Oliver

Grossartige Erzählung

Revisado: 04-22-24

Die dramatischen Tage werden eindringlich und doch mit neutraler Distanz beschrieben. Seit ich denken kann, wurden die Deutschen als Monster beschrieben. Dass es so viele Verhandlungsversuche seitens Hitlers gab, die Polen bösartig waren, die Engländer kriegsgeil und Roosevelt den ihm bekannten Hitler-Stalin-Pakt weder den Polen noch den Engländern mitteilte, wurde mir weder im Geschichtsunterricht noch durch die Medien vermittelt. Auch dass Hitler nach seinem Sieg bereit gewesen war, Polen bis auf Danzig wieder zu verlassen, war mir nicht klar.
Stimmt eigentlich irgendetwas, das ich glaube, oder basiert mein gesamtes Weltbild auf einer Aufeinanderreihung von Lügen?

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After reading my second Icke

Revisado: 12-10-23

I have unterstood the challange better but describing the problem makes up 99.95% of the book and only a small fragnance is presented as a solution: wake up from the illusion sounds reasonable but what are the practicable steps. Thank you David for your next book that contains 99.5% solutions and only 0.05% problems.

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Thank you

Revisado: 09-07-23

Your book helped me to muster the courage to quit my job and move abroad.
The book inspirational and practical at the same time.

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Highly inspiring

Revisado: 12-28-14

Where does Flash Foresight rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The book thought me how to "look into the future" in order to tell what challenges are to arise.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Flash Foresight?

While reading the book, ideas constantly popped up that I could later work into my professional life.

Any additional comments?

A perfect book for managers, business owners and people who want to broaden their thinking.

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a good idea with a lot of bla bla

Revisado: 01-06-13

What would have made The Icarus Deception better?

Have you ever watched a movie when, after 20 minutes or so, you knew it is a waste of time, but you stick with it, just to figure out at the end that it hasnt become better? I had the same sensation with this book.

The main idea is that the "safty zone" of the industrial economy is not in the comfort zone anymore, as making a living is now harder than ever. Because we are living in a "connection economy" it is necessary that we create art, which makes art the new safty zone.

But this idea just makes for a series of maybe 3 blog posts, though this posts would have been worth your attention. The book however is just the main idea surrounded by endles bouts of the same in different words.

What was most disappointing about Seth Godin’s story?

I just had the feeling that Mr. Godin is following the unwritten mantra of da intern guru that you need to get out a new book at least every 18 months or so in order to not fall out of the attention grid. And as a book is supposed to have a certain length, he had to fill it with something.

To be fair, there are a few good points, such as that when making art, do not fear to mess up with "the machine" (the still prevailing industrial economy) and that you should figure out who your audience is and ignore the rest as you cannot please everybody. Or: art is a process, not a goal. the goal isnt winning, it's playing. or: dance with the inner voice of fear.

Yet useful "how to information" is scarce and mostly self-evident and full of sentences like "when your art fails, make better art".

I dont want you to prevent you from reading this book, maybe it's just the right one for you, but in order to get 15 minutes of gems, you have to dig through seven hours of listening.

How could the performance have been better?

the performance is not sooo bad, but i have listened to so many audible books already that i have my preferances.

What character would you cut from The Icarus Deception?

there is no character to be cut out.

Any additional comments?

I wished that in order to write his next book, Mr. Godin would listen to "Mastery" by Robert Greene, which is not a gem, but a crown juwel amongst all the books I have read so far. It goes so much more indepth as the Icarus Deception and is more inspiring more insightful and enchantingly well read.

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he talks a lot

Revisado: 06-11-12

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

If you want good entertaintment, listen to the book. If you are looking for knowledge or ways to improve your life, you might get disapointed. (though I've read a lot of self help books and maybe this is why not so much was apealing to me.

What was most disappointing about Augusten Burroughs’s story?

I expected more. The discpription felt so hipped up that I thought that there's more meat on the bone. I wrote down a few sentences but that's it.

Have you listened to any of Augusten Burroughs’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

nope

Did This Is How inspire you to do anything?

nope

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