Scott is a great economics professor. He can convey numbers in a really humble way. For this book, he has taken that skill and applied it to personal life lessons and wisdom. There’s a bit of biography in here as well as a bit of self-help. Ultimately, he’s talking directly to you, the reader, and telling you there are certain mistakes (which he has made and felt the sting of their consequences) you should work to avoid. 5/5. One of the most personally influential books I’ve ever read.

Enjoyed reading this book that lead to a lot of self reflection.

Very entertaining and humorous, but hardly an equation for happiness. Like a hacker that has taught himself how to code, Scott has managed to stumble on some insights while missing other, larger ones. In the final part of the book he states that he is “100 percent sure there is no god” and then talks of the benefits of being grateful for what you have and even “praying”? Praying to who? Grateful to who? This doesn’t feel like 100 percent. If Scott put as much effort into debugging his atheism as he has his other relationships he might have offered a happier ending. But he is in marketing and knows that wouldn’t be as big a seller. Tsk.