Repetitive pep talk, unnecessary positive affirmations, and incomplete anecdotes with no references to back them.

This feels like a thought vomit that the author has been collecting in his diary for years. 

This book was a shameless waste of ink and paper. It was a travesty that they killed so many trees for this rubbish that should have been a blog post or a tweet. 

I appreciate the main idea of the author, which is that challenges are not barriers but opportunities for growth. I think this is a valuable perspective to have in life, especially when things get tough. 

However, I find the author’s writing style problematic. 

Reading this book felt like listening to a motivational speaker who didn’t know what he was talking about. There was no research. The book heavily relied on bits and pieces that we read on social media about famous people. George Clooney changed his behavior and got a job. Really? Where is the evidence? How do you know that his behavior change was the key to his success? What exactly did he change and how? Did he confide in you personally? The book is full of examples that are just the author’s idealistic observation about people and situations. He was constantly telling us not to see the world through rose colored glasses, but that’s exactly what he did while writing this book. He didn’t use any scientific studies to prove his point. 

I understand his intentions with these examples. The problem is that he does not go into detail. He just skims over the main idea of the story without explaining how it relates to his argument. And how we can learn to be more like those people. What someone did in certain situations doesn't help me. I already know that staying positive when faced with difficult situations can help, but how can we achieve that ? 

Steve Jobs made his employees work non-stop for days, and I am supposed to be inspired by him? 

Field Marshal thought war was a game, and I should admire him?