Review of Rise and Conquer

[Abi McCoy]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Rise and Conquer" by Juan Partida.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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Rise and Conquer: The Unrivaled Mindset and Self-Discipline to Achieve Your Wildest Goals by Juan Partida is written as a motivational work to help you turn your dreams and goals into reality. This short work (only around 100 pages) is packed full of information to help people understand what might be holding them back from making progress on any goals they may have, be it related to health and fitness or entrepreneurship. The work starts off discussing how you’re the problem – the only constant with all of your complaints is you. The concept of visualization is discussed, as well as details concerning definite visualization and how this step is foundational to everything else the book discusses. Partida then details the importance of delayed gratification, strategizing, creating master plans, and finally, moving from dreamer to conqueror.

There were so many things to like about this work. Partida is relatable, discussing his struggles and failures, and how he almost quit before reaching his goals. The formatting used at the beginning of each chapter was visually pleasing, and the quotes that began each chapter were helpful. They included insights from ancient philosophers and quotes from modern actors.

Many of the metaphors and imagery used were helpful in creating mental images that were helpful to digesting what Partida was discussing. At least once per chapter there was a sentence that mentioned the previous steps gone over in the work, which was a good refresher since there was a lot of information coming at you. There was also a small section at the end of each chapter titled “Key Takeaways,” which provided a helpful summary of the information covered in that chapter.

There was only one thing about this work that I disliked: only males were used as examples of success, and the quotes were also from males. The author wrote this work specifically for young men, which is absolutely fine, but I think that makes it even more unfortunate that no female examples of success were used. Similarly, I think much (or all) of the content would be relevant to all genders, so the author limited his audience by focusing only on males.

Overall, I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars rating. There were quite a few errors in the book, which detracted from the perfect rating I wanted to give it. I learned a lot from this book, and I plan to reread it and take more notes; I even couldn’t sleep one night while reading this because I was so excited to make changes! Even though it was written for young men, I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels stuck in a rut, has a goal that feels unattainable, or just needs some encouragement to make some changes.

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[Unosthetic]

We need more books like this one, to help us be motivated reaching our dream. Thanks for your wonderful review!

[Abi McCoy]

We need more books like this one, to help us be motivated reaching our dream. Thanks for your wonderful review!

You're so right - I hope you read it and get excited to get things done! I'm happy you enjoyed the review!

[Rm21]

while this sounds like a motivational read, i don't think this is the book for me. it's nice that the author included so many great examples to get his point across too.