The Man Who Risked It All

The media could not be loaded.  My wife enthusiastically recommended that I read this book about a man's inspirational hero's journey from suicidal despair to personal and corporate victory. Often fiction is a better medium than non-fiction for impactfully teaching philosophy and this book will go on my shortlist of must-read fiction for personal development pragmatists along with Memoir From Antproof Case and Atlas Shrugged.The book hints at what I believe which is that NLP and Cognitive behavioral therapy are effective tools for transformation, for living a better life and that Psychoanalysis is the pseudoscientific, time-wasting fraud.It's a fun, easy read that makes me want to visit Paris with some red pill truths about life, women, and the business world. It has a great twist at the end, I enthusiastically recommend The Man Who Risked It All to anyone passionate about taking action in their personal development.

The characters are pulled from the modern daily struggles we all can identify with. The questions are relevant and true. Engaging and compelling story.

Not a big book so it doesn't take long. Its a thinly disguised self help book. There's a thin story on top, a mystery of sorts to keep you guessing. The story is pretty simple. Then there are long sections where one character is teaching another for several pages, explaining things. This is the self help at the heart of the book. The purpose of the book. Its all pretty basic.

Bought it as a gift after reading his earlier work, it was well received.

The book was very insightful and inspirational :)

Not only was this book well written with a very interesting story line, but it also had some great ideas about changing behaviors & living life well yet fearlessly. Of course, having the story take place in Paris is always wonderful for me.

I couldn't even manage to finish the book, about half way thru I gave up. Perhaps it would b wonderful read for someone but definitely not me. Felt there was some kind of self help message, again, just not my kind of read

Really well written, thoughtful book with unexpected ending,

I started reading the book two days ago and was hooked to it. It's a real page turner. You want to know what happens next, and next and don't feel like putting the book down.I read Laurent Gounelle's previous book, ' The Man Who Wanted To Be Happy' and thought it was amazing. I gave it 5 stars and was waiting eagerly to read his new book, ' The man who risked it all'. Although it keeps the reader wondering about the unravelling of the exciting events, it's not as good as his previous book. I was disappointed with the plot of the story and didn't like the ending. Not many take home messages too compared to the previous book. I am comparing it with the previous book negatively, but still would give 4 stars as it's a very interesting book on its own. Well written, exciting and definitely deserves 4 stars (or more?).

Although this story seems unlikely, it actually holds your attention so that you keep coming back to it quite happily to find out what's going to happen next. There is also some philosophy of life woven into the story which makes it more compelling. There will be parts of it that some readers will probably want to think about in relation to their own lives and the way they live them - but it's not overtly self-help. The story keeps moving at a steady pace to keep you engaged and the ending is unexpected but quite satisfying.

It's a great book (if you like self-development type books), BUT in my opinion "The man who wanted to be happy" was much, MUCH better and I expected more from this book. It's hard to not compare them... I would still recommend "the man who risked it all", however I would say if you're planning to read both, read it first and "The man who wanted to be happy" second - to end on a high! :)

Great read very interesting

Funny, nicely written, a good time from the beginning to the end.