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+title = "The 7 Secrets of Exceptional Leadership - Brian Tracy"
+date = 2020-05-24
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+tags = ["books", "reviews", "leadership", "brian tracy"]
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+[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18523862-the-7-secrets-of-exceptional-leadership):
+In The Seven Secrets of Exceptional Leadership Brian describes the most
+important leadership qualities practiced by top leaders worldwide. By
+committing yourself to these seven "secrets" of exceptional leadership, you
+can achieve all your goals as a leader in every area of your life.
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+Ok, I have to say that this book rubbed me in all the wrong ways.
+
+First, more pictures than content. I mean, if I want to have a book about
+boats, I'd get a book about boats, not about leadership.
+
+Second, the rules are somewhat weird. "A leader must know themselves" I can
+get behind, specially because one would have to know their own weaknesses to
+lead people. "Know what they want"... why? A leader may lead people to make
+things they (leader) don't even fully agree, but know it must be done. Just
+knowing what you want (even couple with the other points) doesn't make you a
+leader -- heck, it doesn't even _fit_ the description of a leader.
+
+This was a book that I picked up and dropped next day 'cause fuck confusing
+"being a boss" with "being a leader" -- and those two are completelly
+different aspects.

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+title = "In Fury Born - David Weber"
+date = 2020-06-20
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+tags = ["books", "review", "scifi", "fantasy"]
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+[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130528.In_Fury_Born):
+Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch
+them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking
+pirates were invincible. But they made a big mistake when they raided
+ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home work, tortured and murdered her
+family, and then left her for dead. Alicia decided to turn "pirate" herself,
+and stole a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her
+fellow veterans think she's gone crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight
+orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has
+two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware
+computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's most ancient legends.
+And this trio of furies won't rest until vengeance is served.
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+{{ stars(stars=1) }}
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+- (--) The beginning of the book puts a lot of backstory, all in the wrong
+	places: You're in the middle of a conversation, the conversation stops, a
+	lot of stuff is thrown at your face and... the conversation just
+	continues. Where did you stop? What where they were discussing?
+- (--) In between backstories, there is a bunch of characters. Characters and
+	more characters are thrown in the story, perform something small,
+	disappear for a while, and suddenly appear again and who the heck was
+	that? Did they mentioned them before? Worse, some names are so close you
+	don't even know if it is a new character or an old one.
+- (-) The first battles are too long and provide nothing about the future.
+- (--) I don't have a problem with mixing scifi with fantasy,
+	but you have to build an universe for that (sad to say, but something akin
+	to "[Bright](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5519340/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)"), but
+	when you suddenly add a Greek spirit... everything seems to fall apart.
+- (+) Some points are really well constructed. For example, there is a
+	discussion between three characters and you don't need descriptions to
+	know who's talking; their tone and words make things clear.
+- (=) The pacing only gets convincing the end, when everything is done.
+
+Honestly, it could be a good story, if the spirit was removed, the backstories
+cleaned out, some stuff that doesn't affect anything in the long run (pointing
+that they happened, with short summary would suffice) and make it shorter
+would be a real improvement.