Somewhere in here is a book that could change your life…
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Comments: I think this might work for folks who are working in an old-world industry with no exposure to technology driven workplaces. It didn’t work for me. I got through 80% of the book before I quit.. so, I might have missed something game changing in the last 20%…
Category: 4 – SOMEDAY it (All Categories are 1 – Read ASAP!, 2 – BUY it!, 3 – SHELF it, 4 – SOMEDAY it)
Comments: I think this would have been a nice read in the early days of mobile. However, I read it too late. :)
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Comments: I loved Niall Ferguson’s previous book – “The Ascent of Money.” It had lots of interesting historical nuggets.. but, somehow, the book didn’t work for me. Perhaps it was just not what I was seeking when I read it..
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Comments: This book was a real disappointment. I hardly ever put in books in the someday category but exceptions had to be made. I decided to listen to it as I was eager to get through a short book on a flight. I did.. And I was disappointed by the insight.
Perhaps this is a consequence of having read many great books on career and entrepreneurship (So Good They Can’t Ignore You comes to mind), I found the book’s advice rhetorical – “follow your passion”, etc.
Top 3 learnings:
I’m going to pass on this for this book.
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4 useful disciplines. The irony is that I don’t remember 3.
I do remember hearing the ‘Don’t Multi task’ discipline and feeling like hearing the book was worth it right and there for the reminder.
I wasn’t all that impressed with the book though – I remember not liking the audio experience. Maybe the paperback experience would be better.
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Comments: I didn’t find the book to be helpful – maybe because I had gotten most of the insight from other books. Not much on impact bu definitely good on the concept and theme.
What to expect: I don’t remember – And I guess that says a lot.
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Comments: This was my final Jeffrey J Fox book. The issue I have with it is that it makes it look too easy, when it is not in reality..
What to expect: Many good bite sized learnings and short stories. Not short on learnings, but a tad short on the real difficulty level..
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Comments: The issues I had with the book –
1) The narrator sounded very ‘low’ and monotonous
2) I had read this one after reading ‘How to stop clutter from stealing your life’ which was simply fantastic! (review coming soon..)
3) This was more applicable to folks who had been leading more ‘complicated’ lives thanks to big houses, too much ‘stuff’ etc..
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