Oliver Nielsen

Fabulous account of a life with Asperger’s

Revisado: 07-25-20

Recommended for anyone with Asperger’s, their surroundings, or anyone else! Very enjoyable listen, read/told superbly by the author.

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Life-changing! (at least for me)

Revisado: 05-06-20

At last, a book that I feel – deep down in my gut and the depths of my soul – can help me out of my ruminative rut.

Ambivalence and over-thinking has hindered me for most of my adult-life. And I’ve known the cause for years: the fear of later thinking:

“I should have known! Dumb little me. Should’ve known better! Shame on me. I should have considered things more carefully – and should do so next time I have to make a decision.”

That leads to over-thinking. Analysis-paralysis. En masse. Again and again. In many of life’s aspects.

This book has the answers – the cognitive strategies to use!

And I love the narration. She’s fresh, positive, and to the point. I literally feel I’ve gotten a loving sister in my pocket at all times now. One that can tell me that I should’t beat myself up for past bad decisions – and not overthink future ones.

Thanks Annie!!!

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Title does not reflect audience

Revisado: 05-02-20

The book's title and subtitle indicate this is a book written to help YOU "Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers" – but it's written specifically for educators teaching students.

If you're in that audience, the book may be inspirational. Just don't expect it to be instructional. It's a WHY book, not a HOW book.

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All over the place...

Revisado: 05-02-20

Interesting content, yet I agree with other reviewers that it's a tedious, tiresome listen. The narrator is fine, but the author writes in a style I've never liked:

3 sentences about the main topic. Then 2 sentences about something related. Then 4 sentences with an example re: the main topic. Then yet another example, but from a totally different arena.

The numbers above are not specific – just to illustrate how an author's writing in that style constantly confuses the brain of the listener. It's difficult to constantly have to reorient as to what the author is now talking about. If you skip forward 2 minutes, you'll be scratching your head as to why the heck the author is now talking about kids, when the example is about trees, and was talking about pizza 4 minutes ago.

All the examples and anecdotes feel like being the bounced-around ball in a pinball machine.

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Starts out strong...

Revisado: 05-02-20

Company of One starts strong – but weakens as it progresses. And when he went down the "team this, teams that" path, I knew this book's title was the misleading (and typical) result of a book publisher (or editor) who insists on either a more appealing, better-selling title – or, added content that caters to a broader audience (i.e. teams).

The actual subtitle (premise) of the book is "Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business".

A better fitting subtitle for the actual book would have been: "Why Starting Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business".

The book isn't about staying small. It's about starting small. And there's a BIG difference.

In the beginning of the book (which is also the Audible preview), he mentions examples of being an author as a perfect example of a company of one. And that's why I purchased the book: to learn more about being successful as a SOLOpreneur – i.e. STAYING a "company of one".

With that said, the book is fair enough as a general business startup book. But so are many other books.

It's strange there are so few books that solely and extensively target SOLOpreneurship.

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Meandering

Revisado: 01-23-20

"Meandering" is the primary word I think of, while listening to this audiobook.

It begins with a typical "why"-section: why use Song Maps – why follow this advice – here's how it has helped me immensely, and can help you too. Such a section is normal, for most self-help books. But it goes on and on and on. The author still makes his case 20 minutes in, and 30 minutes in, and so on.

Finally he/she gets to the meat of the content. Here, the problem is the opposite: the concepts, steps, and sub-steps are not elaborated sufficiently upon – making it a superficial and confusing listening-experience.

I then logged onto Audible.com to see whether an accompanying PDF had been supplied – possibly making the content more useful. But no. Audible writes this: "The audio references supplemental material that is not included with the purchase of this audiobook."

Bummer. Should have read the description more carefully before purchasing. Will ask for a refund of this book.

The narration isn't my cup of tea (pun intended) either. Although a matter of taste (pun equally intended), it's just a tad too aristocratic, for me to connect with it.

For a much better book a la this one, I recommend The Addiction Formula. It's amazing!

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Good, but incomplete

Revisado: 09-23-19

I bought this book quite a few years ago. Have listened to it a few times over the years.

Overall, I applaud its central message: to work mindfully – to experience more flow, and less stress.

However, in my own experence, it's incomplete. Flow isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Sure, it's nice. But too much flow = ADHD hyperfocus gone wrong. The loss of sense of time, not working towards a goal, but simply "being in the process" – can actually be quite harmful to one's life, if not properly managed.

Trust me. 'Cause I achieved so much flow and focus at some point that it severely hampered my relationships, and income. I simply lost my "sense of urgency" as Steven Covey would put it.

I like the book, but I think it's time we move towards self-help books that acknowledge the fact that life isn't as simple as we'd hope! Life is complex, and there are very few corners that can be cut. And what works for some people doesn't work for everyone.

Tailored solutions is the future. Believe me on that one.

Oliver Nielsen, Uptimind.com

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Alternative title: Ways to Earn Money Online

Revisado: 02-12-18

A more precise title for this book would be "Ways to Earn Money Online". In it, Dorie lists the various ways you can make money online (affiliate programs, online courses, masterminds, podcasting, etc).

That's all helpful, but mostly to newbies who haven't yet dipped their toes in the online marketing pool. Had it been titled with my alternative title instead, it would perhaps sell less? Books on "ways to make money online" are everywhere.

I had hoped for more of a HOW to create multiple income streams, as in: practical advice, and a larger portion of "here's what I have learned over the years" wisdom.

There is *some* of that, but not enough to satisfy what I'd hoped to find.

Still, it's a solid book, taken for what it is.

What I did find valuable, is that Dorie Clark cites concrete numbers for how much various online marketers have made and spend on advertising, download numbers for various podcasters, how many episode-downloads advertisers expect before they're interested in sponsoring your show, etc, giving the book realistic, concrete perspectives.

I also appreciated her honest assessments of mistakes she'd done in the past, product creation and marketing wise. I could certainly relate to the case where a case study had pre-sold an online course, launched it, sold one membership, and due to his integrity felt obliged to create a weekly video for one member, month after month. That's the hard-earned wisdom I wish more authors would write about. There's already so much "do this, do that, and voila: you'll be rich" content available. All it does, it lead people into the false idea that their next online undertaking is a piece of cake and bound to be successful. Knowing the hardships you'll encounter beforehand, is what WILL increase your chances of success.

That's why elite police units like SWAT and and special operations forces like the Navy SEALs are so good at what they do:
- they train with the *expectation* that things will get REALLY tough (the sh*t will always hit the fan),
- that every mission will seem *almost* impossible to accomplish,
- that everything that *can* go wrong *will* go wrong – and that it's rarely the things you expect to go wrong. So train to be adaptable: don't choke when it happens – adapt, reorientate, reprioritize and act on the new scenario with as little interruption as possible.

Dorie Clark's book does go some distance towards that mindset – but could go a lot further.

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Needed. Valuable. Welcome contribution.

Revisado: 04-26-17

For some reason, I had a hard time "getting it" the first time I listened to it. I kept pressing the rewind button on my iPhone, to hear paragraphs again.

Not because the book is unclear, but perhaps because it's profound. At least as profound as a book about marketing can be:)

After having finished it, I looked forward to relistening.

I did so, a few weeks later.

And after that second relisten, which happened maybe two months ago now: I feel like relistening for the third time.

I guess it's a marketing mind-bender, to me, this book:)

The narration is good too. When I give five stars for narration, it's because the narrator adds something special to the experience. I think he does so in this instance. Good job.

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An auditory page-turner... or chapter-turner?

Revisado: 04-26-17

I seldom listen to fiction. This one caught my attention and I'm glad it did. It's one of those books you can't put down.

It's funny too:)

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