as well?
The examples at the end were kind of laughable too. Some guy talking about how “when in 45 I’ll have a house with an indoor basketball court, and my family’s net worth will be $3 million by the time I’m 47”
That really kind of took some of the wind out of my sails. I totally get that that’s some people’s reality and they deserve to have stuff to read about their lives, but, again, it would’ve been nice if they would’ve included some lower/lower-middle class examples as well, especially considering those of us who are financially strapped would probably benefit from this type of exercise the most.
I think it’s a 3-Star book overall. I’d really like to knock it down to 2.5/2.75 because of the relatively extreme examples, but I don’t have the heart to knock it down to a flat 2, so I’ll still give it 3.
I decided to check it out when I saw the word “drift” used a number of times in reviews/descriptions, because I really identify with that right now.
The first few chapters were pretty solid, but the end of the book was super disappointing. All of a sudden it went from being about planning your life to how to make all of your employees follow suit and plan their lives.
It went from being pretty relatable to suddenly being this weird white collar CEO instruction manual. I felt like I was peeking in on a meeting where I didn’t belong. It was really difficult to trudge through just because it was so totally irrelevant (and I get it- you can always learn something, but the few things I could apply from this section of the book had already been discussed elsewhere)
Also, some of the examples they give are pretty depressing. They keep saying how this is for absolutely anyone and “it doesn’t need to be fancy” but then they talk about taking a week at a resort, “or even just the four seasons hotel” to do the exercise.
Admittedly, they did say “but really, all you need is a place that’s private, quiet, and free of distractions” or something, but come on...why throw in examples that are totally unrealistic to most people without at least throwing in some “normal” examples as well?
The examples at the end were kind of laughable too. Some guy talking about how “when in 45 I’ll have a house with an indoor basketball court, and my family’s net worth will be $3 million by the time I’m 47”
That really kind of took some of the wind out of my sails. I totally get that that’s some people’s reality and they deserve to have stuff to read about their lives, but, again, it would’ve been nice if they would’ve included some lower/lower-middle class examples as well, especially considering those of us who are financially strapped would probably benefit from this type of exercise the most.
I think it’s a 3-Star book overall. I’d really like to knock it down to 2.5/2.75 because of the relatively extreme examples, but I don’t have the heart to knock it down to a flat 2, so I’ll still give it 3.