Ethan

It's an important message that is too often lost in my opinion. However, I already agreed with the concept going in, and don't feel I learned much from the book. That said I have read some of the author's other books and enjoyed them and will continue to read his books and listen to his podcast interviews as they come out.

Really enjoyed the author's reading of the audible version. Super direct almost to the point of confrontational, made it more impactful and memorable for me; like a good coach who encourages you by pointing out insightful actionable ways to improve. This book gives you a full game plan on how to rise to executive level in the corporate world. It made me more firm in my conviction that that is not what I want in life lol since it involves so much shmoozing which is not my bag. I could see myself reading this again in five years and getting even more out of it.

Very clearly explains one company's iteration upon classic scrum development methodology. Not a process I can apply to my own work environment but still contained useful insights and was interesting.

The title is corny but that's marketing. Quick read, especially as audiobook. Contains real actionable insights and ideas in an opinionated way that makes you think and realize. Surprisingly (given the title), this book has very little of the trashy filler fluff and simple common sense that make up many of the business books I seem to pick up.

I found myself guilty of several of the anti-patterns and hadn't realized they were so problematic. The author's main points do align with my 10yrs of corporate experience.

We often act like we assume that maintaining an inflated ego is a necessary prerequisite for higher degrees of success. But in reality, more often then not, ego blinds our judgement to the point that we behave counterproductively.

This is a fair point that I hadn't really realized, but I think is healthy food for thought. So 5-stars for that.

Also, 5-stars for the author-read audiobook version, and for including the associated Tim Ferris Podcast interview of the author about this book at the end.

Deducted one star since I didn't find the individual exemplars that interesting or relatable; a lot of historical figures that I'm not that familiar with, whose stories were given what at times seemed like hollow unbalanced treatment.

I don't really disagree with anything said in the book. But also I don't feel I learned much from the book. It was well written in the sense that they made their points clearly and straightforwardly. However it used a breezy wordy informal writing style. Maybe if I really was a manager I'd find it more insightful ;)

Solid advice. Writing style was ok, I'm glad there were bulletpoint summary sections. Took about 20mins to skim through it and get 65% of the info. Summary: confront people in private, since they probably don't know or understand that they are doing something irritating. Walk them through how it bothers you and tell them confidently that they should stop doing this going forward.

Calling this book everything you need to know is misleading since it struck me as a very theory-heavy, practice-light book overall and throughout. That said I really enjoyed reading the book and I feel it gave me a deeper sense of understanding how society holds itself together. I still have to find a different book that covers the practical stuff though :)

Reminds me of an essay I wrote about being at a diner overnight. Loved the way the narrator covered visual aspects cinematically. Characters felt realistic and relatable.

Great guy, unnecessary book. I felt that How To Solve It by George Polya covered similar info in a more practicable way. But I'm a programmer. So maybe if you're a comedian this book is a better fit dunno.

I'm not much of a novel reader but I thought this was too long. Enjoyed learning about the culture and history of Japan/Korea. Found the plot boring; lots of detail could have been better left out.

Extremely clear and convincing way of handing aches and pains from squatting a barbell.

Basically an animals documentary in book form. Focuses on interesting examples of extreme versions of many different animal senses including sonar and electric. Overall concept is that different animals experience reality in different ways in proportion to the senses they fuse together to create their sense of awareness, which at the end enables them to direct their consciousness towards sustenance, safety, procreation, etc. The book encourages us to stretch the bounds our own human empathy to imagine stepping into the body of an animal with different senses and priorities. Also discusses impact of human produced sensory pollution such as cargo ship motors.

Writing-wise: captivating for the most part and very clearly explained. But also repeats itself a lot, gets lost in minute details often, and on the whole was longer than it should have been; found myself bored and skimming past a couple parts.

No nonsense no bs no filler feels great. Can attest that after a few weeks I'm feeling more nimble and expect improvements to continue. Would appreciate a similar treatment focusing on hips or shoulders instead of knees.

Still surprisingly relevant. Refreshingly written prose. Lots of food for thought.

Really enjoyed the author's life philosophy with respect to finances and being realistic about one's personal expectations. He encouraged me to take a cold hard look at what I'm doing with my career and finances in the long term, and suggested relevant tweaks and improvements.

A lovely timeless empowering message. Don't let the world beat you into submission towards banal mediocrity. The author shows great command of the English language, which - if you don't mind working a bit harder to unravel wtf he's saying - is very beautiful.

Very wise character, but nothing especially stuck with me from this book.

Fascinating story, well chosen details. Something I new NOTHING about going in. The title is very apt.

very helpful

At least it's short. I got WAY more value out of reading the author's other books. I was expecting something a bit deeper and profound, like the other books. But if all you need is a pep talk (and who doesn't), then this is a decent one.

It's a bunch of short stories. Very enjoyable to read, the whole lot of them. Not exactly mind blowing though. At this point I prefer the author's full length books such as old man and the sea or the sun also rises.

Reasonable, actionable, wise advice; packaged in a very readable short text.

Sort of feels like I've read blog posts similar but more intriguing than this, so I don't really recommend this book overall. I would have preferred reading a condensed version of this one.

Boring, repetitive, forgettable. A “cleaner” is someone who works to elevate their level of play, no matter what it takes. Think Michael Jordan.

Really interesting history of money.