Ethan

Reread this after reading the author's newer book Rebuilding Milo. This is still a great book, but I recommend getting the Milo book instead.

I am (and plan to continue to) following the advice given in the book (for the most part). I've read about 6 books on personal finance and this has been my favorite.

Not so much about investing as about nuances of starting a business. I didn't find this nearly as useful as the first two books in the series.

Amazing book.

I enjoy basketball but am not a huge watcher. For me reading the book, it was very interesting to hear how one of the greatest coaches of all time thinks about his job and career. This book would be even more exciting for a basketball fanatic who remembers the classic games he discusses.

It worked. Life changed. 3 years later and I still don't smoke cigarettes and still think this book was a key part of the journey. The approach the author uses hits hard for a rational-oriented person. You go through his reasoning and realize you no longer want to smoke.

This book was life changing for me. I don't follow the book's advice at all anymore, since ultimately I decided raw powerlifting strength is not that useful for me in my daily life compared to kettlebells and heavy club. But the eloquence and charisma of the author really changed my perspective of gym culture. I had thought it was brainless people just looking to win at sports or look a certain way. But he brings the full depth to bear in this book which makes it such a powerful introduction to weight training. He spits facts unapologetically in a way that makes me feel alive; makes me want to be like “fuck yeah tell it Ripp”.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/447648.Getting_Real

This was probably a big deal when it came out but I graduated in 2015 and every job I've had follows most of this stuff already. It's talked about like something that'll blow your mind once you grok it but I think the whole industry has already grokked this book. It did help me understand why no one understands what product we're building and how it mostly doesn't matter because it's ‘agile' to iterate and as long as it's better this year than last year we're all gonna keep our jobs.

I found the author very likable and genuine. I highly recommend getting the audiobook read by the author. It was fun to hear the backstory of a presidential couple, and get a bit of insight behind the scenes.

Learned a lot from it. About marketing and the internet, and the 4 companies the book focused upon.

It's a bit over-dramatic, but I guess that was also entertaining.

It was inspirational. Especially since the audiobook was read by the authors and it's fun to hear what they sound like. The main points were all pretty generic, but at the same time they were very useful.

It's a bunch of boring advice that can act as words of encouragement for the reader. E.g. “Take full responsibility for any mistakes that happen on your command.” Ok, yeah, that's a good idea, but it's not really expanding my mind.

The war stories were not all that educational, but they were fun to listen to. Hearing opinions about the US presence in the Middle East from the view of a SEAL leader on the ground was definitely interesting.

This was a thoroughly useful book for getting my 2nd software engineering job in 2016. At this point, I'd say there are various online resources that are way more practical for this purpose, like Neetcode for example.

Wherever I first read this in college it freaking blew my mind. I read it a few times. Had a profound impact on my life etc etc. I hadn't really thought about heuristics one might use for divining proofs. I used to try to just think as hard as I could and maybe I'd figure out the answer. But this guy has a whole methodology for it and it makes sense. I printed out the summary and put it on my wall behind my desk so that it would watch over me and the wisdom would flow out.

Solid points, told in an easily relatable way. Personally, I preferred “The Simple Path to Wealth” in terms of walking away with a solid plan of what exactly to do.

I tried following the advice in this book and later came to realize it was all counterproductive for me. Maybe you're different but definitely be careful with this and whether it will be helpful for you.

Didn't finish it because the first few stories about trying bizarre weight loss plans and training for athletic competitions and living on protein shakes were not relatable or relevant for my lifestyle. The conversational tone was ok. May be worth returning to this book when I'm over 40 yrs old.

My conclusion after reading the first few chapters of this book is, if I want to save myself a lot of effort and emotional drama, and make more money, I should just by total stock market index funds instead of doing the sorts of shenanigans recommended within this book.

Couldn't read past 20%. Too adolescent and poorly reasoned.

I read the first 50 pages and found so many unconvincing opinions about how much better communism is than capitalism which led to unconvincing rants about how stupid Steven Pinker is and I just couldn't keep reading because the author lost his credibility with me.

Came recommended by Dave Ramsey. Didn't find the message appealing. But only read about 25%.

Didn't find it valuable enough to finish working through it. I love the lore of how this book has been life changing for some people, but for me it seems kind of irrelevant and antiquated.

This book might be a good introduction to personal finance but don't seem to have much to add if you already know the basics. I preferred rich dad poor dad over this.