Good inspiration to get going on the minimalism journey.
However, it is a lot of repetition in it, but it is better than the author's previous book, More with Less, since this book contains both step-by-step “guides”, as well as the more philosophical ideas about minimalism.
I would rate it 3.5 stars if I could have.
Really 3,5 stars.
Interesting and definitely makes you start questioning not only all your stuff, but also the things you spend your time on.
For me personally the first half of the book was the most inspiring, while the second half felt a little too much of the same message to me.
However, it might be me that is simply not yet there yet in my journey, as the second half of the book revolves not so much about stuff, but more of your intentions and choices in life.
Interesting book, but it is pretty thin on the information conveyed in it.
Mostly it is background story and a lot of pages are filled with sketchnotes from other people, which can serve as inspiration, but I would have preferred less of that and more training examples or more information.
I also have the follow-up to this book which is aimed at more advanced techniques, so maybe that one will be better.
Really inspirational book.
I was surprised by how much focus on philosophy there were, but in a positive way.
I would have liked some more examples in the part about the actual system though, directly from the creator of the Bullet Journal system. However, the internet is full of Bullet Journal examples, so that is okay.
Lite splittrad kring den här boken.
Jag skulle varmt rekommendera den till alla som inte har så bra koll på sin ekonomi, ungdomar som snart går ut skolan och ska flytta hemifrån inom ett par år.
Dock är den väldigt basic, vilket också är syftet med boken. Detta kan således inte heller dra ned betyget.
Det som däremot gör att jag drar ned betyget är att det läggs väldigt mycket energi (faktiskt hela boken och trots allt inte massa överflödig information) på att spara pengar, men knappt något alls om att investera de. I avsnittet om att börja spara till barnen redan vid födsel, så nämns det sparkonto på banken. Här är ju det givna valet indexfonder eller liknande för ett så långsiktigt sparande.
This book is not comprehensive in information of all the different topics and I would rather say this book is a good summary of different mindset ideas, which sparks the interest to learn more about the different topics.
You won't read this book to learn everything you need, but rather learn where to go from here.
Note: I listened to the audio book version, so I had no problems with the spelling and such that several other reviewers have complained about.
Decent book, but I had much higher hopes for it, especially in regards to other people´s ratings of the book.
The subject is very interesting and the book details the benefits of deep work, as well as some points on how to do deep work.
However, I thought the book became kind of repetitive after a while, with too many examples of success stories, instead of examples on how to actually do deep work.
For me, albeit an exaggeration, the book pretty much tells you to really focus on the problems you face in your work, which will lead you to become much greater in that field.
The underlying meaning is simply put to stay focused on the task at hand and work through it, instead of giving up, which I definitely agree with the writer on is the main cause for most people failing at things, but I was expecting the book to be more about how to achieve deep work, not why it is important.