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Confirms my issue with reading business classics

Revisado: 01-18-25

This book is a classic, and that’s the problem with it. Unfortunately, there aren’t many new ideas in the world, so everything that’s in this book has already been retold, retold, and then retold again, all in your newest bestseller of whatever year you’re reading this in. Moving from commoditized business to connecting with people on a personal level. Thinking beyond the competition by not fixating on price or value but on solving solutions people didn’t even know they had or were previously unable to have fixed by way of one fell swoop. It’s a great book, but everything in here you’ve probably already heard by way of a different book or if not that—social media 100%.

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Quick and Exciting

Revisado: 12-28-24

Enjoyable listen. I wish they would’ve expanded as it missed some details from the book, but great performances throughout

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Comprehensive and Thoughtful

Revisado: 11-25-24

Probably one of the better books I’ve gone through. Most books claim to be complete or comprehensive, but this literally takes the reader through a comprehensive history of the US financial markets and history. Higgins has pulled off a legit work with this one!

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I was very skeptical, but it is what it is.

Revisado: 09-23-24

Writing this as someone who really liked Ray Dalio and his insights starting in 2019, I was angry to see this book coming out early last year. I did not get around to finishing it until just recently, but it came as quite a surprise.

To say that men are not angels is an obvious statement, but it's always a little more painful and a little more in your face when you go into excruciating detail such as found in this book. While I truly do not now the motive of the author behind this book, I can say it was obvious he didn't seem to say much in the book (even Dalio's accomplishments) without stating them in some sort of backhanded way. This is a red flag, as it shows more of a personal approach to writing this book than a pure journalistic rendition of the truth.

Ray obviously has his demons, but his success cannot be denied. With that said, we ought to be careful of giving any flowers to any successful person beyond what I just did. They are not heroes. They are not sinless. They normally may not even be someone to emulate regardless of their success and power.

I caution anyone who reads this book to think long and hard about what is in it, especially those who looked up to Dalio as I did, but also caution those ready to throw stones. If someone were to write a book about your life (about any of our lives), what would they find? More specifically, if they were looking to write a book about the "downfall" of you, what would they selectively choose for their story? Interest read indeed. Difficult to rate for the reasons given above.

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Not Surprised

Revisado: 01-15-24

I’m just disappointed. I thought I was finally going to hear a life insurance salesman actually provide facts as to why they like their product but it’s more of the same. These guys will never change.

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