Books
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The books here have all helped my life progress in some way.
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon SinekMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Start With Why provides a great concept along with supporting stories to portray the relationship between how, what, and why in life and in business...
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Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott H. YoungMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you find human greatness interesting, this tops the charts...
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The Hubbard Rating Scale
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My 3-Point Rating Scale
I’ve read a lot of books. Almost all of them have added value to my life.
Each book helped me see the world we ignore as a much more interesting place than I thought.
Among the 100s of books I’ve read, there were several true works of art that made my heart sing and eyelashes grow 10mm with how glued my eyes were to the pages. Most books fell in the upper range near amazing and phenomenal. Some books were okay. Very few were bad.
When writing a review, I aim to tell you whether it's worth your time based on a standard rating scale of how 'worth it' I felt that book was.
Take a look below at my highly opinionated rating scale.
Was it well written and unique?
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No matter how important the topic it has to be creative and coherent.
The goal is to showcase books that offer originality and excellent writing quality.
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- ⭐ – Superficial or poorly developed content.
- ⭐⭐ – Some depth, but largely underdeveloped.
- ⭐⭐⭐ – Moderately insightful or engaging, with reasonable depth.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Rich in content, well-developed themes or arguments.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Exceptionally well written and thought-provoking.
How engaging was it?
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We’ve all had those books that we wish we never picked up. This rating addresses how well the author captured my interest throughout the book.
Narrative pacing, content structure, and involvement I felt while reading all go into this rating.
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- ⭐ – A true slog. Only finished because I had to.
- ⭐⭐ – Some relatable parts, but largely disengaged.
- ⭐⭐⭐ – Coherent structure and engaging enough.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Very engaging, well structured, and memorable.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Exceptionally captivating and deeply impactful.
☺ - Did I enjoy it?
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Remember, everyone’s opinion is unique and solely theirs.
I’ll try to be as specific as possible in this section. Over time you’ll be able to know if a book is worth your time or not based on what I say in this section.
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- ⭐ – This as it was purely unappealing in every way.
- ⭐⭐ – I got something out of it, but I can’t call it a good use of time.
- ⭐⭐⭐ – The time spent reading was worth it.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – I was emotionally invested and thought about it regularly.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Profoundly enjoyable while surpassing all expectations