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I'm giving this 2.5 stars. I would say that the breakdown of the value of the content (for me) approximates these percentages: 10% new and useful information, 30% repetition, 30% common sense, 20% fluff, and 10% irrelevant or poorly tied-in anecdote. Nevertheless, I appreciated the 10% new and useful information and would say that it is worth it to read the book for that value alone.
The version of the book that I "read" was in Audible format. Personally speaking, the narrator's voice and interpretation of how to render the text grated on my nerves. I also found some of the content a bit distasteful. For instance, the author related a story about living it up in hotels while the wife and kids were at home subsisting on "mac and cheese" - the story ended with being grateful that his group of peers alerted him to the fact of his insensitivity (I don't recall whether this is a personal story of the author's or someone else's), and that he was so grateful that he could (paraphrased) "throw open is kimono and bare everything" to his group. Whether this was the author's personal story or not, I found both the story, the nonchalant attitude, and the metaphor to be in poor taste.
In brief, if you are not easily put off by such ingenuous bumptious enthusiasm, and if you have never read a Keith Ferrazzi book before, you might want to check it out just to see what it's all about.
The version of the book that I "read" was in Audible format. Personally speaking, the narrator's voice and interpretation of how to render the text grated on my nerves. I also found some of the content a bit distasteful. For instance, the author related a story about living it up in hotels while the wife and kids were at home subsisting on "mac and cheese" - the story ended with being grateful that his group of peers alerted him to the fact of his insensitivity (I don't recall whether this is a personal story of the author's or someone else's), and that he was so grateful that he could (paraphrased) "throw open is kimono and bare everything" to his group. Whether this was the author's personal story or not, I found both the story, the nonchalant attitude, and the metaphor to be in poor taste.
In brief, if you are not easily put off by such ingenuous bumptious enthusiasm, and if you have never read a Keith Ferrazzi book before, you might want to check it out just to see what it's all about.