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    How to Be Better at Almost Everything: Learn Anything Quickly, Stack Your Skills, Dominate
    How to Be Better at Almost Everything: Learn Anything Quickly, Stack Your Skills, Dominate
    How to Be Better at Almost Everything: Learn Anything Quickly, Stack Your Skills, Dominate
    Audiobook4 hours

    How to Be Better at Almost Everything: Learn Anything Quickly, Stack Your Skills, Dominate

    Written by Pat Flynn

    Narrated by Pat Flynn

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    About this audiobook

    It's one of the biggest lies you've probably heard your entire life: Mastering one specific skill set is the key to success. That may have been true 20 years ago, but in today's global economy, being the best at a single thing just doesn't cut it anymore.

    Think about those people who somehow manage to be amazing at everything they do - the multi-millionaire CEO with the bodybuilder physique or the rock star with legions of adoring fans. We all quietly envy them from time to time—how do they manage to be so much better at life?

    It’s tempting to believe they've achieved greatness because they're the very best in their field... or think that maybe it's just dumb luck. But it's much more than that. They've defied traditional perceptions of success by acquiring and applying multiple skills to make themselves valuable to others. They’ve become generalists.

    In How to Be Better at Almost Everything, bestselling author, fitness expert, entrepreneur, and professional business coach Pat Flynn shares the secrets to learning (almost) every skill, from marketing to music to martial arts to writing and relationships, teaching how to combine interests to achieve greatness in any field. His direct, “Generalist” approach to self-improvement gives you the tools you need to make your mark on the world and make buckets of money—without losing your soul.

    Discover how to:

    • Learn any skill with only an hour of practice a day through repetition and resistance.
    • Package all your passions into a single toolkit for success with skill stacking
    • Turn those passions into paychecks by transforming yourself into a person of interest.
    In today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving world, it’s no longer good enough to have a single specialty. To really get ahead you need a diverse portfolio of hidden talents you can pull from your back pocket at a moment’s notice. How to Be Better at Almost Everything teaches you how to gain a competitive edge in both your professional life and personal life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 29, 2019
    ISBN9781721364688
    How to Be Better at Almost Everything: Learn Anything Quickly, Stack Your Skills, Dominate
    Author

    Pat Flynn

    Pat Flynn is a generalist: Great at many things, not the best at any one. A writer, entrepreneur, musician, and fitness and meditation try-hard, Pat runs multiple six- and seven-figure businesses around his various interests and skills.

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    • 3/5
      Stopped halfway through. Writing style is condescending and flippant. I understand that it is his form of humor. I personally didn't care for the writing style.
      The main message seemed to be, don't kill yourself trying to be 100% perfect at just one thing. It's better to be just good at many things. Prefection is for specialists. Being 80% proficient at many things will give you more flexibility and options in life.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      The author is a great motivator and in a simple language encourages you and shows you the steps to take in order to become the best version of yourself.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This shows how very several successful people even though are not specialist in anyone area really thrive in their life. It is indeed generalisation in many area which is more helpful in life rather than trying to achieve specialisation in one particular area. This is a practical guide which can be easily applied in our life.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      It was good, and while I have nothing against religion, I think the book would have been better if that very small part was left out.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      A few useless chapters but all in all not too bad.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Easy to read and very helpful especially if you start practicing what the guy says :)

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      What did I just read/hear?
      It was nothing more than a self promotion book with no really useful tips... what a total waste of time

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is a good book with beautiful nuggets to apply in daily life.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great book! I learned about things that i needed to learn

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Disappointing, not a good useful book in my opinion. Wasted 4 hrs of my life

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I feel like the information in this book is great, as well as the explanations. I had some trouble with the speed of delivery and some super long sentences and in this way, this book may be better read as opposed to listened to. All in all, very enjoyable.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      great book it taught me that being good at a lot of things is better than being a specialist at 1 thing

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      The audio keeps lacking . Is any one else having this problem?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Amazing book that makes ultimate point- you don't have to be the best at anything but you can be good at almost everything! Never saw things the way Pat did but it was enlightening!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Very practical thoughtful and easy to implement. This book truly understands my point of view. The skills that are required for me now I understand is a generalist skill. It's actually good.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      This book has little in the way of direct, actionable advice. It’s a nice autobiography however. There is a section that’s quite evangelizing, written respectfully albeit missing the chance to connect common spirituality, and the end has a short ode to 45 if that’s a no go for you.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Very interesting, and a new way to look at developing skills! I really liked the authors quirky sense of humor, and his ability to simply articulate his thoughts. My only complaint would be that I wish he spent more detail on his principles for skill stacking. His stories sometimes distracted me, more than bring me in to understand his principles better. Overall, I highly suggest this book!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Waste of time, too much talking but not going to the point, lack of meaning

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      If you like condescending rambling that isn’t supported by research, this book is for you.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Good points but very repetitive, same ideas repeated in different ways, multiple times in each chapter… could have been much shorter

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      A typical "this worked for me, it'll work for you" rant. Don't get me wrong, there are some nuggets of wisdom among the stuff he spouts. But keep in mind, it's pretty subjective. In some places, it flat-out contradicts what psychological and educational research has shown us. His guides for developing focus and logic are pretty weak, at best. He imparts his own values on the reader as if they are the only way to move forward. I think the biggest missing piece to all this is the prerequisite of developing the emotional intelligence to make such shifts. That all said, I agree with the basic premise that being a generalist can be far more fulfilling than being a specialist. Reminds me a lot of another, older book called "The Ronin", which digs a little further into the topic.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      good book to listen to, with some humor it's easier to understand
    • 5/5
      A great book, talked about how one should be generalist rather a specialist.
      It was very insightful all through.
    • 5/5
      I love this book, the author really spoke my language and has exposed me to a deeper understanding of my skill sets.
    • 3/5
      my man was spitting in the first half then fell off hard with religious talk and picking fights on facebook
    • 5/5
      This book is good’s best book about the history of life and how it relates to the world around
    • 3/5
      It’s a good book to read thank you will read again
    • 5/5
      Great work. Change my perspective from being specialist at one thing to become generalist. Love the narration, tips and understanding of the matter. Loved it
    • 5/5
      Am so happy I read this book I did it in 1 day it was practical and useful thank you?
    • 5/5
      Life-changing ?????????????? amazing !! Audiobook , Im extremely pleased ????