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Originally Posted by Angela  Well, Lucas, I can see you love this guy and find his book valuable. Others seem to like him as well. As I said, some of the information was useful. But most of it struck me more along the lines of, "if you want to lose weight, eat less and exercise more!" All the things you've listed are great advice, but to me, not new or inspiring. |
I see that you're a moderator. What I don't see is why you felt it necessary to copy and paste your reply to JonathanBrowne and address it to Lucas. Is it a forum policy to use canned responses? Because if you had nothing new to contribute other than continuing awareness of your presence in this thread, this reply was unnecessary and just a little rude.
Feel free to continue posting if you have something new and noteworthy to contribute, but I like this forum a little too much to see its value watered down by this sort of tripe.
To get back on topic, I have previewed the book at my local bookstore. There really aren't any more new ideas in this book. And the author comes across as one of those self-described gurus who find their success in the telling, not the doing, of their "mighty" ideas. Think Kiyosaki the richdad/poordad guy.
Plus, it's easy to set oneself free and start talking loftily of automating one's work life when one's jumping off point was as the CEO of one's own company. He seems to attempt to include the "everyman" but fails to show how joe sixpack in the mailroom can automate their life and live his dream.