Sincero’s motor-mouth, smart-mouth, potty- mouth prose combines rather tepid life advice with the rather hectic life of the author. The book jacket says she’s a “Success Coach.” The Grump has a mental picture of someone in Dolce & Gabbana sweats with a Tiffany silver whistle around her neck shouting, “Bench press a $100 bill!” Her previous books are Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer and The Straight Girl’s Guide to SleepingWith Chicks and You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life . Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But the Grump has a feeling that Jen Sincero is not the first person Warren Buffett turns to for business consultation. If you’re going to waste time, waste it on something intelligent such as Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, psychology PhD, Princeton professor, and winner of
We return to the Grump’s core mission of reading books on the New York Times Business Books best- seller list... so you don’t have to. In March and April , the Grump’s attention was diverted, first by books about the cannabis business – where there’s smoke there’s... an author with a Cheech & Chong brain – then by books from would-be 2020 presidential candidates – “Book ‘em, Danno.”
So, back to books telling you the secret to success is reading books telling you the secret to success. Except, there is no secret. Find something you’re able to do. Learn to do it as well as you can. Work hard. Have good luck.
You’re a good person and make your money honestly, not through intimidation and attitude.
Angela Duckworth, in Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance , almost admits to those plain truths, although she takes more than 300 pages to say so: “What really drives success is not ‘genius’ but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance.” Of course, that’s also what drives serial killers. The Grump doesn’t know what drives Jen Sincero, author of You Are a Badass at Making Money . No, you’re not. And what a terrible thing to say. You’re a good person and make your money honestly, not through intimidation and attitude.
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