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catarinareads's review against another edition
5.0
Job hunters will love it. Was reading for a research project but ended up finding it very useful as a freelancer and curious Catarina. The old way is out. This new way really resonated with me.
mrahim's review against another edition
5.0
First started reading this book over a year ago, finally finished it. Probably could have completed it sooner but there was a lot of introspection from this read.
Prior to reading this book, I was definitely 100% all-in on my work and health with little regard for much else. Reflecting on the past year, I have definitely found a healthier balance between my work, health, play & love life. This book does a great job on helping you identify what balance might work for you between these areas, and how to allocate time for planning the next step.
It points out key ideas that I feel were missing in my formative years, for example, it throws away the idea that one should have a passion from a young age and follow it through to adulthood as a career. Instead, it reframes this idea and states that there are multiple paths that one can take and passion develops over time through being curious, trying stuff, having a bias to action, having awareness & asking for help when needed.
It takes many more ideas and reframes them in a manner that makes more sense (even the dreaded term "networking") and does this through a people-centric lens. It even delves into how to build a people-centric community which can be beneficial for those who do not belong to any or those who wish to build one.
Other interesting things include:
* Difference between counsel and advice.
* Value of mentors
Recommended to me by a mentor at the top of her field in Silicon Valley.
Prior to reading this book, I was definitely 100% all-in on my work and health with little regard for much else. Reflecting on the past year, I have definitely found a healthier balance between my work, health, play & love life. This book does a great job on helping you identify what balance might work for you between these areas, and how to allocate time for planning the next step.
It points out key ideas that I feel were missing in my formative years, for example, it throws away the idea that one should have a passion from a young age and follow it through to adulthood as a career. Instead, it reframes this idea and states that there are multiple paths that one can take and passion develops over time through being curious, trying stuff, having a bias to action, having awareness & asking for help when needed.
It takes many more ideas and reframes them in a manner that makes more sense (even the dreaded term "networking") and does this through a people-centric lens. It even delves into how to build a people-centric community which can be beneficial for those who do not belong to any or those who wish to build one.
Other interesting things include:
* Difference between counsel and advice.
* Value of mentors
Recommended to me by a mentor at the top of her field in Silicon Valley.
skyeward_promenade's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars, not rounded
I need to think on this a bit before I can really write this review. That's odd since I've read the book before, but I'm not in the headspace right now to write a review of the book -- I'm in the headspace to reflect on the information therein.
I need to think on this a bit before I can really write this review. That's odd since I've read the book before, but I'm not in the headspace right now to write a review of the book -- I'm in the headspace to reflect on the information therein.
zarina's review against another edition
3.5
I feel like it was interesting in the beginning, but started to fall apart for me around the half-way mark.
countessnix's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the overall message of this book, but I wasn't a fan of the activities it proposed...they sounded too...scientific method-y to me. I had some takeaways from this, which I really like.
maddness22's review against another edition
Repetitive and really only beneficial if you're not already self-obsessed with self-improvement. Most of the practices seemed to be built around recognizing areas for improvement/support rather than actually building those areas