Think Bigger. About Who You Are. And What You Offer the World.
Stand for something before someone stands on you. Revolt against the play-it-sa... read full description
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Jul 17, 2009
Ron
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I should preface this by saying that I've taken one of Michael Port's workshops and have already drawn inspiration from his message of organizing your work life around your core principles, so when this book takes things to the logical next step, substituting "life" for "work life," I'm pretty much there. It's a slim volume, and the message is "fast and dense," as the old cyberpunks would've put it -- like Seth Godin, Michael's trying to pack a lot into a small cont
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Feb 03, 2011
Rosa
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I’ve been a Michael Port fan, recommending his previous books to others, however I struggled to get through The Think Big Manifesto, and did not enjoy it.
Port admits he’s gone out on a limb with this book, trying something different from his previous writing, and while I admire the effort, I don’t think his publishing team served him well in releasing this without more revision to improve it. It’s written as an essay and conversation, and wanders without better manifesto structure, t More...
Port admits he’s gone out on a limb with this book, trying something different from his previous writing, and while I admire the effort, I don’t think his publishing team served him well in releasing this without more revision to improve it. It’s written as an essay and conversation, and wanders without better manifesto structure, t More...
Jan 12, 2010
Brandon
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Possibly the worst book I have ever read. This book is short and in large type, but I could not get through half of it without giving up and I rarely give up on books. If I could count the variation of instances of 'think big' 'think small' 'big thinking' etc it would probably total 20% of the words in the book. Overhyped and underperformed.
Jul 26, 2011
Natalie
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To summarize: "I'm thinking big, they're thinking big, and you can think big too!" It was like having a little cheerleader in a book. Fun for the first bit but a little to "Ra Ra" to read after awhile (even the type is really big). I also went to his site thinking it would be fun to join a network where we support each other's ideas. However, it is pretty much a dead network as of now. Maybe it was a little bigger when the book first came out. Anyway, there are good ide
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Nov 01, 2010
Liene
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I loved his first book, but this one feels like it was written in a single weekend. Would have been better off as a blog post.
Dec 22, 2009
Annie
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The basic idea is solid, but it is just that, a basic idea, reiterated ad nauseum, with too much abstraction.
Oct 11, 2009
Dale
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Michael Port is a kind of life coach for entrepreneurs. He seems to have a genuine desire to help people break through the self-imposed barriers that holds them back from reaching their full potential. But this book just doesn't offer much of value. It is a very small book (thankfully!) but could be made much smaller without loss of useful content. In fact, if you see the book on the shelf, open it to page 164 and read the remaining 3 pages of the book: there you will find everything the book ha
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Oct 18, 2011
Stacy
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This would be a good book to read if you're 16. Imagine if Mr. Rogers had a big ego ("I just made that word up! It's not a real word! That's what we call a 'neologism'. Do you know what a neologism is?") There were a few nice cheerleadery pick-me-ups, so if you don't mind divorcing yourself from reality and there's a tedious weekend ahead, dive right in.
Aug 22, 2009
this is great stuff, just putting the cherry on top of what I already know
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