An easy read, but pretty light on substance, unless you consider an autobiography to be instructional. The concepts are repeatedly emphasised throughout the book, which makes it repetitive after a while.
The author suspects she was on the verge of becoming a happiness bore. Well, her suspicion is confirmed in this book. (Notice this review is almost shorter than the book title? That’s how the book should be.)
如果你是那种看历史书就想睡觉的人，不妨拿这本书瞅一眼。虽然写法不伦不类（好比让周星驰重新编出来的“红楼梦”），但娱乐性高，容易读。只是部分内容有说教的嫌疑，加上说教的部分有时前后矛盾，所描述的历史事件在时间线上也不对办。若想认真对待这本书，则难免有点失望。
This is a classic example of too many cooks spoil the broth. I’ve watch the talk by Simon Sinek and he definitely has some thought-provoking ideas. Unfortunately when he and the rest of the gang tried to pull together a project like this, their voices are disjointed and their messaging, repetitive. The book ended up… Read More »
Disappointed. A book that purports to be a cutting-edge primer on what it takes to be “original” (as Sheryl Sandberg puts it in the Foreword) has very little original insights in it. In fact, this mash-up of snippets from other books on pop psychology contradicts its original premise that “to become original, you have to… Read More »
Hindsight is 20/20. The problem with books of this nature is that they often appear to be cherry-picking data to fit the narrative. So, do you want the blue pill or the red pill?