
How to Live
27 Conflicting Answers and One Weird Conclusion
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Narrated by:
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Derek Sivers
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By:
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Derek Sivers
Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies.
Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In How to Live, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next.
One chapter makes a compelling argument for why you should be completely independent, keeping all options open. The next chapter argues why you should commit to one career, one place, and one person.
One chapter persuades you to be fully present, and experience each moment. The next, to delay gratification and invest for the future.
Which one is right? Which does the author believe? All of them. It's a philosophy of conflicting philosophies.
A very unique and thought-provoking book. Meant for reflection as much as instruction.
An incredibly succinct audiobook of profound insights. No philosophers are quoted. No -isms are named. Only actionable directives. The end result feels more like poetry than prose.
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if you get it you get it
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Mark Manson brought me here
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A fan of Derek but not this book
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Loved it
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Unconventional ways of living that don’t seem so unconventional anymore after listening.
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Challenges you - makes you think. Compels you to think about your life in reverse. Listen to it multiple times for the best effect.
Thought provoking
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Odd, but interesting
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Honestly just read the book - brilliantly executed . Thought provoking without being condescending.
Tonic for a polarised world, where nuance is out of fashion
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Confusing and Truly Enlightening!
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Most books with self help themes are commodities of polarization and lots of people are unable to digest books on thought collections like this one. I surmised that you see lots of low ratings on this book because of this fact. We are even schooled into thinking that writing opposite ideas in one sentence, without overtly explaining that's what you are doing, is bad.
But, if you understand the author's purpose in explaining the nuances and complexity of what it means to live holistically human, you'll get his point and actually enjoy it.
The only thing I was uneasy with is his narration style. I love this author and followed much of what he's written over the years, and I understand his passion and style because of that, I think. But I can see how his deep breaths and creepy sounding forcefulness with certain phrases would be off-putting and weird for lots of folks....and for that reason I wished someone else would have narrated it.
For those of us sick of the same old thing in the books we read with how to live better as a theme, this is a nice reprieve as it includes every possible truth very clearly and the author makes you the driver of when in your life to use each piece of truth.
That's why I liked it.
Most people will not appreciate this
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