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Really great follow up to Good Calories, Bad Calories from the same author, where this Book acts as an easier and less technical version.
Very inspiring book!
A really good book to read to inspire you to improve your economy.
The practical tips in the book is written for beginners, but the book is still really inspiring so it is still worth it even if you already have improved your economy. I read this book every time I want to refocus my time on my economy.
A good read if you're interested in economy.
If you already have a good understanding of the saving in funds a good portion of the book can be skipped, since it involves tips for saving money.
However, the rest of the book is interesting from the perspective of reading about a really greedy business.
The first book I read all the through in pretty much one sitting.
Interesting book as it both feels as a fictional telling, but still as a biography.
Really interesting read. If you're not interested in your pension before reading this, you will certainly be afterwards.
Lite splittrad kring den här boken.
Jag skulle varmt rekommendera den till alla som inte har så bra koll på sin ekonomi, ungdomar som snart går ut skolan och ska flytta hemifrån inom ett par år.
Dock är den väldigt basic, vilket också är syftet med boken. Detta kan således inte heller dra ned betyget.
Det som däremot gör att jag drar ned betyget är att det läggs väldigt mycket energi (faktiskt hela boken och trots allt inte massa överflödig information) på att spara pengar, men knappt något alls om att investera de. I avsnittet om att börja spara till barnen redan vid födsel, så nämns det sparkonto på banken. Här är ju det givna valet indexfonder eller liknande för ett så långsiktigt sparande.
Boken har fokus på den filosofiska biten runtomkring sparandet och är inte en praktisk guide hur man sparar, något som jag gillar att läsa om.
Boken är definitivt läsvärd för lite inspiration.
This was my first contact with the stoic philosophy.
Did not know what to expect, but it was quite an interesting read.
It did have some motivating aspects in it and did enjoy it.
However, it is very one-sided and egotistical, which is not necessarily bad or wrong in the context of this book, but it got a bit too much for my taste.
Good inspiration to get going on the minimalism journey.
However, it is a lot of repetition in it, but it is better than the author's previous book, More with Less, since this book contains both step-by-step “guides”, as well as the more philosophical ideas about minimalism.
I would rate it 3.5 stars if I could have.
Really inspirational book.
I was surprised by how much focus on philosophy there were, but in a positive way.
I would have liked some more examples in the part about the actual system though, directly from the creator of the Bullet Journal system. However, the internet is full of Bullet Journal examples, so that is okay.
Decent book on taking action in your life, by giving you a tool for doing so (counting downwards from 5 seconds to 0).
For my taste, there were too many examples of what to use it for and especially success stories, and too little time spent on how to actually implement the method.
Good as inspiration to start your minimalism journey.
However, I felt there was quite a lot of repetition in it, which makes for a lower rating. If I could've, it probably get a 3.5 rating from me.
Quite fascinating with a lot of history and background on the subject of deliberate practice.
I would have liked more tips and techniques on how to actually do deliberate practice as a knowledge worker.
This book is not comprehensive in information of all the different topics and I would rather say this book is a good summary of different mindset ideas, which sparks the interest to learn more about the different topics.
You won't read this book to learn everything you need, but rather learn where to go from here.
Note: I listened to the audio book version, so I had no problems with the spelling and such that several other reviewers have complained about.
Decent book, but I had much higher hopes for it, especially in regards to other people´s ratings of the book.
The subject is very interesting and the book details the benefits of deep work, as well as some points on how to do deep work.
However, I thought the book became kind of repetitive after a while, with too many examples of success stories, instead of examples on how to actually do deep work.
For me, albeit an exaggeration, the book pretty much tells you to really focus on the problems you face in your work, which will lead you to become much greater in that field.
The underlying meaning is simply put to stay focused on the task at hand and work through it, instead of giving up, which I definitely agree with the writer on is the main cause for most people failing at things, but I was expecting the book to be more about how to achieve deep work, not why it is important.
Interesting book, with a lot of research beyond it, as always with Charles Duhigg.
For me personally I would have liked norr concrete tips about how to implement the techniques in my own life.
The appendix does a decent job here, but it could have been detailed a bit more.
Really interesting book, with references to all the studies etc. Therefore a lot of information.
Interesting book, but it is pretty thin on the information conveyed in it.
Mostly it is background story and a lot of pages are filled with sketchnotes from other people, which can serve as inspiration, but I would have preferred less of that and more training examples or more information.
I also have the follow-up to this book which is aimed at more advanced techniques, so maybe that one will be better.