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A review by afox98
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture by Scott Belsky
3.0
So many people are starting new things - new companies, new projects, new side hustles. Everyone gets excited about starting something, and finishing it, but what about what happens between those milestones? This book addresses that messy middle.
The book is divided into sections about enduring, optimizing, and approaching the finish line. Within each of those sections, there’s a series of “chapters,” which are typically not more than 2-3 pages long. Each chapter addresses a principle or lesson learned from the author in going through his own project or company efforts. I was about a third of the way through the book before I realized it wasn’t really meant to be read start to finish.
While the tidbits were mostly useful, if you read a lot of business or entrepreneurial books, you will probably find a good bit of repetition from those. However, this book collects them all into a thorough, if somewhat wordy, collection.
The book is divided into sections about enduring, optimizing, and approaching the finish line. Within each of those sections, there’s a series of “chapters,” which are typically not more than 2-3 pages long. Each chapter addresses a principle or lesson learned from the author in going through his own project or company efforts. I was about a third of the way through the book before I realized it wasn’t really meant to be read start to finish.
While the tidbits were mostly useful, if you read a lot of business or entrepreneurial books, you will probably find a good bit of repetition from those. However, this book collects them all into a thorough, if somewhat wordy, collection.