101 Essays that will change the way you think PDF Free Download | Brianna Wiest
Synopsis of the book
Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.
Review:
if you actually look up the credentials of the author she is a 26-year-old making a living writing medium posts and posting inspirational quotes on Instagram; if that doesn't tell you enough then I'll continue.
The book itself is a lazy attempt at a self-help book. When I started the first page I was impressed, I thought I was in for a good book; turns out it was just an excerpt from someone else's book from 2005. The thing is, that's not really the problem, I can appreciate a "book" being a collection of other people's work, I don't mind that at all. The problem is the in-between sections, the parts that the author writes herself. You can tell since the quality of the writing amounts to fluff and a complete lack of relevance to practical daily life.
The topics discussed are all basically "how to be happy or why your life isn't that bad", it's all meant to make you feel good (nothing wrong with that), but that's why I describe it as non-practical.
I'm not hating on this book or the author, I just didn't find it useful for my needs. There was a complete lack of substance. The main reason why I chose to pick up this book was the high number of stars at the time (4.13), but it seems like there just haven't been enough critical people to actually review the book.
There are actually good parts in the book, but the amount of fluff that you have to get through; I just don't have the time and energy to do that, the editor or the author should have done that for me; she needs to learn the ability to cull irrelevant information
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