sam0ny's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
It's not a read through book, it's a read a page a day book
phanisaiuppu's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
sadia_siddiqua's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.75
olichoreno's review against another edition
3.0
I don't want to call it a summary of Stoic life because it's more of a series of rip offs from other books by Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and more philosophy of the time in the Roman Empire. The book works on breakdown and phrases: It takes Stoic knowledge and then gives you its own interpretation with some new segments with people from the 20th century, especially war periods.
It's not a bad book, it's just a modernized version of Marcus Aurelius' musings on making money.
It's not a bad book, it's just a modernized version of Marcus Aurelius' musings on making money.
arkaron's review against another edition
4.0
Good book. Loved the idea of having a book to read one page at a time and reflect on it throughout the year.
The quotes and commentaries varied wildly for me. Some I found insightful, some I could agree on, some I did heavily disagree with. Some were well commentated and some were contradicting the quote, themselves or some other part of the book. It was sometimes a joy and sometimes absolutely infuriating to read.
But the point is to make you think and reflect and even the "bad parts" do exactly that and bring you to form opinions about topics you dont think about very often and help you to better understand who you are as a person.
I thought it was a very enjoyable experience overall and will definitely read a 365 days-of-wisdom type of book again.
The quotes and commentaries varied wildly for me. Some I found insightful, some I could agree on, some I did heavily disagree with. Some were well commentated and some were contradicting the quote, themselves or some other part of the book. It was sometimes a joy and sometimes absolutely infuriating to read.
But the point is to make you think and reflect and even the "bad parts" do exactly that and bring you to form opinions about topics you dont think about very often and help you to better understand who you are as a person.
I thought it was a very enjoyable experience overall and will definitely read a 365 days-of-wisdom type of book again.