Benjamin Graham

An honest assessment

Revisado: 09-13-22

Western medicine is failing because of symptom focused treatment...this explains it well. We need to change our priorities for patient care.

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A Dark Outlook that is needed

Revisado: 10-28-21

This book deals in a darker view of the world and the strategies it outlines are dark and deceitful. I found this book at a point in my life where I am struggling to deal with a number of corrupt people. At the very least it has given me a look at the man behind the curtain. I would like to think that I would only resort to the types of deceitful tactics outlined here under dire consequences, but there comes a point that understanding how power operates may position me to respond accordingly.

The work itself is well done and well performed. If you are the sort that has worked for years to find ways to behave in an honorable fashion, this work will certainly have some shocking elements. But in the end, knowledge itself is power. So even if you would like to believe that you would never resort to deceitful tactics, it will give you the understanding to spot when those tactics are being used against you.

Knowing the strategy of the enemy has immense value.

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Blood in the water

Revisado: 07-19-21

If you have heard that sharks will go into a frenzy when they smell blood in the water; this is the human equivalent. There are undoubtedly countless motivating factors that spurred on the events of WWII the chilling fact that so many ordinary people participated and turned a blind eye in the wake of what transpired is what more people need to understand...this is a starting point for that conversation.

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Difficult boss and more

Revisado: 05-03-21

I had previously listened to Jocko's other works. I recently started working for a new company and could tell my new boss was cut from a different cloth. I was coming from a much larger corporation with more stringent systems in place. My new organization was much smaller and less disciplined. Knowing this, I wanted to plan ahead and make the transition smooth.

Practically, chapter by chapter week by week the exact scenario unfolded. Leading up the chain of command and keeping ego in check were paramount. I am a month and a half in and it is proving to be effective.

I like the practical application this book offers.

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Magnificent

Revisado: 04-26-21

I was first shown the old cartoon of this in the 1990's by my grandmother. I had seen the Netflix adaptation more recently, but this tops both.

The lessons taught through this story are clearly a product of their times, yet they clearly hold value currently.

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Discredited in the final act

Revisado: 02-19-21

I have never read or listen to an author discredit their own work in the final chapter of a book as hard as this. I find the belief that pedophiles would honestly report their own good behavior truthfully to be so laughably discusting I can't stand it.

The fact that one of the pedophiles goes on to work to help "parents and law enforcement prevent children from being victims" so narrowly minded. Are they there to help...or to find new prey? I challenge the notion of putting a fox in with the chickens. The author's data points are suspect to say the least.

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Building Knowledge

Revisado: 01-30-21

I admittedly know very little of this subject, hence my interest in a 90 min introduction. So I am taking all the contained information as fact, which it may be, but I wish time had been spent on the Author and why they should be considered an expert on the subject.

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A misguided fool

Revisado: 03-27-20

If you firmly believe women are less than house cats, this is the book for you! There are so many points that could be used to highlight the stupidity in his message, but the easiest is that he believed public bathhouses to be the pinnacle of humanity and that women are worthless. And no amount of eloquent words would fool me into buying his message. (Even him saying that if you don't agree, then you are ignorant)

He has a few good points, but in the words of my grandfather, "Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn every once in a while."

I now feel I need to print a retraction for every paper I ever wrote with a quote from him in it.

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commercial in a paid for book

Revisado: 01-03-20

My bad review is based solely on the fact that the authors plug their website in a commercial midway through. I paid for this book...it is like getting spam email from a company you pay to host your own website. just annoying

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A new look

Revisado: 09-17-19

Never seen this approach in leadership...and my degree is in Organizational Leadership! This was a great look.

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