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A review by bootman
The Good-Enough Life by Avram Alpert
5.0
2nd read:
I had the pleasure of interviewing Avram on my podcast when this book first came out. I loved it so much that I wanted to give it another read, and it still holds up. This book is so well written, and although Avram is humble enough to take his theory from the book and apply it to his own life by saying he got lucky enough to write this book, I still don’t know if someone could have put these thoughts into words in the way he does.
This book is about how our drive for being “the best” along with the competitive nature of capitalism leaves a lot of people behind and is also killing the planet. This book isn’t necessarily about settling, but it’s about shifting our worldview so we don’t leave people behind and that we start thinking about how we can create a more equal society.
I’m probably going to continue reading this book once a year, and I plan on reading it with my son soon because it has so many important lessons in it.
1st read:
This quickly became one of my favorite books of 2022, and I can’t stress enough how important this book is. Avram Alpert shines a line on the fact that we’ve created a culture where we’re constantly striving for greatness in all aspects of our lives, and this causing us a lot of harm. Personally, I was miserable for most of my life until I realized that it’s alright for things to just be “good enough”, and since then, I’ve never been happier and more content. Avram dives into various topics like relationships, careers, financial well-being, and much more while explaining how seeking greatness is only causing us harm. By no means is this a self-help book, but it’ll shift the way you view your wants and needs, which will most likely make you a lot happier.
And just when I thought Avram had provided enough value and wisdom in this book, the final chapters go into how greatness is hurting our society and our planet. The constant competition and maxmimalization of everything is keeping people at the bottom and reducing their chances of ever succeeding. Alpert discusses how this idea of “greatness” undervalues many people in our societies and how we’d be a lot better off if people could just be “good enough”.
This is a must-read book, and I’ll most likely be reading it again in the future.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Avram on my podcast when this book first came out. I loved it so much that I wanted to give it another read, and it still holds up. This book is so well written, and although Avram is humble enough to take his theory from the book and apply it to his own life by saying he got lucky enough to write this book, I still don’t know if someone could have put these thoughts into words in the way he does.
This book is about how our drive for being “the best” along with the competitive nature of capitalism leaves a lot of people behind and is also killing the planet. This book isn’t necessarily about settling, but it’s about shifting our worldview so we don’t leave people behind and that we start thinking about how we can create a more equal society.
I’m probably going to continue reading this book once a year, and I plan on reading it with my son soon because it has so many important lessons in it.
1st read:
This quickly became one of my favorite books of 2022, and I can’t stress enough how important this book is. Avram Alpert shines a line on the fact that we’ve created a culture where we’re constantly striving for greatness in all aspects of our lives, and this causing us a lot of harm. Personally, I was miserable for most of my life until I realized that it’s alright for things to just be “good enough”, and since then, I’ve never been happier and more content. Avram dives into various topics like relationships, careers, financial well-being, and much more while explaining how seeking greatness is only causing us harm. By no means is this a self-help book, but it’ll shift the way you view your wants and needs, which will most likely make you a lot happier.
And just when I thought Avram had provided enough value and wisdom in this book, the final chapters go into how greatness is hurting our society and our planet. The constant competition and maxmimalization of everything is keeping people at the bottom and reducing their chances of ever succeeding. Alpert discusses how this idea of “greatness” undervalues many people in our societies and how we’d be a lot better off if people could just be “good enough”.
This is a must-read book, and I’ll most likely be reading it again in the future.