Tools Of Titans Review - WHY YOU NEED TO BUY THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW!

Hey guys, Improvement Pill here. And this week has been an extremely exciting
week for me. And the main reason being the new release
of this book. BOOM.

Tools Of Titans by Tim Ferris. He's actually the guy who wrote the book,
"The Four Hour Workweek." Now this is a fat book. This book has like 700 pages. So it definitely took him more than four hours
a week to complete.

Hah. So I'm sure a lot of you guys are thinking,
"Well Improvement Pill, why in the world would i ever buy a 700 page book. I don't have the time to read 700 pages. Well this book is not your normal book.

You're not supposed to read this book from
front to back. Think of it as a sort of Swiss Army Knife. For those of you guys who've been watching
my videos since the very beginning, you know that I love to talk about the concept of,
"You are who you surround yourself with". You are the 5 people that you surround yourself
with.

And after creating that video I actually got
a ton of messages from people who live in you know little towns in the middle of Ohio,
asking me how could they add successful people into their inner circle. They simple could not find those people. If you are one of those people that have issues
with adding successful people into your circle, this is the book for you. Because what Tim Ferris has done, Tim Ferris
actually had a podcast going on for the past couple of years.

Where he invited some of the most successful
people from all sorts of different fields onto his podcast. And he would talk about what they did to bring
themselves to the level of success that they are at right now. What steps that they took, what were some
of the habits that they developed, what were some of the books that they read, what were
some sorts of insights/pieces of wisdom that they would leave to themselves and a whole
bunch of high value information. The only problem with this podcast was that
each podcast was about like 30 minutes or an hour long.

So if you wanted to gain value you would have
to sit down and listen to an hour podcast. And some of us simply don't have that time. So what Tim Ferris decided to do, was he actually
decided to compile all of the most important pieces of information that he learned throughout
his hundreds and hundreds of hours of conducting podcasts and he compiled it into this book. So we have people like Shay Carl, who's a
famous Youtuber.

He actually made a company called Maker Studios
and he sold it to Disney for 1 Billion Dollars. There's Margaret Cho, a famous Asian-American
comedian. There's people like Malcolm Gladwell, one
of my all time favorite authors. He wrote the book Outliers.

There's people like Wim Hof. Hoh Wim Hof ss crazy. He climbed Mt.Everest in his shorts. There's people like Kaskade, an EDM artist.

There's people like Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Seth Rogan, I love Seth Rogan. Tony Robbins, famous motivational speaker. There's even Neil Strauss, they're actually
making a movie about Neil for his book "The Game". I believe they're having James Franco play
him.

He's actually considered the quote-on-quote,
one of the founding fathers of Pick Up. And the list goes on and on. There's literally over a hundred different
experts in this book. And the great thing about this book is that
most books out there.

Most of these self-help books out there usually
cover you know one topic. Covers one topic. Covers one topic. This books literally covers everything that
you need to know.

Any question that you possibly could have
in terms of self-development. Let's say for example, you're having issues
with your health. Ok all you got to do is go to the health section
and suddenly you have access to dozens of experts in their fields, dozens of PHD's,
there's doctors here. There's people who really know a thing or
two about health.

Let's say you're having problems with your
business. Ok, all you got to do is skip to the wealth
section. And suddenly you have free consultation from
millionaires, a couple of billionaires. On exactly how they got to the place they're
at right now.

Let's say you're having problems with motivation,
you don't really know what you want to do in life. Ok, no problem. Go to the Wise section. And you have access to some of the most intellectual
minds of our century.

And this is, this book is simply in my opinion,
the best investment you can make this year. Because it's the only book out there that
is like a sort of Swiss Army Knife for all possible problems that you could have. And the great thing about what Tim Ferris
does, is that he doesn't just copy and paste facts like a Wikipedia page. He actually includes the exact words that
some of these people used during their interviews.

So it feels like you're actually talking to
them in real life. It feels like you're actually adding them
to the 5 people in your circle. It feels like you're actually connecting with
them. Honestly, this book is without a doubt one
of the.

One of the greatest things that I've come
across this year. It's only been 2 days and I've already read. What is that? Like a 3rd, more than a 3rd, of the book through. And for some of you guys you're probably thinking
well Improvement Pill this is a fat book.

This is a 700 page book, it's hardcover on
top of that. It must be pretty expensive. NO. It actually cost me 15$.

There's actually a link below in the description. Check it out. It's going to bring you to the Amazon page. And for those of you that do decide to buy
this book.

Please come back to this video and comment. I want to know which of these experts inspired
you/moved you the most. Ok guys. Besides that guys stay tuned.

I definitely have some really great videos
coming out. PEACE.

To know how it would feel to be free [Book Review]

Hey, so I read Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. It's an ethereal debut that's wrought with the gods who make a room of their own in the depths of our minds. So the story follows Ada as she navigates the birthing and the longings of her fractured selves. Ada is one of three children born to her parents in Nigeria.

Her father is a prideful Igbo man who prayed to the gods for a daughter and her chosen mother from Malaysia, bears the emotional burdens and the mental stresses of it. The Ada as the "brothersisters" refer to her is the host body of sorts who experiences these traumatic relationships and events, which are either the causes or the effects of her fractured selves. I think it can be argued whether these selves or voices are offering solutions, protection, or companionship, but what's for certain is that they are disrupting the Ada's physical human experience and the relationships she has outside of her mind. From her beginnings in Nigeria, to her life in America this story takes readers on a journey through sexuality, rocky marriages, and wrestles with the theme of religion in a most nuanced way that makes you, as the reader, feel more attuned to the spiritual energies that are happening inside of yourself.

It's rather complicated and surreal and now that I'm out of the story. I'm finding it a bit of a challenge to actually explain what's happening inside of the story without losing its essence. But really the ultimate question seems to be can a fractured mind find harmony? Or, can Ada's human self truly experience agency in the presence of gods? Throughout The novel Ada's faith is shaken and strengthened; her behavior begs for compassion and discipline, and as she moves away from the god she longs for and towards the gods of danger, mischief, and transitions She's in this constant state of renewal by the transformations of her mind. This book is a wonderful testament on mental health.

I think the ambition of this debut Is that Emezi generously offers readers moments in her own biography while finely crafting this imaginative experience that helps us feel and understand what it's like to live navigating different worlds. There's a certain beauty in the madness that this book expresses in that the human body, the mind, and the spirit are biologically and divinely interconnected. This novel absorbed me in so many ways and I am highly anticipating the conversations that will be had when it's published in February. Until then share in the comments below some of your favorite recommendations on books that tackle mental health and share any thoughts you have on mental health in literature.

As always, thank you so much for watching and until next time remember to read or be read. I'll talk to you soon. Bye..

Thrawn is AMAZING - Star Wars Thrawn Book Review

The long awaited Trawn novel has been released
today! As usual, Im here to tell you whether or
not its worth your time. This video will be spoiler-free, but will
be discussing the book in more depth over the next couple weeks. I dont want to waste anyones time, so
is it worth reading? A resounding yes. Absolutely.

Positively. Its fantastic. I loved it. I could keep heaping praise on this book,
but you get the idea.

I dont think there was a single thing I
didnt like about this book. Its well-written. I loved the characters old and new. It feels connected with the current canon
and Legends without feeling like a rehash of whats come before.

Timothy Zahn hasnt missed a beat, and his
title character is back and better than ever! Thrawn was originally introduced as the villain
of Heir to the Empire back in 1991. He was intriguing to Star Wars fans because
he was so different from the villains we were used to. He wasnt overtly evil like Vader or the
Emperor, and he was incredibly competent. The success of this book is completely dependent
on that character.

And Zahn nailed it. I felt like I was instantly back reading the
Thrawn Trilogy or Outbound Flight. Hes so mysterious and charming, I think
I might have a man crush on him. I think he might be the best hes ever been
here, partly just because we get so much of him.

Its not like the Thrawn Trilogy where our
time is split between Luke, Leia, Han, and Thrawn. This is Thrawns book. So we get more insight into him. We get inner monologues that show some of
his deductions and interpretations of body language.

But beyond just getting more time with him,
he is more relatable. In his original stories, he was a borderline
superhero. The deductions he made were sometimes a little
too much. I think that had already been corrected by
the time of the novel Outbound Flight, but in Thrawn, the balance just seems right.

Hes incredibly smart, but when explained
his logic makes perfect sense without being too coincidental. On top of that, he is a character with flaws
and weaknesses. Speaking of striking the right balance, Thrawns
reintroduction to Star Wars made me realize some of the difficulties than arise when putting
a Legends character into the canon. As fans, we want to see other aspects of their
histories brought into the canon as well.

But at the same time, its dangerous for
authors to go too far in that direction, or else the entire story becomes a retread, which
is the main problem with The Force Awakens. There has to be a balance. Again, I think Zahn handled it well. There are familiar elements, but they are
sprinkled throughout.

There are enough to make us nerd out, but
not so many that its over the top. I will say that the first two chapters or
so are taken almost verbatim from the Legends short story Mist Encounter, but after that,
references are much more sporadic. I mentioned that Thrawn is more relatable
in this story. The truth can actually be said for the entire
Empire.

The entire book follows one of three Imperial
characters, mostly Thrawn and his aide Eli, and Ahrinda Pryce. I have said before that the new canon is doing
a very good job at showing the Imperial side of things with stories like Lost Stars or
Rebels episodes like Through Imperial Eyes. Thrawn is no different. Im normally a Rebel fanboy, but I was instantly
pulled into rooting for the Empire.

They keep discussing their enemies and Im
rooting for their swift destruction, and I. Didnt realize until like three quarters
of the way through that I was cheering for the fall of the rebels. Now, its not the Rebel Alliance, but still
its very easy to root against the classic quote unquote good guys of the franchise. So all you Empire Did Nothing Wrong people
should be very happy with this book.

Or, if youre like me and you normally side
with the Rebels, you will also get some satisfying answers about why someone of Thrawns character
would fight for the Empire. Something smaller that I really appreciated
was seeing the growth of the Empire. Now Im not sure exactly when the story
begins, but at that time the Empire still uses Venator-class star destroyers and V-wings. As Thrawn rises through the ranks, the Empire
likewise advances in its technology.

In other novels the Empire seemed to become
the Empire almost overnight. As in Sheev announces hes the Emperor,
and boom TIE fighters and Imperial star destroyers are everywhere. I much prefer seeing this more gradual approach. Before wrapping up, I want to talk about two
of Thrawns antagonists.

First is racism. Part of Thrawns Legend, pun intended, is
that he rises to become a Grand Admiral despite being a nonhuman in an alien-hating Empire. Anti-alien sentiments have been present in
the new canon, but I wouldnt say its been obvious. Until now.

The obstacles Thrawn has to overcome because
of a flawed society make him easy to root for. For that matter, his human aide also has to
overcome quite a bit, because he is from Wild Space. So there is a lot to learn about social hierarchy
in this book, and we get a real sense of how different life can be in different parts of
the galaxy. The second antagonist is an agent code named
Nightswan.

I dont want to say too much about him specifically,
but hes a very effective foil to Thrawn. The Grand Admiral has often been compared
to Sherlock Holmes with Captain Pellaeon, and now Eli Vanto as his Dr. Watson. Nightswan is Thrawns new Moriarty.

If youve seen the Benedict Cumberbatch
Sherlock, there are definite echoes of that, like the way Nightswan almost taunts Thrawn
or invites him to investigate things. Its very cool. If I havent made myself clear, Thrawn gets
an enthusiastic recommendation from me. Whether youre a long time Thrawn fan, or
Rebels was your first introduction to the character, or if this will be your very first
encounter with him, there is a lot to like here.

Ill admit I was a little disappointed with
Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels, but this book gave me the character I was hoping to see. The Thrawn we all know still exists, and I
have hope that he will continue to evolve in season four of the show. I can safely say Thrawn is in my top two favorite
canon books now. It might beat out Lost Stars as my favorite,
but I need to let it marinate a little longer before I make that decision.

If youre still on the fence about spending
your money, well hey maybe youd like to get the audiobook for free! The Thrawn audiobook is out now, and you can
get it for free by clicking on the link in the description or or going to www.Audibletrial.Com/starwarsexplained. If you sign up for a trial, youll get a
credit for one free book, and you can use it on Thrawn. Or a number of other Star Wars books. Or get any book you want! The point is you get a free book, and youll
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Force be with you!.

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW BY DANIEL KAHNEMANANIMATED BOOK REVIEW

Imagine you're one of the first human beings,
and you're walking with your kid and you see a lion.
And you don't know what a lion is, so you take your kid over to play with him
and the lion eats your kid. So you go home and you're sad,
but it's okay, you get your wife pregnant, and in five years,
you're walking again with your new kid and you see a lion far away.
This time you hide with your kid, and the lion eventually leaves and you both
survive. So you come out,
you start walking with your kid again and a bird flys over
and all of a sudden your kid drops dead. And you go home sad again,
you get your wife pregnant again, and you make a promise to yourself.
You're going to make sure that you hide your new kid from lions,
and that you'll hide him if you see a bird flying over.

So there are two ways that we think.
Both of the decisions that you made are based on the fast, automatic thought process,
which Kahneman calls System 1. System 1 is where we find how irrational
and illogical or just simply how stupid we really are
so it can lead us to not value System 1 or think that it's useless. If you had used your slow, more rational and
logical thinking, you would have found that you were right about
the lion, but the bird had nothing to do with your kid's
death. But, we should value System 1,
because it has huge benefits.

It's the reason why we've survived.
Yes, maybe at the cost of some really ridiculous assumptions,
like your kid dying every time a bird flys over,
but if we had rationally thought about what a loud noise might mean and analyze it
carefully instead of being scared and running away from
it immediately, we wouldn't be here. So big idea 1 is: Understanding System 1 and
System 2. There are huge benefits to both systems,
the problem however really arises when we use System 1 instead of System 2,
when System 2 would be the appropriate system to use.
And this leads us to all kinds of biases and fallacies that are not optimal.
It's not optimal to think that if a bird flys over,
your kid will drop dead. So if I were to ask you these two questions,
what would your answer be? 1.

Is the height of the tallest redwood more
or less than 1,200 feet? 2. What is your best guess about the height
of the tallest redwood? So one group was asked these questions,
And another group was asked the exact same questions
except instead of 1,200 feet in the first question,
this time they were asked whether the height of the tree
was more or less than only 180 feet. So what do you think the answers looked like?
The first group's mean guess was 844 feet. The second group's mean guess was only 282
feet.

That is a HUGE difference. This is what is known as anchoring.
So ask yourself and throughout this video, how can knowing this be useful to you.
Dan Ariely, one of my favorite economists, talks about how we have no idea about most
things and what they should cost.
If you're not an expert just like we aren't in most things,
you don't know how tall a redwood tree should be,
I don't know what a microwave should cost when I go buy it...
Should it be $99, $199? I have no idea...
So we use different ways to approximate what it should be,
and anchoring is one of them. So again how is this useful to you personally?
If you're the buyer do you want to look at the MSRP,
and be anchored to that? If you're selling something,
how do you want to set up your MSRP. To use anchoring to your advantage? Big idea 2 is: Understanding anchoring.

So one of the things that I really enjoy about
my life is the peace of mind I have while doing things.
When I visit somewhere I'm not worried about a terrorist attack,
and when I fly there I'm not worried about the plane crashing.
And that peace of mind largely comes from the fact
that I'm not really a big consumer of mainstream media. But I meet people all the time who are really
constantly worried. "Have you seen how terrorism is taking over
the world? What are we headed towards?
Have you seen how planes are just crashing all the time now?"
But in reality, it's not like the chances of those two things
have risen in some dramatic proportion. They're highly unlikely,
and I mean a probability very close to zero that your plane will crash.

And this is what is known as the science of
availability. Even an event that has an almost
non-existent probability of happening to you can be assigned a reasonable or even a high
probability by you just because of what's available to you. So again ask yourself,
how can you use this concept to make your life better?
Is it better to enjoy your life and realize that the world
is actually not as bad as commonly portrayed, or watch the news every day where you'll be
shown constant death and destruction because that's
what sells? Big idea 3 is: Understanding the Science of
Availability Now let's say I offer you to play a game with
me. We're going to flip a coin,
and if you win, you win a $1000.

And if you lose, you lose a $1000.
Do you want to play that game? If you're like most people,
that is a game that you do not want to play. What if we change the rules a little bit.
If you win, you win $1100. And if you lose, you lose only a $1000.
From an expected value point of view, that is a good game to play.
But if I asked you to play that game right now,
and you knew that there was a 50% chance of losing your $1000,
if you're like most people you still wouldn't play
even though there's also a 50% chance of winning $1100. This is called Loss Aversion.
Most people are very loss averse.

In fact, you have to offer somewhere about
$2000 to get people to play. Now this might be intersting,
but again ask yourself, how can you use understanding this in your
life? You know you're going to be more convincing
explaining to someone what they are risking losing,
instead of what they could possibly gain. So maybe you want to convince someone that
being an alcoholic is bad... How do you want to go about doing that?
Do you want to talk about how they could possibly gain a better job
and make more money if they overcome this problem,
or do you want to tell them how they're going to lose
their loved ones like their spouse and children? Big idea 4 is: understanding Loss Aversion.

Now imagine I'm your doctor
and I have to do an operation on you and I tell you,
"There is a %10 chance that you're going to die."
I could also tell you, "There is a 90% chance that you're going to
live." Now from a statistical point of view,
there is absolutely no difference in those two statements.
BUT... In the first case,
you're going to feel much worse than in the second. This is known as framing.
How you frame the exact same situation can have dramatically different consequences. So big idea 5 is: Understanding framing.
Again ask yourself, how can you use this? How can you use framing
to make good things more appealing and convincing to your friends or your children
or whoever else you want to influence? And finally, big idea 6 is:
Understanding the Sunk Cost Fallacy.

This is all about letting your past decisions
influence your present decisions. So think of John.
He has no idea about poker, but he thought he would go gamble and play.
Fast forward into the night, and John has now lost a $1000 and hasn't won
anything. Now if John looks at the odds of his winning
from this moment on, which would require the use of System 2,
which he's probably not going to use, he would find that the best thing to do
is completely disregard the $1000 and get up and leave.
The $1000 already lost has nothing to do with what his odds are starting from this
moment. But John is going to be heavily influenced
by the $1000 and most likely keep playing and losing even
more.

Let me give you another example...
Jen bought 50 boxes of candy a few months ago,
so her house is full of candy. But she now finds out about the importance
of eating healthy, and she realizes that the candy actually hurts
her, but she can't just get rid of it.
She payed money for it at some point, so it's really hard for her
even though the candy is going to hurt her. Now you might look at John and Jen and say,
"Heh... What a bunch of idiots!" But the reality is that you and I are no different...
Look around your house right now.

How much stupid shit have you bought over
the years that's now just laying there taking up space,
bothering you, you're never even going to use it again,
but you don't get rid of it? There is no difference between Jen or John
and you in this situation. The chair that you bought gets in the way
all the time, there is no room for it in your little house,
it's causing you pain, but how can you get rid of it?
You paid $59 for it at some point. This is what is known as the sunk cost fallacy.
Your past decisions shouldn't affect what is good for you now.
If you paid money for a bunch of candy at some point,
it doesn't mean that it's good for you to keep eating it..

THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL ANIMATED BOOK REVIEW

Napoleon Hill says you can think and grow
rich. But if youve been brought up like most people with work and you wont starve,
this will make you uncomfortable. You might think, Thats just stupid! It cant
be that easy! And even though the only way youll ever be rich is by thinking,
its the hardest work there is. Lets take a look at my videos.

EVERYTHING
I DO CAN BE OUTSOURCED. I can pay a dollar to a guy across the world to animate my video.
I can pay a few dollars for a ten times more pleasing voice-over. I could even outsource
little things like uploading my videos for a few cents to people who will gladly do it.
THE ONLY THING I CANNOT OUTSOURCE IS MY THOUGHTS. I CANNOT OUTSOURCE MY MINDSET FOR WHAT NEEDS
TO BE ANIMATED AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

Again, if I were to outsource it, the animation
can be valued at a single dollar, a voice-over can be valued at a few dollars, all the little
logistics can be valued at a few cents, BUT. THE VALUE MY THOUGHTS CAN GENERATE IS LITERALLY
ONLY LIMITED BY MY IMAGINATION. There are millions of people around the world
who work 12-hour-days at horrible jobs and make less money than if I were to sit back,
do nothing, and let my tiny YouTube channel I created a couple of months ago make money
on its own, and all because I was willing to think. Theres no way you can read and
get paid for it, right? Right.

If you look for a job that will pay you for reading your
favorite books, you probably wont find one. If you think however, turns out the amount
of opportunities is only limited by your imagination. Again, the only advantage I have over the
guy willing to animate my video for a dollar is my thoughts. Its kind of crazy when
you think about it that way.

If he knew what to animate instead of how to animate, he wouldnt
be making a dollar for every hundred dollars he makes for someone else.
However, thinking has no value to most people. In fact, its associated with laziness.
When I graduated, every time I talked to my mom, she would ask me, Have you started
working at a good job? And I would say, No, Im actually thinking about what
Im going to do. And she would say, Okay, but you need to work. And the reason she
is acting that way is because next time she sees her friends, she wants to say, My
son works at a bank, not My son has been thinking a lot.

The latter has no
value to her friends. But lets not ask my moms friends about growing rich; lets
ask a man who personified growing rich. Henry Ford said, Thinking is the hardest
work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. If you think Ford
is just being poetic, let me give you a little challenge.

Next time you have a day off from
your 9 to 5, spend the 8 hours thinking in your room instead. No phone, no Facebook,
no bullshit. Just sit in your room quietly and think. In about 5 minutes, most people
will start wishing they were back at their 9 to 5..

THE VEGETARIANBook Review

Hi everyone today I'm here to do a
review of "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang. This recently won the Man Booker
International Prize which is awarded now yearly to a novel which is translated
from another language into English. It was originally written in Korean and
translated by Deborah Smith who, from what I understand, just learned Korean in
2010 and really taught herself through the translation of this novel, which I
think is pretty remarkable. The story itself is quite remarkable as well.

It follows a woman in South Korea
who decides one day, after having a dream, to become a vegetarian. And while that might
seem like a not totally abnormal life choice, in this novel, which is somewhat
short, has some drastic consequences and it feels like a very earth-shattering,
life-changing decision. We see how the story unfolds through three
different perspectives. So really the book is broken up into sort of three
novellas, and the first one is told from the perspective of the woman's husband;
the second is told from the perspective of her sister's husband, so her
brother-in-law; and the final section is told from the perspective of her sister.
And all the sections are about two years apart.

They never overlap at all so you're
getting these kind of snippets into her life when she decides to become a
vegetarian and then two subsequent sections of her life after, and you kind
of see how things devolve and what that really does to herself, to her family and
it's fascinating. It is a very strange premise; it almost feels like a thriller,
although the atmosphere of the story is not thriller at all. It is quite placid;
everything feels very kind of covered, and calm, and yet underneath that tone there
is a lot of tension. The only way I can really explain how she does that is
through the writing; it's very direct, but at the same time, which
seems kind of impossible, it hides a lot of things.

So you're told everything up
front, but you know that underneath there are just these layers that the storyteller
isn't really giving you. I think because you're seeing this woman's story through
other people's perspectives, you don't hear a lot from the woman herself as she
decides to become a vegetarian; you're really just viewing from the outside. So
I think that kind of increases the tension. It's not just a book about
moral, ethical choices of vegetarianism.

In fact, it's not really about that at
all. It's much more about, from what I came to
understand it as, a story about choice and how this one woman, through her
life and things preceding the story, have informed her in almost a
subconscious way to this choice that other people don't agree with. And so by
continuing to embrace this choice she is sort of rebelling. And it was a really
interesting psychological study almost.

Overall just quite an engaging read. It's
not long like I mentioned. You could probably read it in one sitting. I read it in a few sittings, but I think
each section is really a great kind of stopping point; they all feel complete
and yet they all inform each other as well.

So the more you get into the story
the more things in the past sections make sense, and it just builds in layers on
itself, and I absolutely loved it. It's definitely one that will stick with me
for a long time. I think reading it a second time would really unpack even
more of what exactly was going on. The final section is very psychological and very heady, so I think it could  warrant a second reading and hold up to that which is always great.
And I definitely see why this won the Man Booker Prize this year for the
International choices.

It definitely lived up to the hype for me and I would highly
recommend this. I will give the sort of caveat that there's some pretty adult
material in here; it's not used without purpose, but I just wanna throw that out
there that. If you're young I would not recommend this book. I would wait on it.
If you feel comfortable with that kind of content then I think you should read
this because it is a great piece of translated fiction.

And I'm excited to
read more from this author. I think she's great at examining humans and looking at normal things in kind of a
different sort of twisted way. I really enjoyed it, so if you have read this
novel please let me know your thoughts. It seems like it's making its rounds and
i'm happy for that cause I think it deserves the attention.

And let me know
if you've read anything else by this author and what you thought of it. I hope
you guys enjoy this review. I hope you decide to pick up "The Vegetarian" if you
have not, and I'll see you in my next video. Bye!.

THE SLIGHT EDGE BY JEFF OLSONANIMATED BOOK REVIEW

DO YOU EVER HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN
A GLASS OF SODA OR A GLASS OF WATER. AND YOU PICK THE SODA BECAUSE
"WELL, IF YOU HAVE A GLASS OF SODA TODAY, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP
OVERWEIGHT AND UNHEALTHY TOMORROW?" THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE ALL LIKE TO THINK.
THAT SOMEHOW, SUCCESS ONLY COMES FROM DOING HUGE, IMPORTANT
THINGS RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO ONLY BUY KALE
FOR YOUR HOUSE AT SOME POINT. AND BECOME ULTRA HEALTHY,
BUT UNTIL THEN, IT'S NOT LIKE DRINKING THIS ONE SODA
WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKE YOU.

THIS UNHEALTHY PERSON IN ONE DAY. SO YOU HAVE THIS BIG PARADOX.
ON ONE HAND, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE LITTLE DECISION DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
THIS ONE DECISION WON'T REALLY AFFECT. YOUR HEALTH IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS.
BECAUSE IN A YEAR, YOU'LL BE THE RESULT OF YOUR EVERY LITTLE
DECISION COMPOUNDED.

SO IN ESSENCE, EVERY LITTLE DECISION MATTERS. AND THESE LITTLE THINGS ARE EASY TO DO.
WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR LUNCH BREAK TOMORROW, YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE TO DRINK WATER INSTEAD
OF SODA. ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
BUT SINCE IT'S EASY TO DO, IT'S ALSO EASY NOT TO DO
AND JUST ORDER THE SODA. BUT WHAT IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS LITTLE THING
RIGHT? YOU WON'T BE ANY HEALTHIER THE NEXT DAY,
BUT AFTER A YEAR OF DRINKING WATER INSTEAD.

OF SODA EVERY LUNCH,
YOU WOULD SEE HUGE HEALTH BENEFITS FROM IT. AND YOU CAN APPLY THIS TO ANYTHING.
WHAT IF YOU JUST READ 10 PAGES OF A GOOD BOOK. EVERY NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED?
ANYONE COULD DO THAT. THAT'S A PRETTY EASY THING TO DO.
BUT SINCE IT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO, IT'S ALSO PRETTY EASY TO JUST IGNORE IT AND
NOT DO IT.

IF YOU READ 10 PAGES TONIGHT,
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WILL WAKE UP. THIS SMART, ENLIGHTENED PERSON TOMORROW.
BUT WHAT ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW? THAT'S LIKE 15 BOOKS.
15 GOOD BOOKS COULD LITERALLY TURN YOU. INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON.
WHAT IF YOU DO THIS FOR 4 YEARS AT COLLEGE. WHILE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU DOESN'T READ
THE 10 PAGES.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE
ANY BETTER THE NEXT DAY? THAT'S LIKE 60 BOOKS.
60 GOOD BOOKS COULD PUT YOU AHEAD OF. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS
WHETHER THAT BE RELATED TO FINANCES, RELATIONSHIPS, OR JUST OVERALL HAPPINESS. SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS PARADOX.
ON ONE HAND YOU CAN FALL FOR THE UNSUCCESSFUL. MINDSET OF,
"WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS LITTLE DECISION.

MATTERS."
BUT IN REALITY, THE LITTLE DECISIONS THAT. WE MAKE IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
EVERY LITTLE DECISION OF YOURS WILL BE COMPOUNDED. AT THE END OF THE YEAR
AND WHO YOU ARE WILL BE THE RESULT OF IT ALL. NOW HERE'S THE THING...
I THINK IT'S JUST HUMAN AND OKAY TO INDULGE.

IN THINGS...
I DO IT ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M THIS LITTLE ROBOT
WHO DOES EVERYTHING QUOTE UNQUOTE RIGHT. BUT I'M AT LEAST MORE AWARE OF HOW I THINK
ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS. I HAVE A VISION OF WHO I WANT TO BE IN A YEAR,
AND I ASK MYSELF WITH EVERY LITTLE DECISION, IS THIS GOING TO MOVE ME CLOSER TO THAT PERSON
OR NOT? AND THE ANSWER ISN'T ALWAYS YES,
BUT AT LEAST I'M AWARE OF IT, AND AT LEAST I TRY TO ALIGN MORE
OF MY LITTLE DECISIONS WITH THAT VISION.

AND THE MORE I CAN ANSWER YES,
THE MORE I REALIZE THAT I'M CLOSER TO BEING. THAT PERSON
AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT THE SURPRISING REALIZATION FOR ME HAS
BEEN. HOW MANY TIMES THE ANSWER IS NO.
NO, THIS ISN'T MOVING ME TO WHERE I WANT TO.

BE IN A YEAR.
AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON. OF THE SLIGHT EDGE.
A HUGE LESSON OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. FOR WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE. WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR
AND YOU'RE UNHEALTHY, HAVING BEEN CONSCIOUS ABOUT ALL YOUR LITTLE
DECISIONS.

WILL AT LEAST MAKE YOU REALIZE WHY YOU'RE
UNHEALTHY. YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BLAME YOUR POOR
HEALTH. ON HOW YOUR JOB DIDN'T PAY YOU ENOUGH TO EAT
HEALTHY, YOU'RE GOING TO REALIZE THAT
IT'S BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO BUY THE SODA OVER. THE FREE WATER
EVERY SINGLE DAY AT LUNCH.

IT'S BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO BUY THE MORE EXPENSIVE
BAG OF COOKIES. INSTEAD OF BUYING THE CHEAPER BANANAS EVERY
TIME YOU WENT SHOPPING..