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Pros
What is luck but randomness, and if life is all random, then it doesn't really matter what we do or how we try to affect our circumstances. Adams explains how he through trial and error formulated a system for achieving success. Some of my favorite sy... Read More
Cons
the best loan customer is one who has no passion whatsoever, just a desire to work hard at something that looks good on a spreadsheet. When facts don't matter, competence is incidental and tribal affiliation is paramount. Butthurt white-boy grievance-... Read More
Scott adams, creator of the dilbert comic strip, claims the opposite in this book. It is exactly the sort of overbearing worldview that dilbert was so good at making fun of. You never know when a cartoonist is joking.
This argument is quite frankly bizarre. His voice start to give me a headache when i got to chapter 12, that a signal that this was garbage had to shut it off.
This book manifests why the author is such a highly successful cartoonist. He tries to claim that while he doesn't believe in magic, that affirmation might somehow defy the ability of science to comprehend this magnificent power. And lastly, the autho... Read More
The system vs goals thing is just a shallow marketing slogan. He entirely misses the fact that you need both systems and goals. A goal without a system for achieving it is just as useless as a system without a goal.
Highlights
Quality
He does a great job writing highquality nonfiction while sharing his interesting career and lessons learned
Key takeawayssimplification over optimizationsystems over goalslearn from every experience especially mistakesgeneral skills th... Read More
Atomic habits and many others cribbed from this
“how to fail at almost everything and still win big” is part auto biography part selfhelp and just plain interesting
Price
Well worth your time and your 20
Competitiveness
Adams advocates that having multiple skill sets even if mediocre will create a seedbed for future opportunities
Pg117my list of the important patterns for success comparing covey’s 7 habits1
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- This product had a total of 7,490 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 20 2024.
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Full of humor but serious enough ideas to make you revisit it later
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Atomic habits and many others cribbed from this
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The idea about having systems instead of goals is pure gold
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Goal lose 20 pounds by new years
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System stock your house with only healthy snacks
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I didn’t expect this book to be as wise and useful as it turned out to be
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Whether youre in the middle of your career or just starting out theres something for everyone in this book
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He offers that the methods that have worked for him might work for you too although results may vary
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