It’s another self help book. Is this the one that will finally put you over the top, or another in a long line of endeavors that look like progress, but are really procrastination?
I've read multiple books thanks to recommendations from this blog, and I'm happy whenever I see that a new post is up. I can't say that about many other blogs.
Unfortunately, Crisis Zone is the most memorable (it was described in a way that made it seem fascinating, and it was, but cordyceps is also fascinating and also I'd regret letting that occupy space in my brain). But I did that to myself, you were very clear on your opinion.
You helped push me over the line to buy There Is No Antimemetics Division, which will be in my top 3 of 2025.
A Gentleman in Moscow let me down a little near the end, but was still fun and memorable and got me through most of a long flight.
"I could see how this math could cascade and lead to you reading nothing but self-help books (and certainly we all know people who fall in this category) with each one offering increasingly diminished returns."
Well certainly one has to assume that each new self-help book is proportionally less likely to offer something new.
Or perhaps a better way of thinking about it is that each book's pay-off is front loaded, as we grow complacent and revert; in which case a regular administration of 'help' to the self is required.
A savvy promoter might point out, then, that a blog might be a better delivery method than a book.
Indeed (and in case you were referring to me, no one ever said I was savvy...) Though I do think there are some books which lay out an entire structure that takes a whole book to uncover. Specifically I'm thinking of Seven Habits by Covey, though there are probably others.
I guess what I'm thinking of is whether the vital component is a well communicated epiphany, or a regular call to act on what one largely already understands. After a good book or two provides the former, the latter may still be necessary from time to time. Hence the long term benefit of even the best books may diminish.
I've read multiple books thanks to recommendations from this blog, and I'm happy whenever I see that a new post is up. I can't say that about many other blogs.
I always worry when people say they've read books on my recommendation. It's a terrible responsibility. ;) But you're very kind.
Any books that really stick out as particularly good or bad?
Unfortunately, Crisis Zone is the most memorable (it was described in a way that made it seem fascinating, and it was, but cordyceps is also fascinating and also I'd regret letting that occupy space in my brain). But I did that to myself, you were very clear on your opinion.
You helped push me over the line to buy There Is No Antimemetics Division, which will be in my top 3 of 2025.
A Gentleman in Moscow let me down a little near the end, but was still fun and memorable and got me through most of a long flight.
"I could see how this math could cascade and lead to you reading nothing but self-help books (and certainly we all know people who fall in this category) with each one offering increasingly diminished returns."
Well certainly one has to assume that each new self-help book is proportionally less likely to offer something new.
Or perhaps a better way of thinking about it is that each book's pay-off is front loaded, as we grow complacent and revert; in which case a regular administration of 'help' to the self is required.
A savvy promoter might point out, then, that a blog might be a better delivery method than a book.
Indeed (and in case you were referring to me, no one ever said I was savvy...) Though I do think there are some books which lay out an entire structure that takes a whole book to uncover. Specifically I'm thinking of Seven Habits by Covey, though there are probably others.
I guess what I'm thinking of is whether the vital component is a well communicated epiphany, or a regular call to act on what one largely already understands. After a good book or two provides the former, the latter may still be necessary from time to time. Hence the long term benefit of even the best books may diminish.