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deenashoemaker's review against another edition
3.0
This book is not your typical "get rich quick" book. It's not one of those "I'm going to hand you the answers to life" books.
It's the "find out who you are, find out what you love, and be that thing" book. It's a road map, if you will, that points you in all the right directions for discovering yourself. It's an organized, detailed, logical approach to finding what you are good at in life and being that person.
I was kind of skeptical about this book, as I am about most books that claim to help you find your purpose. But I was actually surprised to find out that it wasn’t like the other books I’ve seen on the topic. It doesn’t claim to hold magical 8-ball powers that send you on your way. Instead, it actually says it can’t and won’t tell you your purpose.
There is a series of steps you can take and questions you must ask yourself in order to start discovering who you are and what you do best.
I really liked the analogy inside this book about “the bread plate lady.”
The author, Cooke, went to a market one day and discovered many stands full of everything imaginable. But there was one old lady in the corner selling only bread plates. Everyone locally knew her as “the bread plate lady” and anyone looking for a bread plate was directed to her. Now, there were several other stands that also sold bread plates, but everyone was still directed to her.
Why?
Because she focused on One Big Thing.
Was her purpose in life bread plates? No. I’m sure it wasn’t. But, as the analogy says, “focus on the one thing you’re good at, and people will notice.”
stefc's review against another edition
1.0
Listened to the audio book. Lots of talk no substance. If you’re interested in one off out of context quotes from famous people this is the book for you because other than that there’s nothing here.
hazellie's review against another edition
1.0
Listened on audiobook.
There was a lot of talk, talk, talk, but no substance. He gave a lot of examples of people who made it and people who didn't, but there was no relevance to that one big thing we're supposed to know for ourselves.
He keeps talking about how hard it is to make it in the world so we should have a one big thing, but it doesn't make sense, because a lot of examples he gave of people who did well, they didn't have a one big thing. I get confused about what I'm really listening to, because he says, let's talk about apples, and then he starts talking about oranges.
I have no idea what he's trying to get at, and it feels like he's just blowing hot air. I've seen a few videos of people like that. They're good speakers, as in, they speak confidently in good English, in front of an audience, and the audience think that these speakers know what they're talking about, just because they have confidence. But confidence does not equal knowledge or wisdom.
It's dangerous to listen to people like that, because they have no idea what they're talking about and they end up leading you astray. It's like someone coming up to you and saying, "Hey, you should totally jump off that cliff! I know it's scary, but it's an amazing experience and you'll never know just how amazing until you try it!" And you listen to him and jump off that cliff to your death, because he sounds so confident he must know what he's talking about!
Beware these speakers.
There was a lot of talk, talk, talk, but no substance. He gave a lot of examples of people who made it and people who didn't, but there was no relevance to that one big thing we're supposed to know for ourselves.
He keeps talking about how hard it is to make it in the world so we should have a one big thing, but it doesn't make sense, because a lot of examples he gave of people who did well, they didn't have a one big thing. I get confused about what I'm really listening to, because he says, let's talk about apples, and then he starts talking about oranges.
I have no idea what he's trying to get at, and it feels like he's just blowing hot air. I've seen a few videos of people like that. They're good speakers, as in, they speak confidently in good English, in front of an audience, and the audience think that these speakers know what they're talking about, just because they have confidence. But confidence does not equal knowledge or wisdom.
It's dangerous to listen to people like that, because they have no idea what they're talking about and they end up leading you astray. It's like someone coming up to you and saying, "Hey, you should totally jump off that cliff! I know it's scary, but it's an amazing experience and you'll never know just how amazing until you try it!" And you listen to him and jump off that cliff to your death, because he sounds so confident he must know what he's talking about!
Beware these speakers.
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