Review of How To Be Successful
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Review of How To Be Successful
[Following is a volunteer review of "How To Be Successful" by M. Curtis McCoy.]
A lot of us are looking for success in at least one area of our lives, whatever it may be. We are constantly searching for ways to get through obstacles and find ways to help us achieve our desires. How To Be Successful: Think Like A Leader is a book that promises to teach us valuable lessons to help us get through challenges. The author, M. Curtis McCoy, invites us into his world and his thoughts, and employs the help of other notable people to achieve this. He interviewed people such as Connie Wyatt (his mother and CMO of their company, Best Cellular), Nathan M. Schulhof (who he describes as "a visionary entrepreneur who was a key player at the beginning of the technology era"), and many others. The author also uses Bible verses as reference points throughout the entirety of the book. He is a man of faith and shares that without shame.
It's hard to not be inspired by someone who has managed to live out his dreams whilst also battling unfathomable health scares. That will make me remember Curtis McCoy's story above everything else. He also chose to present large parts of the book in a "Q & A" format akin to ones we find in magazines and websites. This I found to be refreshing. It made the reading fun and easy. The book is also written in simple English, which I'd imagine would make it wider reaching.
Like almost all self-help books I've read, the ideas presented here aren't new or innovative. I don't think the author's intention is to present it as such but as a reader I feel almost jaded by the rehashing of ideas. The idea to interview different people from different walks of life was great, but asking them the same questions didn't help bring different views. Their answers were all almost mirrors of each other. This might be a good thing because it may show us that successful people think alike, however, it made the book feel a bit repetitive.
The author, being a man of faith, extensively uses the Bible to make his points and speaks of God constantly. This is obviously not a bad thing, but it may not translate well with people of other religions and those who don't observe any religion. There's a brief section towards the end of the book where the author talks about being thankful to God for the blessings of his life. Whilst I'm not criticising this outlook, I do feel that perhaps this somewhat undermined his whole argument that our attitude and thinking are responsible for the quality of our lives.
I am rating the book at 3 out of 4 stars. There were very few genuine grammatical errors I took notice of, although the author's choice to write an apostrophe after the words "gonna" and "wanna" was very strange to me. The book achieves its objective but I cannot help but feel like I wanted more from it.
I'd certainly recommend the book to anyone who might want to be inspired to achieve successes in their lives. Maybe this book might be what you need to find profound inspiration, but if you have already gone through books such as this one then you may look elsewhere.
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How To Be Successful
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A lot of us are looking for success in at least one area of our lives, whatever it may be. We are constantly searching for ways to get through obstacles and find ways to help us achieve our desires. How To Be Successful: Think Like A Leader is a book that promises to teach us valuable lessons to help us get through challenges. The author, M. Curtis McCoy, invites us into his world and his thoughts, and employs the help of other notable people to achieve this. He interviewed people such as Connie Wyatt (his mother and CMO of their company, Best Cellular), Nathan M. Schulhof (who he describes as "a visionary entrepreneur who was a key player at the beginning of the technology era"), and many others. The author also uses Bible verses as reference points throughout the entirety of the book. He is a man of faith and shares that without shame.
It's hard to not be inspired by someone who has managed to live out his dreams whilst also battling unfathomable health scares. That will make me remember Curtis McCoy's story above everything else. He also chose to present large parts of the book in a "Q & A" format akin to ones we find in magazines and websites. This I found to be refreshing. It made the reading fun and easy. The book is also written in simple English, which I'd imagine would make it wider reaching.
Like almost all self-help books I've read, the ideas presented here aren't new or innovative. I don't think the author's intention is to present it as such but as a reader I feel almost jaded by the rehashing of ideas. The idea to interview different people from different walks of life was great, but asking them the same questions didn't help bring different views. Their answers were all almost mirrors of each other. This might be a good thing because it may show us that successful people think alike, however, it made the book feel a bit repetitive.
The author, being a man of faith, extensively uses the Bible to make his points and speaks of God constantly. This is obviously not a bad thing, but it may not translate well with people of other religions and those who don't observe any religion. There's a brief section towards the end of the book where the author talks about being thankful to God for the blessings of his life. Whilst I'm not criticising this outlook, I do feel that perhaps this somewhat undermined his whole argument that our attitude and thinking are responsible for the quality of our lives.
I am rating the book at 3 out of 4 stars. There were very few genuine grammatical errors I took notice of, although the author's choice to write an apostrophe after the words "gonna" and "wanna" was very strange to me. The book achieves its objective but I cannot help but feel like I wanted more from it.
I'd certainly recommend the book to anyone who might want to be inspired to achieve successes in their lives. Maybe this book might be what you need to find profound inspiration, but if you have already gone through books such as this one then you may look elsewhere.
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How To Be Successful
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