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The Power Of Starting Something Stupid: How To Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, And Live Without Regret (2013)

by Richie Norton(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1609070097 (ISBN13: 9781609070090)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Shadow Mountain

review 1: Good book, great message for life, school, business etc. I got a little lost and bored with what he was saying in the middle, but there always seemed to be a good motivational story to pick things back up again. The ending was much better and pulled it all together to make sense and had a good message. I was motivated to go out and start something stupid after reading it. I wish there was more practical advice instead of taking mostly a "just go out and do it" approach.
review 2: First of all, I feel a bit bad writing this review. I wanted to like this book, I really did... but I just couldn't. It took dozens of attempts to get through it and I only managed because I had resolved to finish it. Maybe it's because I'm not an entrepreneur who has a dream life on t... morehe shelf but is too fearful to grab it - this book would probably be good for that person.There are two main reasons why:1) The author has read, and references, a lot of the great books on personal and professional development, but so many of the chapters just seemed to rehash what they proffered and then add a take on how it was starting something stupid. For somebody that hasn't throughly read through all of those books, it's probably a good summary of a them meshed into his mantra of starting something stupid. However, having read almost all of the books, I found it lacking.2) Circular reasoning runs rampant throughout the book and starts at the beginning when he introduces the cornerstone of the book: Gavin's Law, which states "Live to start. Start to live." Some people may find that to be a genius concept, but I found it to be specious. It seemed to me as though the advice to crush fear would be, "Don't be afraid, by not being afraid," and on living without regret would be, "Live without regret, by not regretting how you live." The chapters on fear, pride, and procrastination were where I really struggled, and I kept shaking my head and rereading it to make sure I had read it right, because while it sounded good, there really wasn't any solid advice. This book may be helpful for some people (and judging by the other reviews, many people have found it helpful), but I wasn't a fan. less

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