by Ryan Leak
Rating: 4/5
Format: Audible
The main theme of this book is “What would you do if you knew you could not fail”. This book revolves around the author’s meeting with Kobe Bryant and the author’s NBA pursuit. He then summarizes that experience into four principles about what it would take to “chase failure”.
When we read about “How to Succeed”, we come across various philosophies such as, don’t give up, believe in your dreams, don’t let others influence your dreams, keep trying, don’t be scared to pursue your passion etc. This book has same outcome but with two differences, what “happens” if we remove the factor of fear and what it would be to deal with the embarrassment of failure if any. The author drives these points across using his experience with chasing his dream of playing for NBA.
I like the fact that there is an example around which the theories revolve. It would have been good if the author had listed a couple of more examples of other normal individuals like you and me to drive in the four points he mentioned towards the end.