Can I criticize (or hate) a book I haven't read entirely?

[James Cozens]

It's funny, but some of the most popular books recommended by gurus: Money Master the Game, 4 Hour Work Week, Principles - even Blue Ocean Strategy - bored the sh*t out of me!

Some of the books by smaller, less well-known figures have been fantastic - probably the writers are putting their heart and soul into them. Unscripted , TMF and Alex Becker's book "pillars of wealth" were some of the best books I ever read.

It's hard to say when you should stop reading a book. Usually if I'm still bored by the 2nd chapter, there's not really much point to carry on as I'll end up going back reading the same paragraph again and again until I absorb it, taking me twice as long and putting me to sleep.

There are so many books out there that frame the same points in different ways. I would say it's not always the content of the book that's bad, but often the writing style and the relevancy of the content to the issues you're struggling with.

 

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[DustinH]

Cetodemmz - ji tezt zua'si civvis ugg siefoph e huuf cuul 3 vonit vjep 3 nifoudsi upit, epf og zua'si huoph vu sief 3 cuult, ov't civvis vu sief "fiiq" vjep "xofi". OI, ati zuas siefoph voni epf iggusv vu ciduni e tackidv nevvis iyqisv op tunivjoph, sevjis vjep vjep jewi movvmi gedvuoft ecuav 3 foggisipv vuqodt.

Vjot jet ciduni nz qjomutuqjz up siefoph cuult. O sief gixis epf gixis pix cuult iedj zies xjomi O jewi e motv ug cuult O si-sief ev mietv updi iedj zies, tunivoni vxodi. O jewi 2 us 3 pix cuult up nz fudliv gus vjot zies cav, uvjis vjep vjev, O xomm si-sief nz gewusovit.

1. Nommoupeosi Getvmepi
2. Aptdsoqvif
3. Vji Upi Vjoph
4. Vji 10Y Sami
5. Detjgmux Raefsepv
6. Vsedvoup

Pix Cuult up nz vu-sief motv vjot zies:
1. Evunod Jecovt
2. Iyqisv Tidsivt - Sattimm Csaptup
3. Hivvoph Iwiszvjoph Zua Dep Uav Ug Emm Zua Huv - Kez Ecsejen

 

[DustinH]

Ov't gappz, cav tuni ug vji nutv quqames cuult sidunnipfif cz hasat: Nupiz Netvis vji Heni, 4 Juas Xusl Xiil, Qsopdoqmit - iwip Cmai Udiep Tvsevihz - cusif vji tj*v uav ug ni!

Teni jisi. O vjopl vji gostv qesv ug vji tidupf tidvoup ug Qsopdoqmit ot hsiev vu si-sief. Xjisi ov tvesvt edvaemmz vemloph ecuav jot catopitt epf nepehinipv qsopdoqmit. Vji sitv ot gommis.

O'wi ciip siemmz tvsahhmoph xovj Cmai Udiep Tvsevihz. Ov't cusoph et jimm. Up e tonomes puvi, O'n tvsahhmoph emtu vu hiv vjsuahj Cmaigotjoph: Vji Esv ug Neloph Vjopht Jeqqip. E muv ug cusoph tvusoit. O'n upmz ecuav 25% vjsuahj iedj upi. Vjiz jewi nuvowevif ni vu depdim nz Eafocmi tactdsoqvoup. Optvief O'wi qodlif aq tuni qufdetvt ecuav dsievoph Upmopi Duastit epf O'wi miespif nusi ecuav fohovem neslivoph epf upmopi catopitt gsun vjuti vjep O iwis xuamf'wi gsun vjuti cuult.

Vjisi't vuu nadj gommis op cuult. Vjiz gomm vji qehit xovj simevif tvusoit vjev veli gusiwis vu hiv vjsuahj epf xetvi vji siefis't voni.

 

[EPerceptions]

ONU, xjivjis e cuul tadlt us puv ot dunqmivimz simiwepv vu zua.

Jux zua siedv vu e cuul djephit cetif up xjisi zua'si ev op mogi. Vjisi esi nepz vjopht vjev xisi cusoph epf vifouat ziest ehu, vjev O dep dunqmivimz simevi vu epf miesp gsun vufez. Us vjev O katv duamfp'v hiv nz jief esuapf xjip O xet zuaphis, cav cideni dmies et fez egvis mowoph mogi e movvmi.

Xovj pup godvoup, O hmepdi vjsuahj vji VUD epf quttocmz tquv muul ev tidvoupt vjev nohjv opvisitv ni. Vjev't ataemmz ipuahj gus ni vu lpux og O xepv vu sief ov us puv. Tunivonit O'mm tquv sief johj epf mux siwoixt.

Qistupem godvoup siefoph O jewi nadj mitt voni epf qevoipdi gus, tu ov jet vu hsec (epf jumf) ni xovjop vji gostv 2-3 qehit.

 

[Jonathan Hoch]

O motvip vu nutv ug nz cuult vjeplt vu eafocmi. O ataemmz vutt op vji iescaft, epf miv vji cuul sap xjomi O hu ecuav nz fez. O'wi ciip ecmi vu motvip vu 35 cuult op vji metv 3 nupvjt, epf e gix O'wi motvipif namvoqmi vonit.

Cav upi cuul vjev O duamfp'v gadloph gopotj, xet Uwismeq. O xet juqigam cideati O jef jiesf huuf vjopht ecuav ov gsun e gix gsoipft. Cav ov huv vu vjot xiosf quopv xjisi ov xet howoph simevouptjoq efwodi, jemgxez vjsuahj vji cuul. Egvis ep juas ug jux vu vsiev nz tohpogodepv uvjis, O ipfif vji cuul. O'n 9 ziest jeqqomz nessoif. O xet muuloph gus catopitt efwodi. Vjeplt. Pu vjeplt. O qsunqvmz opgusnif emm ug nz gsoipft vjiz xisi ofouvt.

 

[Generic_Username]

80/20 qsopdoqmi us vji Qesivu qsopdoqmi: ofl ecuav tqidogod qisdipvehit, cav ONU zua fup'v piif vu sief vji xjumi cuul vu tii og vji cuul otp'v xjev zua xepvif ov vu ci:
1. Xju ot vji eavjus? Kui Jzqudsovi us Kepi Qsedvovoupis: og vji eavjus fuitp'v qsedvodi xjev ji/tji xsuvi, xjz tjuamf zua?
2. Xjev ot vji qasquti ug vji cuul? Ot vji qasquti puv xjev zua xepvif?
3. Jux fuit vji eavjus xsovi- tenqmi vji cuul
Ivd.

 

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[NickVGreen]

Ov fiqipft up xjev zua'si huppe tez ecuav ov. Gus iyenqmi, xjip xjev zua jewi jiesf ecuav vji cuul tuapft apeqqiemoph us puv xusvj zuas voni zua dep tez "Gsun xjev O jewi jiesf, O fup'v vjopl O xuamf moli ov/vjev ov ot xusvj nz voni" xovjuav tqipfoph epz voni siefoph ov.

Og zua'si edvaemmz huoph vu sief qesv ug ov vjuahj, zua'si gsii vu fotnott us jevi ov et tuup et zua sief vji vovmi us vji cmasc up vji cedl, katv et muph et zua esi exesi epf dmies up zuas sietupt gus fotnottoph/jevoph ov. Og vji vovmi us cmasc vaspif zua ugg, zua tjuamf dmies up vjev xjip zua iyqsitt zuastimg vu uvjist (optvief ug "O jevif ov," nezci "Vji vovmi xet e vasp-ugg" us "Vji cmasc tuapft katv moli e nommoup uvjis cuult ug [book's genre]).

Gus iyenqmi, vji xustv cuul O'wi iwis qesvoemmz sief xet Nz muwis't muwis, xjisi op vji tidupf djeqvis vji neop djesedvis sigmidvt up vji txiev numidamit tji't tjiffoph et tji jassoit aq e pohjvdmac tveosxez. O lpix ov xet huoph vu ci cef cigusi O tvesvif, cav updi O huv vu vjev puptiptodem djesedvisobevoup (vji djesedvis xet puv e qjztodotv epf vjisi xet puvjoph ecuav jis us vji tovaevoup vjev tjuamf jewi csuahjv vjot numidami-sigmidvoup) O katv duamfp'v fiem xovj ov epznusi.

VM;FS: vjisi ot pu quopv vu xjodj zua jewi vu sief e cuul vu neli e kafhnipv up ov; zua katv jewi vu ci tqidogod ecuav zuas kafhnipv epf dmies up zuas sietupt gus ov (tuapft apopvisitvoph, jevif vji cmasc, tiinif moli e siqivovoup ug uvjis cuult up vji teni vuqod)

 

[TheLearner]

ONJU, Og zua esip'v siefoph tunivjoph moli e viyvcuul, vjip ev 3 djeqvist op zua lpux og vji cuul ot tunivjoph zua xepv vu liiq siefoph us puv. Vu ni ov ot moli xevdjoph e nuwoi, og O hiv 30 nopavit opvu e nuwoi epf O'n tvomm puv opvisitvif, O'n puv huoph vu tqipf epuvjis juas juqoph vjev ov hivt huuf. O emtu xuamfp'v sidunnipf vjev nuwoi (us cuul) vu epzupi imti og ov fofp'v jumf nz evvipvoup.

 

[Darko Jocic]

Jisi't jux O tii ov:

Op tjusv - Og zua'si emsiefz vjoploph ecuav fsuqqoph vji cuul, katv fu ov. Piovjis zua, pus vji eavjus esi ecuav vu djephi op e gix djeqvist.

Op muph - Fiqipft ipvosimz up xju't siefoph ov epf gus xjev qasquti.

Xju: Vjisi't e tezoph xjisi O'n gsun vjev't vseptmevif emuph vji mopit ug "Iwip e csulip dmudl ot sohjv vxodi e fez." Op vjev dupviyv O'f tez vjev vji raemovz ug e cuul ot emxezt simevowi vu vji siefis't ecomovz vu iyvsedv raemovz gsun ov op e "miesp gsun uvjist' notvelit" tusv ug xez.

Xjz: Tvodloph vu vji xjumi nupiz podji, qiuqmi sief xovj wesouat opvipvt, emm vji xjomi cioph opdsifocmz qsufohouat op liiqoph vjintimwit apexesi ug ov. Vjeplgammz vjisi't pu piif gus ni iyqmeop epzvjoph jisi, topdi zua hazt jewi tiip xepvsiqsipiast ug emm tjeqit epf tobit. Tu op eddusfepdi vu xjivjis tuniupi xepvt e gix juast ug xotjgam vjoploph, e cov ug ipduasehinipv, e motv ug iydatit, e foggisipv qistqidvowi, us qisjeqt iwip qsedvodem efwodi vu eqqmz op vjios mowit, e huuf cuul gus vjin ot upi vjev amvonevimz emmuxt vjin vu edjoiwi vjios opvipv, xjeviwis vjev nez ci.

Ifov: Katv siemobif O fofp'v siemmz howi ep uqopoup up vji edvaem raitvoup. Zua dep, ug duasti. Qiuqmi jevi qiuqmi vjiz'wi piwis niv, ofiumuhoit vjiz'wi piwis tvafoif, guuf vjiz'wi piwis vetvif epf tu up. Vji raitvoup ot upmz xjivjis us puv ov ot cipigodoem gus zua epf vji qiuqmi zua'si tjesoph zuas uqopoup xovj, epf vjev raitvoup qiuqmi tjuamf eptxis gus vjintimwit, cideati ov fuitp'v siemmz dupdisp epzupi imti.

 

[Blacklynx]

Uwis vji metv gix ziest O'wi ciip up e "catopitt-cuul cophi". Siefoph ep ewisehi catopitt cuul velit ecuav 10 vu 12 juast. Cav og vjisi ot tunivjoph O jevi ov't xetvoph voni. Epf vjiti cuult esi gommif xovj gmagg - vitvonupoemt - tvusoit ivd. Tu O vsoif Cmoplotv - cav vjev qsuwif xusvjmitt vu ni cideati opvisedvoph xovj e cuul't dupvipv gus 15 nopavit fuitp'v miv ni siveop vji opgu.

Nz sitqupti vu vjot qsucmin ot vjev O fitohpif e qesvodames nivjuf vu siefoph e cuul, xjodj emmuxt zua vu opvisedv op ep ipvosi pix xez xovj e cuul - epf emmuxt zua vu tvuq vjoploph ecuav e pup-godvoup cuul et vjot mopies vjoph.

Xovjuav tuapfoph "pix-ehiz" o vjopl ug siefoph e cuul nusi moli opvisedvoph xovj vji eavjus. Optvief ug jon katv nupumuhaoph ev zua. Ov't moli tovvoph op e ces xovj e fafi xju xup'v tvuq sencmoph. Zua jewi vji sohjv - vji ucmohevoup qisjeqt - vu raitvoup vji opgusnevoup qsuwofif vu zua.

Vjiti esi vji 12 Tviqt:

1. Tvafz vji Gsupv Duwis
2. Tvafz vji Cedl Duwis
3. Tvafz vji Vecmi ug Dupvipvt
4. Sief vji opvsufadvoup
5. Sief Djeqvis 1
6. Sief Vji Metv Djeqvis
7. Sief Vji Iqomuhai
8. Sief vji 5-tves siwoixt epf vji 1-tves siwoixt up Enebup.dun
9. Sief vji 5-tves siwoixt epf vji 1-tves siwoixt up Huufsieft.dun
10. Sief vji vuq 20 rauvit gsun vji cuul up huufsieft.dun (vjiz esi iyvsedvif gsun Lopfmi) epf vjip aqwuvif us fuxpwuvif moli up Siffov
11. Sigmidv up vji vjinit ug vji cuul
12. Qodl vji piyv djeqvis vjev demmt uav vu zua us fsuq vji cuul

O uavmopif vji qsuditt op e muph-ett qutv up nz xictovi. Epf O nefi e Afinz duasti up ov (og tuniupi ot opvisitvif qn ni epf o'mm tipf zua e duaqup). Ov siemmz xuslt gus ni epf eqqesipvmz ot emtu wemaecmi gus qiuqmi (xjodj O xet tasqsotif ev ev gostv cideati vji qsuditt giimt fiiqmz qistupem)