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Jacob P
is on page 133 of 184
More of the same. A lot of stories with underpinning lessons, some good some average. We had Dr. John Izzo speak at our work off-site which was cool, but he recited a bunch of the stories from the book almost verbatim. I feel like I could've recorded his part and it would've been akin to an audiobook (lucky he is well spoken). All in all, not bad, not great. These types of books don't make me want to keep reading tho
— Jul 31, 2025 05:19AM
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Jacob P
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So I was slightly mistaken the last couple sections were a self assessment which I knew but the other bit was a discussion guide, acting as a prompt to discuss with others that might be reading the book or a prescribed text. I think it's a good add but not something I particularly would do in my own time. For a school assignment maybe but not as a self help/personal development action.
— Jul 31, 2025 06:49PM
Jacob P
is on page 178 of 184
Decent end to the book, summarizing the main ideas and concepts in a brief word. The last page asking to be repeated after the author is a strong end albeit a simple one. I still have 20 odd pages to go which look to be a stepping up self assessment and 1 page per chapter summary which I will provide my thoughts on once I get through them. Most of these books have a 80/20 split of stories and concepts, this is no dif
— Jul 31, 2025 06:34PM
Jacob P
is on page 71 of 184
Last couple chapters there are probably only a handful of gold nuggets or gold dust to retain. The rest, sad to say is filler to compound the same concept in different lights. It doesn't add much more than a way to understand a concept in different environments or how one would apply it. Struggling not to just skip through when 5 different standard examples are used then capped with the 'bottom line' or 'point being'
— Jul 29, 2025 12:46AM
Jacob P
is on page 33 of 184
Chapter 2 was much more promising, Izzo talks about well researched concepts such as locust of control, fixed/flexible mindset and behavior reinforcement. It is still on the fluffy side but it provides good summarizations of key concepts which once identified and understood can have material impact to someone's everyday operating.
— Jul 28, 2025 10:21PM
Jacob P
is on page 19 of 184
The biggest problem with these types of books, is that there is a whole lot of storytelling about how this or that worked in different real world scenarios but then the material lesson is literally just 2 dot points at the end of the chapter summarizing the previous chapter. It feels intentionally fluffy.
— Jul 28, 2025 09:20PM
Jacob P
is on page 10 of 184
... An intrinsic look at what I could do to improve my situation and agree with the notion that we can't change the right time and place but we can do something about ourselves which might influence that. I don't however agree with this 5 rows analogy of which he tried to relate to addressing world hunger and global warming. I think the notion is being mate to be grandiose but it's far more complicated than that
— Jul 28, 2025 07:54PM
Jacob P
is on page 9 of 184
Reading this for work - the author is speaking at our executive conference and we've been asked to read it. I will be very critical as it feels like a prescribed text. As such I think the idea is sound, but so elementary that it doesn't need to be stated. So far of the 10 pages read 6 have been short stories/examples explaining the same point and 4 have been the same notion rephrased. I agree with taking an...
— Jul 28, 2025 07:51PM
