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Lim directs readers to choose something that makes them happy, commit to it, and take small steps in order to reach their goals. In this case and others, I believe that Lim utilizes sound ideas and advice; however, I found most of it to be extremely clichéd. I have heard a lot of the phrases she used, like, “learn to listen to yourself,” or “take a leap of faith,” outside of the book and while I think the ideas are worthwhile, I do not think they are original enough for me to want to pick up the book.
In that same way, I think a lot of the ideas that Lim presents in the book are common sense. I do not feel like I learned anything new from reading the book, and I do not think my time was well spent in reading the book. Lim also writes in a highly didactic way so that I felt like she was lecturing to me. A lot of her ideas were explained through the use of metaphors that just insulted my intelligence because I felt like everything she was telling me was so obvious I did not require her longwinded, metaphorical explanations.
The book had a lot of grammatical errors, for instance, in the sentence, “My idea of ‘good luck in your journey’ was the ability to get a seat on the train so I can continue on my sleep from where I last left off with.” ends in a preposition. I also think the book could have been written in a more interesting way. It was a pretty bland read and I became disinterested a few times.
Overall, I thought Aim for the Moon was a bland read. I was not interested because I had already heard nearly all of the ideas Lim presented. I think if people are looking for motivation to reach success, there are probably many other books and resources that would be more helpful than this one. I would not recommend this to other readers. I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars. It is a fine idea for a book, but it needs more work and deeper thoughts in order to make much of a difference for people looking to reach their goals.
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