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Funny review overall through not very telling about the book (more about Ferriss himself). I've only read small snippets of the book (and don't intend to read

by aik 16y ago

Funny review overall through not very telling about the book (more about Ferriss himself). I've only read small snippets of the book (and don't intend to read much more), but it's pretty clear that the writer is outside of Ferriss' target audience for this (especially if the author is afraid of becoming embarrassed in front of some friends for trying to improve his health). It sounds like he misunderstands the point of Ferriss' experiments a bit.

jonhendry 16y ago
"Ferriss' target audience" Also known as "marks".
- aik 16y ago
  "...outside of Ferriss' marks for this"?
  - sorbus 16y ago
    The victim of a scam is often known as a mark[1]. It seems to me that jonhendry was implying that Ferriss is a con artist, using his book to defraud people of their money, by making them pay for something which is worth far less than they think. I am, however, not familiar enough with Ferriss or his books to pass such judgement myself; I'm just interpreting. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick
    - aik 16y ago
      Thanks for the explanation - I didn't catch on. Every author has a target audience. Although I find Ferriss' marketing strategies unethical, I think his judgement on the book itself to be a bit unfair.
- healsdata 16y ago
  I'm not sure why this comment got so many up votes when I can't even begin to see this book as any sort of con. Ferris released free content (at least two blog posts) that garnered a ton of responses, followers, etc. He built on that to make this book. In regards to the book, he makes the table of contents and a sample chapter freely available. Want to know if this book is for you? Read the table of contents, read the blog posts that came before the book and read the sample chapter. That should clearly let you know if this book is worth your $15 because it's just hundreds of pages of the same. I honestly cannot name one other advice book that's given me such a preview before I bought it. On top of that, with the low price point and pre-order give aways, I actually saved money on other things I had planned to buy because Ferris gave them to me for free with a pre-order.

by aik 16y ago

jonhendry 16y ago

"Ferriss' target audience" Also known as "marks".

aik 16y ago
"...outside of Ferriss' marks for this"?
- sorbus 16y ago
  The victim of a scam is often known as a mark[1]. It seems to me that jonhendry was implying that Ferriss is a con artist, using his book to defraud people of their money, by making them pay for something which is worth far less than they think. I am, however, not familiar enough with Ferriss or his books to pass such judgement myself; I'm just interpreting. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick
  - aik 16y ago
    Thanks for the explanation - I didn't catch on. Every author has a target audience. Although I find Ferriss' marketing strategies unethical, I think his judgement on the book itself to be a bit unfair.
healsdata 16y ago
I'm not sure why this comment got so many up votes when I can't even begin to see this book as any sort of con. Ferris released free content (at least two blog posts) that garnered a ton of responses, followers, etc. He built on that to make this book. In regards to the book, he makes the table of contents and a sample chapter freely available. Want to know if this book is for you? Read the table of contents, read the blog posts that came before the book and read the sample chapter. That should clearly let you know if this book is worth your $15 because it's just hundreds of pages of the same. I honestly cannot name one other advice book that's given me such a preview before I bought it. On top of that, with the low price point and pre-order give aways, I actually saved money on other things I had planned to buy because Ferris gave them to me for free with a pre-order.