Tony Manso

This book is the "red pill" from The Matrix movie.

Revisado: 10-01-24

Morpheus said it best in The Matrix:

"You take the blue pill (i.e: do nothing)... The story ends... You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe."
"You take the red pill (i.e: read this book)... you stay in Wonderland. And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."

And wow does this book take you deep down the rabbit hole!

I gave a medium score on performance because the narration is dreadfully slow. I had to listen to it at 1.2 or 1.5 speed to get through it all. But I thought the book itself is amazing, eye-opening, and unbelievably infuriating at the same time. At some moment while reading, you'll realize that some or all of the medical, mental, psychological issues you are experiencing throughout your life can be directly tied to the douchebaggery perpetuated by a handful of people for financial and/or political gain. This is the infuriating part I referred to earlier.

The book is written in such a way that makes you feel like "Wow this stuff is horrible and I'm only partway through, how much worse can it get?". But as you get further in, it totally gets worse and worse.

The only other thing I can say is that by the time you're done reading this, you won't ever look at any decision made by a government or big corporation the same way. Ever. Again. Period. Because what you see on the surface is NOT what's happening underneath, and it is this book that helps you to understand that.

Highly recommend!

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Very eye-opening

Revisado: 03-25-24

Even though this book is over 20 years old, it really opened my eyes to the fact that what worked yesterday probably doesn't work today, and you need to do things differently. It's easy to get caught up in all the hype marketing books that worked at the time of publication, only to discover the hard way that it won't work for you today. This book transcends all of that and spells out the changes that have happened and continue to happen, so that you can adapt and find a way to stand out in the crowd. Highly recommended.

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I was blind but now I see

Revisado: 05-18-22

This is one of those "take the red pill and see how far this rabbit hole goes" kind of books that might even make you wonder whether reading it was a good idea. There's no turning back to a "normal" life once you read and understand this book. But for me, it was well worth it.

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I love this dude!

Revisado: 02-14-19

Here I am thinking I'm gonna read a chapter per day, and instead reading the entire book in 1 day! It's because the story is so riveting that I could never find a good place to stop. This book is not just about learning from failure. It gives a number of examples of things like true grit, finding people who are good at what you're lacking, building a team of winners, and even things like not letting contention get the best of you. Brian is a powerhouse who is humble enough to admit his weaknesses and DO SOMETHING about it. He learned early on that what works and what you "like" are not always the same thing, and how without regular course correction, you are doomed to fail for good. Anyway, I'm ordering this book for a few of my friends and family. It's that good.

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