Principles

This book annoyed the hell out of me. Ray's personal story is really interesting, would've enjoyed more of that, but once he gets to his principles it starts feeling like a snake oil salesman who genuinely believes his elixir works.

It's interesting as a character study. Here's a guy who can't accept he's just another genius investor with the right level of tenacity and timing to make it big. He has to imagine he has invented some brilliant new philosophy to teach as well. The fact is, he's not saying anything wrong, its great and simple sounding fluff you can enjoy at that level and not dig into at all. Think of it as the Ayn Rand school of philosophy.

Couldn't make it through the Principles section before giving up.

One of my favourite guidebooks

I disagree with a few of the principles and ideas in the book but having them listed and the reason behind is a fantastic tool. Many of the ideas behind the principles are fantastic and I look forward to applying them daily.

I think this might be the best book I’ve read in all of 2017. Lots of practical thoughts on life and how those apply to work. So many good takeaways that I don’t even know where to start in implementing. I think this could easily be a book that I go through several times, and focus on pieces of it at a time.

Also fantastic advice for running a business. And it was cool to see how all those things were based on how we should live our lives.