Brittany Joiner
I am not an emotional person and I’m full of emotion after finishing this book. Was a bit of a slower start but once I got sucked in, it was a whirlwind. Literally page turner where I couldn’t stop and needed to see what happened next. Fascinating to think of what is possible in the world as this book really stretches your brain (but not in a hard to follow way). You’ve got humor, you’ve got love, you’ve got emotions and tears. And you’ve just got a bunch of humans all trying to figure out the point of life and how to best live it. Beautiful book.
This was amazing. So inspiring. An amazing woman doing awesome stuff in a time where is was even worse to be a woman than it is now 😭 very inspiring and full of laughs with a few almost tears
I wish I could rate higher than five stars!! This was amazing. I don’t even typically like fiction and I loved it. It’s funny, there’s some science and learning, and such a heartwarming story. I loved the take on alien life being friendly and not terrifying. I also loved watching the world team up together.
This was awesome. It made me think way harder about stuff (in a good way) and it was fascinating to learn things like why air conditioning was invented! I also had no idea the impact barbed wire would make. Wild!
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll also be inspired. Lots of great quotes in this book and honestly just feeling really inspired to go live life and be brave and wish and work for my wishes. Definitely recommend. I’m not a big fiction reader but I loved this and will read anything else Meg Shaffer writes!
some of the language around food can be a little triggering if anyone has eating disorders, but overall I think she does a pretty decent job at highlighting health benefits and making sure to clarify there’s nothing wrong with treating yourself and doing thing even if they’re deemed “unhealthy”.
And overall has some really great advice and really inspired me to do a better job of taking care of my body, and small things I can do rather than big sweeping changes.
This is an amazing book, but I am biased because I wrote it! But it's literally combines a decade of my experience using Trello to help others find best ways to use Trello for productivity and collaboration. Even includes some fun Trello puns and humor!
not a bad book just got very repetitive. I quit about halfway through when I didn’t feel like I was getting anything new from it
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I’m not even a huge gamer but it was fascinating to read about the rise and fall of Sega from a business and marketing perspective.
I absolutely loved this. For a biography it was a real page turner. You just kept reading and wanting to know what was going to happen next! It was also interesting just seeing what was “normal” for women from the 30s-60s in the US. Sad. But made me happy to learn about progress they fought for and seeing women be strong in the midst of that and push for growth.
I honestly just had trouble keeping track of the characters. I did like the story though
this was beautiful. I don’t even generally like to read fiction books and I couldn’t put this one down. Found myself reading for hours at a time, super into the story and wondering what was going to happen next. Also made me think about some things, so that’s always a plus.
Had a few good tips for people who are remote working and mentioned some tools I hadn't heard of before. I might recommend if you're not at all familiar with remote work. A few things I didn't like .... There were a couple things I really disagreed with - like taking uncomfortable conversations to a #pillow-fight channel on slack after unsuccessfully discussing one one one. A lot of things were repeated multiple times. It's incredibly repetitive. I feel like I could basically get the same amount of info by just googling a few articles and studies about remote working.
Although I didn't relate to a lot of it or agree with all the advice, still some good stories and gems in here.
Still kinda wrestling with how I feel about all of this and what I agree with and don't agree with, but it was super thought provoking and very well written.
Basically whole book can be summed up in : work hard. A lot of unnecessary words and repetition which might be helpful for some people but wasn't for me. Also felt like each story was just people bragging about how hard they work and never take a break, which I've come to learn isn't healthy and honestly isn't even really the way to success. This book is just also not super well written. Daymond is a fantastic businessman but his writing style isn't my fav.
Maybe I'm just used to hearing about this kind of stuff, but I feel like this didn't really say anything new or profound. I kept hanging with it to see if it would get better, but was a little disappointed. The gist is exactly the title - have simple rules. Use rules to make decisions, and only have a few of them. The book went through a lot of examples and stories so if you're into that kind of stuff maybe you'd enjoy it more than me. Loved the concept, just felt like it could have been a blog post instead of a whole book
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. A friend recommended it to me, and I'm surprised it took me this long to find it as I'm a huge personal finance nerd and I love to read books about making better financial decisions. This was such an amazing book with a really down to earth way to look at money. There's no telling you specific things to do, but rather specific ways to think about money and decide what you need to do, which is fantastic. There's also a lot of discussion about the importance of talking about money and having more conversations about personal finance, which I agree is really important and I'm glad Chelsea is pointing this out! Totally recommend this book.
Not bad advice, but a lot of it is common sense and stuff you can find on Pinterest. That being said, still some good tips and organized in a good way to tackle all the advice rather being overwhelmed with a lot of ideas for reducing spend.
Loved this book. A lot of words but it has a lot of good examples of the principles it teaches. My main takeaway was that you should always be stretching yourself and always learning, and when things get easy you've got to make them harder.
SO AMAZING. Going to be sharing it with my company and trying to get them all to read it.
THIS WAS SO GOOD. I love Lauren Graham and I was worried I was going to be disappointed because I had high expectations. This was amazing. As a big fan of Parenthood and Gilmore Girls, I especially appreciated all the references and the trip down memory lane as she talked about those shows. There's also a lot of good quotes and life advice in here. Great book, and I definitely heard Lorelei's voice in my head as I read it.
Part of it might have been the play format, but the story didn't grab me like the other books. Took a while to really get into, and the protagonist's inner conflict wasn't really a big enough deal to me to feel connected to the story. Also didn't at all feel like a natural transition from the last Harry Potter stories. After a while the story got more interesting, and it did at least hold my attention but I wouldn't recommend it.
Excellent advice and tips in here. Very practical takeaways and helps you think through a lot of sides and facets of giving and receiving feedback