Ross Moody
Loved it. I love books like this that give a glimpse into how it actually is vs the marketing team's paid spin of a person or company.
So excited to have found such a well written and engaging story. Can't wait to read the next one.
I could't get into this book. Anything that combines creativity for serving God immediately gets 1 star from me. Separation of church and creativity. The author is entitled to their world view and I suppose I am to my review. Second page: “Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.”
The sentiments in this book seem helpful, but there is so much fluff. I couldn't finish it. The amount of unnecessary exposition was too much for me.
Quite a lot of the book resonated me and I love the idea of becoming super smart but the story fell a smidge flat and in particular the ending. Though the epilogue felt like the real ending and I loved that. This is a peculiar book for me, I really liked it and yet I didn't find anything special about it. This could be a testament to how much I absolutely loved Recursion. Tough act to follow.
I really enjoyed this book. A lot more than I was expecting to. It's funny, sad, candid, and deeply personal. I applaud the author for writing it.
I found this book when I needed it most. When I was really struggling with convictions about the world I felt were true, but didn't seem shared when I expressed them to others. Having these ideas validated and articulated in such a direct and clear way meant a lot to me. I'm so thankful I found it and I find myself rereading it and referencing it in my mind multiple times a day.
I didn't finish this book. It was too verbose and padded to continue. I realized I had listened on Audible for about and hour and a half and the only takeaway was “trust your gut”.
Some pretty great things in here. Especially around breaking the cycle of isolation in shame and the role of prosocial shame.
Some chapters were so strong they brought me to tears (auld lang syne) and others I could barely get through. Wonderful vacation read though.
Beautifully written. Dances a hard line of feeling sincere without being cliché and has wonderful allegories of what it means to live vs be alive especially in the ways we love.
I think this book is great for reasons that have nothing to do with poker. The lessons Maria learns through going on the journey of introspection while playing poker are universal and easily translatable to every day life.
I thought the commentary and historical references were great, but the content ended up not being something I found really engaging.
I try not to give up on books but I couldn't make it through this one. The beginning was great, but it couldn't keep me engaged enough to continue.
I loved this book. Richard does a great job threading a difficult needle of summarizing long complex lives and motives from various people in different eras with a relatable and ethical lense. Particularly around commentary of wealth causing derangement and what it means to be good vs great. Can't wait to read the rest of what Richard has to offer.
This book was suggested as life changing from a few design industry leaders and I had my hopes high. I feel a bit let down, though. The author proposes a single concept initially (fixed mindset vs growth mindset) and then uses the remaining 95% of the book to provide examples that reinforce the concept from every angle.