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kavitaiyerr's review against another edition
3.0
Average.
The contents is very similar to his YouTube videos to which I'll say watch his videos than waste time reading this book.
The whole book can be condensed to a 50+ page guide and boy does the author mention a lot about his famous connections. Was this book put across as a memoir than a self help book then it would have done well.
It does come across as those YouTuber books that were written in a hurry (yeah the Lilly Singh how to be a bawse- utter waste of time that is) and isn't that satisfactory.
I will agree to this though: speed reading is very essential technique to develop and it does help you go a long way but I had to slog through this book to enjoy it. Its clever marketing nothing more, like those IG pages called millionaire mentor that make money by telling you to send them money post which they will divulge the 'secrets' of making money. All hoax and scams really
I'll say its okay if you've got time. But look elsewhere if you're interested in better Honest self help books rather than read this 200 pages something of gloating.
The contents is very similar to his YouTube videos to which I'll say watch his videos than waste time reading this book.
The whole book can be condensed to a 50+ page guide and boy does the author mention a lot about his famous connections. Was this book put across as a memoir than a self help book then it would have done well.
It does come across as those YouTuber books that were written in a hurry (yeah the Lilly Singh how to be a bawse- utter waste of time that is) and isn't that satisfactory.
I will agree to this though: speed reading is very essential technique to develop and it does help you go a long way but I had to slog through this book to enjoy it. Its clever marketing nothing more, like those IG pages called millionaire mentor that make money by telling you to send them money post which they will divulge the 'secrets' of making money. All hoax and scams really
I'll say its okay if you've got time. But look elsewhere if you're interested in better Honest self help books rather than read this 200 pages something of gloating.
uthara_12's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyed the tips, but there was a lot of self selling in the middle bits and end bits, that took away from the content.
lancelotraavig's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
alanh168's review against another edition
4.0
Having already been familiar with many of the techniques, ideas, and works this book references, I can confidently say that it is a great consolidation of productivity tips and tricks that are espoused by experts and many self-help writers. In other words, the content is quality and every source is cited. HOWEVER, to truly benefit from this book, the reader should approach it with two mindsets.
Firstly, they must be willing to brush past and forgive the moments of excessive, tacky self-promotion. The author touts the success of his programs and ideas too often throughout the book. As a result, he comes off as some celebrity/CEO guru who aggressively markets himself at any opportunity. It is, in my opinion, the books most blaring shortcoming. Like a “Best Pizza in the World” sign, the litter of “we have X amount of podcast downloads / followers” makes each subsequent claim of success, no matter how true, seem like cheesy propaganda. So the reader should be advised that they will need to plow through the cringe self-hyping and youth group leader talk on the way to the quality tips.
The second mindset the reader must have when reading this book can be said of any self-help book. To truly test the efficacy of its ideas, the reader must be willing to give the book’s lessons and assignments (yes, there’s homework) an honest try and total faith. At worst, you waste time and feel a little silly for treating 300 sheets of paper as your new bible. But, at best, you actually get what the celebrity learning coach advertises: a huge improvement in your memorization skills and reading abilities. The author, Jim Kwik, may sometimes come off as a recruiting cult leader, but if you need something to hinge your faith on, you can look at just how well-researched and cited the material is.
Limitless has a good narrative flow that makes the book easy to digest. Sometimes Kwik starts chapters with an analogous anecdote. Other times, he'll talk about the origin of a problem before providing a solution to it. For example, before teaching speed reading techniques, he explains why there aren't more speed readers in the population: institutional schooling fails to teach advanced reading and memory techniques to its older students.
While some anecdotes in the book can be cheesy, others are quite inspiring. The author had a childhood brain injury and I found his story of overcoming the challenges from that injury to be very motivational.
In essence, this book is an amalgamation of productivity, memory, and reading tips from every corner. If you are willing to take the book seriously and plow through some of its excessive self-promotion, you can greatly improve in the areas it claims to have wisdom in.
Firstly, they must be willing to brush past and forgive the moments of excessive, tacky self-promotion. The author touts the success of his programs and ideas too often throughout the book. As a result, he comes off as some celebrity/CEO guru who aggressively markets himself at any opportunity. It is, in my opinion, the books most blaring shortcoming. Like a “Best Pizza in the World” sign, the litter of “we have X amount of podcast downloads / followers” makes each subsequent claim of success, no matter how true, seem like cheesy propaganda. So the reader should be advised that they will need to plow through the cringe self-hyping and youth group leader talk on the way to the quality tips.
The second mindset the reader must have when reading this book can be said of any self-help book. To truly test the efficacy of its ideas, the reader must be willing to give the book’s lessons and assignments (yes, there’s homework) an honest try and total faith. At worst, you waste time and feel a little silly for treating 300 sheets of paper as your new bible. But, at best, you actually get what the celebrity learning coach advertises: a huge improvement in your memorization skills and reading abilities. The author, Jim Kwik, may sometimes come off as a recruiting cult leader, but if you need something to hinge your faith on, you can look at just how well-researched and cited the material is.
Limitless has a good narrative flow that makes the book easy to digest. Sometimes Kwik starts chapters with an analogous anecdote. Other times, he'll talk about the origin of a problem before providing a solution to it. For example, before teaching speed reading techniques, he explains why there aren't more speed readers in the population: institutional schooling fails to teach advanced reading and memory techniques to its older students.
While some anecdotes in the book can be cheesy, others are quite inspiring. The author had a childhood brain injury and I found his story of overcoming the challenges from that injury to be very motivational.
In essence, this book is an amalgamation of productivity, memory, and reading tips from every corner. If you are willing to take the book seriously and plow through some of its excessive self-promotion, you can greatly improve in the areas it claims to have wisdom in.
pollyhall's review against another edition
I didn't come across any new information. I've read about these concepts in other self help books.
reaperbeware's review against another edition
2.0
As I was reading it felt like the author just squished together a whole bunch of books