Reviews
The Power to Get Things Done: (Whether You Feel Like It or Not) by Steve Levinson, Chris Cooper
audc's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
A recommended read by my father.
Frankly, this book could be summarized in 20pgs, but I see the importance of analogies to further explain points.
And appreciate the active participation through questions and spaces where to respond to the questions and a space to write notes for each chapter… these basically summarized the chapter anyway.
There is a lot of repetition, but that’s probably because this reads as a lesson or a speech and they’re trying to drive the point in.
Though it did drag out four chapters longer than it should have.
I rated it 3.75 stars because I would recommend it to someone else, but also, because I haven’t put any of these.
A few beautiful out of context quotes:
“He loved dealing with the forest. He didn’t care much for the trees. And, frankly, he felt nothing but contempt for the leaves. But Maggie welcomed the leaves with open arms. In fact, she loved the leaves.”
Frankly, this book could be summarized in 20pgs, but I see the importance of analogies to further explain points.
And appreciate the active participation through questions and spaces where to respond to the questions and a space to write notes for each chapter… these basically summarized the chapter anyway.
There is a lot of repetition, but that’s probably because this reads as a lesson or a speech and they’re trying to drive the point in.
Though it did drag out four chapters longer than it should have.
I rated it 3.75 stars because I would recommend it to someone else, but also, because I haven’t put any of these.
A few beautiful out of context quotes:
“He loved dealing with the forest. He didn’t care much for the trees. And, frankly, he felt nothing but contempt for the leaves. But Maggie welcomed the leaves with open arms. In fact, she loved the leaves.”
amberinpieces's review against another edition
2.0
This book reads like an infomercial, which put me off. However, I did take away two small pieces of advice that could be helpful: be specific and don't give yourself wiggle room.
tacomarae's review against another edition
2.0
didn't speak to me- Gretchen Rubin's Better than Before said much of the same in a way that worked for me. not my thing
toricranston's review against another edition
1.0
Horrible. This entire book could have been condensed into one page about how intending to do something isn't enough to make you do it. It keeps repeating the same thing over and over again with few or no practical steps other than "be specific in your goal setting". I got half way through and called it quits.
lisa_rwrmusings's review
3.0
I picked up a few useful tidbits in this book, but overall it was not extremely helpful and it was very repetitive. I think there are better books out there to motivate you.
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