This is a very heavy university textbook. It has a ton of amazing insight, lists, examples and tested theories. It is repetitive but you will memorize the important parts!
If you aren't running or planning to run a giant company, you can probably skip or skim a few chapters and focus more on the idea generation and action plan.
Great gems but it mainly revolves around having a fortune 500 company or grossing half a billion a year in sales to really put alot of these projects and plans to action.
Do not compare anything to drowning puppies unless it is as horrible as drowning puppies, but choosing to not go ahead with a project is not that horrible. And it is not how you keep the dog population in check. The author needs better metaphors.