Bernard Roth (1)

Full disclosure… I dropped out of this about 75% through… I don’t do that very often.

I do not recommend this. While there is some decent information in here, none of it cannot be found elsewhere.

The author comes across as quite arrogant and I found it quite unsurprising that Mark Zuckerburg was mentioned as a previous student.

An example of the author’s perspective: a student was late due to a flat tire… this was because ‘it wasn’t important enough for her to be there’… I show more guess I’m glad that the author has never had anything similar happen, but…

Overall, if you think that Silicon Valley and private equity-type organizations are those that should be emulated, then this is for you… otherwise, give it a pass.

There are a bunch of elements that suggest better and more human/humane treatment of people, but these seem to always come across as ‘you should do this’… few to none of those are actually born out from the author’s historical actions that are mentioned… and if you’ve paid attention to actual Stanford graduates (and faculty) in the news… well, it’s pretty clear that those are definitely not considered vital. show less

Especially when it goes beyond the self-motivational topics of "know yourself, get your goals" and explores group dynamics and related exercises about language, body, space. Good read.

Good exercises. Good advice. Worth reading this.