Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by ronyfadel on Saturday December 28, 2019 @06:24PM
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I’m finishing the Four Hour Work Week.. this book just reads like a “get rich quick”/scammy collection of snippets. It’s conflicting at times (“money isn’t the end-all be-all” v/s “how I made 10k$ a month sipping piña coladas”). The only useful takeaway was not to waste your life 1) wasting time and 2) working, which is fair.. but the message is wrapped with so much ego I ended just being annoyed through most of the book.
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Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by mke on Saturday December 28, 2019 @06:56PM
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The title and intro is unabashedly “get rich quick” fodder. But hidden inside, one can find practical applications of Pareto principles to work and life choices, in ways that made me question how I approach everything. Better books have followed in this zeitgeist. This one found me first.
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by laurentl on Monday December 30, 2019 @02:09AM
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> Better books have followed in this zeitgeist
Any suggestions?
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by mke on Monday December 30, 2019 @07:40PM
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Deep Work (Cal Newport) and Strengths Finder (Tom Rath) helped me achieve far more practical returns on work / lifestyle design.
I even found Tim’s later books (4-Hour Body, 4-Hour Chef) to be far better.
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by ar_lan on Monday December 30, 2019 @01:08PM
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I felt the same exact way for a long time.
Tim Ferris has at times mentioned some regrets regarding the title and contents and wishes he could re-write parts of it because he does not like that association. He freely admits it was a marketing gimmick, essentially.
However, after reading/listening to some of his other works, I've seen it in a different light and grew to start liking it again.