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How to Live

27 Conflicting Answers and One Weird Conclusion

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How to Live

By: Derek Sivers
Narrated by: Derek Sivers
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Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It’s a work of art about conflicting philosophies.

Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In How to Live, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next.

One chapter makes a compelling argument for why you should be completely independent, keeping all options open. The next chapter argues why you should commit to one career, one place, and one person.

One chapter persuades you to be fully present, and experience each moment. The next, to delay gratification and invest for the future.

Which one is right? Which does the author believe? All of them. It's a philosophy of conflicting philosophies.

A very unique and thought-provoking book. Meant for reflection as much as instruction.

An incredibly succinct audiobook of profound insights. No philosophers are quoted. No -isms are named. Only actionable directives. The end result feels more like poetry than prose.

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everything in this book is a contradiction and that's the point. great presentation of the ends of a bell curve that is called life

if you get it you get it

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Challenges you - makes you think. Compels you to think about your life in reverse. Listen to it multiple times for the best effect.

Thought provoking

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Very much enjoyed. Lots of food for thought! Derek does at great narration, it's almost like you are having an actual conversation rather than just the basic audio book vibe.

Mark Manson brought me here

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Honestly, I feel like I wasted my time. Each answer to how to live is obviously flawed. I expected his personal final take on how to combine the good in every answer.

A fan of Derek but not this book

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I found several ideas interesting. But the many contradictions made me think it was just an odd book. This might be exactly what the author was trying to achieve. Life is full of contradictions.

Odd, but interesting

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