The Way I See It: Rants, Revelations And Rules For Life by Alan Sugar
Review by MJ
Here’s someone who I’ve, well I won’t go as far as saying admired, let’s say I often agree with what he has to say, so I’ll have a read of his latest book. He raised himself from a council flat to multi-millionaire and is now in the House of Lords, there has to be something about him interesting, insightful, informative and worth hearing about in his own words. I wanted to read about the man behind the myth, the real person, not the media invention.
I was, I’m sorry to say, left disappointed. There was the odd bit of interesting information about his lifestyle, his family, what he likes to do in his spare time, how he deals with business issues; but much of it was rehashed from previous articles and speeches he’s given.
So what did I learn about the real Alan Sugar? He’s been very lucky; he’s also been quite astute. He has an inflated ego – suggesting all sorts of ideas were his when they were obvious to lots of other people – but then maybe that comes with the territory as they say. We agree on a lot of things, but then I already knew that.
As per the title there are plenty of rants, but many are about the same things we all rant about: rubbish in the newspapers, political correctness, health and safety culture, to name a few. There were a few rules for life but none of these went beyond common sense. Revelations were, to me at least, non-existent.
I struggled to get to the end of this book which is a pity as I’d been looking forward to reading it. I kept looking for something in there which didn’t appear and, as I got closer to the last page, I became disillusioned with the hype. The book ends with the contents of a newspaper article and a speech to the House of Lords; or as I read it, a summary of the book’s entire contents.
Unless you’re an ardent Alan Sugar fan then invest the price of this in something more likely to give you a return.
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/alan+sugar/the+way+i+see+it/8936583/
Here’s someone who I’ve, well I won’t go as far as saying admired, let’s say I often agree with what he has to say, so I’ll have a read of his latest book. He raised himself from a council flat to multi-millionaire and is now in the House of Lords, there has to be something about him interesting, insightful, informative and worth hearing about in his own words. I wanted to read about the man behind the myth, the real person, not the media invention.
I was, I’m sorry to say, left disappointed. There was the odd bit of interesting information about his lifestyle, his family, what he likes to do in his spare time, how he deals with business issues; but much of it was rehashed from previous articles and speeches he’s given.
So what did I learn about the real Alan Sugar? He’s been very lucky; he’s also been quite astute. He has an inflated ego – suggesting all sorts of ideas were his when they were obvious to lots of other people – but then maybe that comes with the territory as they say. We agree on a lot of things, but then I already knew that.
As per the title there are plenty of rants, but many are about the same things we all rant about: rubbish in the newspapers, political correctness, health and safety culture, to name a few. There were a few rules for life but none of these went beyond common sense. Revelations were, to me at least, non-existent.
I struggled to get to the end of this book which is a pity as I’d been looking forward to reading it. I kept looking for something in there which didn’t appear and, as I got closer to the last page, I became disillusioned with the hype. The book ends with the contents of a newspaper article and a speech to the House of Lords; or as I read it, a summary of the book’s entire contents.
Unless you’re an ardent Alan Sugar fan then invest the price of this in something more likely to give you a return.
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/alan+sugar/the+way+i+see+it/8936583/