I’ve been reading a lot of business books, tried and true books, somewhere in the middle books, and brand new new new books, and this is one of those neeeeew neeeewwww books.
I liked it. But in all honesty it really isn’t anything that profound if you’ve been reading business books for a minute and have the community’s best interest at heart.
I book read as if the author had had a pround moment in moving to Utah, and now was trying to spread the word that community and our ability to engage with it is so very important. It is. But all too often in this book he was talking to me as if I was some tech person out of Silicon Valley, which I’m not. He also spoke quite a bit about Gumroad, his claim to fame and fortune. I mean I get it, that’s where his experience lies right? But it really did feel like an advertisement at times, so much so that my eyes kind of blurred and I found it difficult to wade through.
There were some shining points, one that stands out in particular is when Sahil was speaking about sourrounding himself with CEO’s. I really vibed with this idea, you should always strive to be the dumbest person in the room. It keeps you on your feet and continues to ensure you’ll grow.
It’s a decent book, really. It’s just not that earth shattering or genre redefining. I feel like he could’ve fleshed it out a little more or done a deeper dive in the space alloted but chose instead to just kind of…float on top of the good stuff.