An Educator’s Guide To STEAM: Engaging Students Using Real-World Problems

by Cassie F Quigley, Danielle Herro, Deborah Hanuscin
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  • ID: 4062
  • Added: 2025-10-21
  • Updated: 2025-10-21
  • Reviews: 2
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goodreads.com · Unknown · 2025-10-21
critical 2.00

The reviewer found the book to be manic and narcissistic, with some valuable advice on time management and work-life balance, but overall not recommended due to its tone and questionable advice.

The reviewer describes the book as having a manic and narcissistic tone, similar to a late-night infomercial. While they found some valuable advice on time management and work-life balance, they ultimately do not recommend the book due to its overall tone and questionable advice. The reviewer also mentions that the book criticizes the middle class for lacking imagination and upholding the social contract. The book's advice on outsourcing personal chores to India is highlighted as a humorous and likable part of the book.

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    The effect of this book is like being trapped in a room with a manic-depressive during the manic part of his cycle.

    The part of the book that I greatly enjoyed concerned 'time management' and gave valuable tips on how not to be such a fucking patsy at work.

    I guess you could sum up this book like this: 'There's no TEAM in I.

left-bank.com · Unknown · 2019-03-29
mixed 3.50

The reviewer found the book's concepts interesting but disliked the author's pretentious tone and some of his advice. They appreciated the strategies for efficiency and achieving financial and location independence.

The reviewer enjoyed learning about the interesting concepts in 'The 4-Hour Workweek' but found the author's tone pretentious and disagreed with some of his advice on avoiding meetings and other antisocial behaviors. Despite this, they found the book useful for strategies to become more efficient, free up time, and achieve financial and location independence. The book challenges the traditional deferred-life plan and encourages readers to live a luxurious lifestyle in the present. The reviewer particularly appreciated the 80/20 rule and Parkinson's Law, which helped them focus on what's important and reduce unnecessary tasks. They also adopted the practice of batching and limiting media consumption, which improved their productivity and focus.

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    The book goes against the deferred-life plan that most people follow where they work hard for 40 — 50 years before saving enough money to retire and do other things.

    Ferriss states that relative income is more important, because having time to do the stuff you want is essential to living a fulfilling life.

    The 80/20 rule taught me to focus. Focus on the 20% of the things that produce 80% of the results, and eliminating the 20% of influences that bring 80% of the problems, unhappiness, and negativity.

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