https://www.amazon.com/Limitless ... 09901165&sr=8-11.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2020
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Nothing new if you have read something else before on the matter. A big collection of references to other papers and authors plus some exercises that once again, you already know of them if this is not your first practical book, like the pomodoro technique for focusing. Other stories like the baby elephant chained to a pole that lost his will as he grew up and stopped fighting... I read it like three other times elsewhere.
When you read the reviews, many are in this same line but still give it 4 to 5 stars rating, which could be misleading for the casual buyer.
Also, it's highly noticeable that Jim is trying too hard to adapt the book to the current times squeezing female characters everywhere and every time he has a chance. Nothing wrong with that as long as those names add some value, but I see it as a poor (pity) attempt to be politically correct. I would have loved if he elaborated on Oprah's, Halle Berry's, Marie Curie's, Amelia Earhart's, Coco Chanel's or Isabella of Castile's lives among others but nothing, he just mentioned names and stories to check the boxes.
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Sonia Lamont
1.0 out of 5 stars Huge disappointment!
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020
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I have heard Jim on several podcasts and was very interested to hear a more thorough explanation of his methodologies in his book. Unfortunately, that is not what his book is. What I do now know is that apparently his website and online courses are where these detailed explanations lie. I guess it is my fault really. He makes some very impressive claims on the benefits his methodologies provide. I was seemingly foolish to expect he would offer those kind of secrets up in a twenty dollar book. Obviously the only way to get something like that is through his $500 plus courses. I apologize for my naivety.
This is mostly a sales pitch for his online courses with a few unoriginal tips pilfered from long-standing thinking on brain health and function.
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