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A corner stone for every ambitious person

Commenté en France le 13 mai 2022

This is my 3rd book by Ryan Holiday and I cannot describe enough the eye opening experiences I've had reading each of his books. This one is about mastering ego and how it is -more times than we think- the sole destructive force that keep us from fin find great success.

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PIERRE ACHARD

UN TITRE QUI RESUME TOUT UN OUVRAGE

Commenté en France le 25 septembre 2017

Un appel sincère à plus d'humilité et une invitation à ne pas se laisser affaiblir par l'hypertrophie d'un ego qui se dresse alors pour vous détruire. Ceci résume l'oeuvre. L'auteur donne de nombreux exemples pour illustrer ses affirmations. Nombreux sont là pour faire du texte. Certains des personnages cités en exemple, gagneraient à être présentés avant d'en parler. Napoléon est décrit à trois reprises comme un personnage aveuglé par un ego surdimensionné. On s'ennuie d'un bout à l'autre.

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PIERRE ACHARD

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Commenté en France le 25 septembre 2017

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merckury

Do not buy this book

Commenté en France le 19 juillet 2017

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What a catchy title! What an attractive cover!

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. If you are considering doing so for whatever reason, please flip through the pages first, if you are allowed to.

This book is so TRITE, it would be like writing a book in 2017 called "A Healthy Heart for a Healthy Mind" and end up telling you that red wine is good for the arteries, repeating this every 2 pages from the beginning to the very last page.

Likewise, you will hear the author say something akin to EGO=BAD every 2 pages, from beginning page to the last page, oh... including the prologue, the introduction, and the epilogue. The means in which he does this follows the stories of historical/famous characters. When he does not do this, the author goes TOTALLY off the subject.

Basically, the author does not talk about the what, how, where... if you want to know WHY the ego is the enemy, don't be looking for the answer here! You'll just read trite text. Consider: Napoleon lost everything at the end of his life, and that's why, dear reader, ego is BAD.

The book is divided into three sections:
1. ASPIRE p23-85
2. SUCCESS p101-150
3. FAILURE p170-208

As random selection of evidence, I will pick material from the exact middle of each section, which I will quote here for you very own excitement:

p54: "There's one fabulous way to work all that out of your system: attach yourself to people and organizations who are already successful and subsume your identity into theirs and move both forward simultaneously. It's certainly more glamorous to pursue your own glory--though hardly as effective. Obeisance is the way forward."

p126 (not the best page, as it is the beginning of a chapter, but nevertheless, let's stick to the method that was promised): -It is not enough to have great qualities; we should also have the management of them- la rochefoucauld
"Not at all. Eisenhower recognized the seemingly insignificant event for what it was: a symptom of a disorganized, dysfunctional organization. Not everything needed to run through him."

p189: "The problem is that when we get our identity tied up in our work, we worry that any kind of failure will then say something bad about us as a person."

ETC, etc...

On a human level, this book is a huge failure. The title should really be:

"HOW TO MAKE TONS OF MONEY AND NOT LOSE IT ALL BY LETTING SUCCESS GET TO YOUR HEAD"

Conclusion: In this book, you will be reading headlines. If you are in elementary school or middle school, the material therein might be of interest. The damning problem, however, in all seriousness, is that the author veers off the subject matter so much, that I would not even consider this book for anyone. Not even my worst enemy!

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Svetovid

Typical gibberish from the USA

Commenté en Allemagne le 16 septembre 2018

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First off, a real stoic would never tattoo anything on his forearms.

Second, it goes on and on about some peripheral characters from American history without mentioning many much more relevant people who tackled and defeated the ego throughout history.

Third, nicely wrapped up between the lines, still gives an impression that success is to "make it big" a.k.a. the American dream. It just needs to be done tactically and with patience, that is pretty much the main advice.

Fourth, politics again. I was wondering when I would read something against the Russian President Vladimir Putin. It came on page 146. Of course!

Final: anyone serious about stoicism and philosophy in general will find this book rather silly. I regret the paper it was printed on and am currently using the book to level a table in the garage. Fits perfectly.

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damian powell

gave up on it

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 25 octobre 2019

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hard to read, just didn't flow. Gave up after approx 45 pages..

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Daniel Strawford

Meh

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 31 juillet 2019

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Not much information backed up by facts. My least enjoyable book so far by Ryan.

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Peterzen21

Not for a stoic (and way too political)

Commenté aux États-Unis le 8 décembre 2018

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I reached for the book after noticing author's other titles and his presence on Stoic sites and found it disappointing, to say the least. First, the book is not for someone who wants to practice stoic philosophy, particularly the aspect of discarding pursue of fame and wealth (the authors suggested doing so only as means, but not the end, which is in disagreement with stoics principles). Second, the book reeks of author's political convictions, particularly his deep admiration for the Clintons. I am not suggesting that a philosopher must be completely apolitical but the last thing I am interested in is knowing who the author loves or hates in politics; besides stoicism is clearly closer to libertarianism rather than American liberalism.

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Sean

Nothing new

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 1 avril 2022

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Too politically correct

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Reader1

Pretty Shallow

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 27 janvier 2019

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There's really not very much to this book. A magazine feature expanded too far, or possibly not even that.

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Alejandro Andrade

didnt click

Commenté en Allemagne le 31 mai 2019

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It just didnt click... I am reading a lot of books lately and as i read this one i was like: Where does that guy get his information from? Like talk less... was explained poorly. Easy to misunderstood. Then dont be passionate... like maybe define passion before you make bold statements like that. I stopped reading at half time. That book just makes me (or my ego ... lol) frustrated!

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M. Vikas Reddy

complete rip off .. the quality of the book that i received was so bad

Commenté en Inde le 10 août 2021

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Even for a paperback edition, this one seems like the version sold on the streets. Absolutely not worth the 300 odd bucks I was charged for this. Absolutely disappointed with the level of quality !

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