Also 95% of all sales books =
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.There are bad books. Some are poorly written and some propagate false information. If I wrote a book with no punctuation marks, no paragraph and no chapters about how you can become fit playing chess; it would be a bad book.This is my vote.
I've got to stick up for Atlas Shrugged, though verbose and dry its quite epic in its philosophical stance.
The way I've had "bad" books described to me is that there are many flavors of self-improvement teachers that attract a different demographic of people. We're more intense results oriented hustler crowd so Eckhart Tolle telling us to listen for the space between our breathe and wait for your inner being is going to annoy us (though I did like the Power of Now lol) but for those that resonate with it they get a stepping stone into self-improvement and self-enlightenment that they never would have gotten if they read "The Millionaire Fastlane ".
So there are no "bad" books just different flavors for different tastes.
There are bad books. Some are poorly written and some propagate false information. If I wrote a book with no punctuation marks, no paragraph and no chapters about how you can become fit playing chess; it would be a bad book.
Wow that's awesome. I remember I was playing on pokerstars and won $0.06 from Chris Moneymaker at a microstakes table. He was playing with fans for fun. Best day ever!The Moneymaker era was great. Easy money for many years. I was never a big tournament player, but narrowly missed a bracelet back in the 2005 WSOP...even got an hour on ESPN:
I'm terms of writing, I'd prefer to read the original unabridged 700p. long version of The Wealth of Nations 5 times in a row than read anything form Ryan Holiday again. I just can't deal anymore with his constant name dropping and personal anecdotes.
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. It was just a thinly veiled rant against capitalism back in the heydey of socialism.
I concur with the previous posts about "Think And Grow Rich" (couldn't finish it) & "The Catcher in the Rye".
I agree with The Alchemist, I normally finish all the books I start but this one is one of the few I couldnt finish even though is not a long book."The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. And all of his creations.
Might be a great inspiration for a 12-year old kid who has never had a chance to read a real book before, but I remember being shocked by the pointlessness and overall naivity of this pseudo-intellectual gibberish, along with the highly irritating style of his narration...and I was 12 at the time, too. Have never finished reading this hogwash, I felt that it was too childhish, or written by someone who is constantly high.
And I used to read a lot in my early teenage years: Julius Verne, Bulhakov, Jostein Gaarder, Stephen King, Agatha Christie, etc.
The best way to put it would be "so banal it hurts". It's a perfect example of a "the sun rises, and then the sun sets" or "fire is hot, but water is wet" type of book.
Some amazingly deep quotes from this vastly touching piece of art, to give you a taste:
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
“No project is completed until its objective has been achieved.”
“Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way.”
“And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”
“Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry”
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
“This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.”
“Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.”
“We are afraid of losing what we have.”
“To die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.”
“When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.”
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
"I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.”
Ready to vomit? Yes, these are real quotes from the book.
And that's just the tip of the wisdom iceberg.
Basically every single page consists of these deeply touching and eye-opening ultra powerful life-changing pieces of wisdom along the lines of "The Boy discovered that the sand was dry on the desert, and indeed, The Universe can be vast and big, and The Soul of The World and the Warriors of Light can realize their dreams on this planet. There's no need to speak when there's no one around. The boy remembered that the sky is blue and followed his dream."
Ok, these last three sentences were my take on his writing style, but basically this is how painful it is to read.
To be fair, there are also some valuable quotes in the book, for instance:
“What's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised.
"It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”
But those few good fragments can't change the fact that overall, it sucks.
It's better to just look for the quotes on the internet than wasting your time by trying to go through this book. Unless you are a masochist, or need somebody to tell you that happiness feels happy and that some people can be sad.
Even SPIN selling???Also 95% of all sales books =
Even SPIN selling???
I found spin selling to be more technical and empirically backed, so it's a good read for me.
The Cardone series of books were more motivational than framework or execution stuff for me.
"Ready, Fire, Aim" - Michael Masterson
Don´t think about the second product, unless you make 1million revenue from your first product, really?
Couldn't agree more. I think it'll help anyone to read about what they are into at the time whether it's because it's something that interests them or because it's an issue they haven been struggling with it. Not only will you read it with more engagement, its applicability tends to be more clear and can create more value for you. Of course, sometimes you just need to read something even though your emotions may be pulling you away from it.The Power Of Now.
At the time, this book was being suggested by tons of people. "You gotta read this book", "oh, it's a fantastic book", "I just finished to read the power of now and it was amazing". I was seeing this all over the place and I thought - I have to check it. After 30 pages I couldn't continue. It was just too repetitive.
The issue was, at that time, I was basically getting started with self-development and I wasn't prepared and ready to absorb and value such information. To be honest, until now I haven't read it again, but I now understand a lot more and better what he meant. And I found ways to practice being present, more consciously.
I guess I might be confusing some of you.
The point is: Sometimes, we are not ready to certain information. And from there, one can lower the value and importance of a message because of the lack of understanding.
The book wasn't bad, it was just not the right time for me.
A lot of the advise about social media and marketing oneself
Books like that are for people who are completely unknowledgeable on the subject. For anyone tech savvy it's a waste of time for the most part so it would be a good idea to thumb through the book at a book store or library than spend money on it.I think any book that dares to mention social mention is taking a risk. I read a book about pinterest marketing one time. Haha, mostly irrevlevant by the time it was published.
There's some books that do it well with timeless advice. "Likeable Social Media" was something I found valuable. There were very nuanced points mixed in with common sense ideas I never would have considered unless I was experienced in social media marketing. I guess it's a pretty good starter book.I think any book that dares to mention social mention is taking a risk. I read a book about pinterest marketing one time. Haha, mostly irrevlevant by the time it was published.
Automatic Millionaire by David Bach is the biggest steaming pile of schlock to ever end up in purgatory on my Kindle.
Can't say I hate books, I just stop reading them when they don't interest me or contain anything to improve my life.
Think and Grow Rich was one I stopped reading. So was 4HWW.
Yeah good point - I stopped reading "You Are A Badass" about 20% of the way through. She started rambling on about vision boards and manifesting money, so I couldn't handle it anymore. .
Atlas Shrugged
Fountainhead
This. Ayn Rand novels are honestly just self-masturbation for businesspeople, no different than romance novels are for middle aged women. I get it, capitalism is good and business makes the world great, but nobody needs to read some winding 1000 page narrative about it when a 125 page non-fiction book could do.
Gary Vaynerchuk "Crush It" was a mistake because it's dated.
This. Ayn Rand novels are honestly just self-masturbation for businesspeople, no different than romance novels are for middle aged women. I get it, capitalism is good and business makes the world great, but nobody needs to read some winding 1000 page narrative about it when a 125 page non-fiction book could do.
yes you guys don't want to hear that but the future belongs to global communism after the failure of capitalism.
yes you guys don't want to hear that but the future belongs to global communism after the failure of capitalism.
Of course. Thanks for reminding us of communism's stellar track record.
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