Review of The Unfakeable Code®
Posted: 22 Sep 2023, 11:34
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Unfakeable Code®" by Tony Jeton Selimi.]
The intentions behind Tony Jeton Selimi’s The Unfakeable Code® are purely meant to help. The author provides a framework for breaking away from societal expectations of how to act and think, motivating readers to find themselves—their true selves—within. It focuses on making your life as a reader better with a healthier mindset. The five central principles Selimi focuses on are to unmask yourself in order to know yourself, thrive rather than survive, handle your emotions better, take back control from the inside, and choose love.
I really found the message inspiring. I’ve never really found a self-help book that has given advice that’s benefited me (probably looking in the wrong places), but this one gave very good advice. I loved the focus on healing yourself from the inside rather than immediately thinking about other people’s perceptions of you. I think that’s something young people, especially, could relate to, as I knew many people in college and high school who focused too much on fixing other people or themselves in the eyes of said other people rather than themselves in their own eyes. I also love that this book doesn’t claim to be the end-all, be-all cure to a reader’s problems. Early in the book, Selimi suggests a life coach or a mentor to help develop a reader's, their employees', or their boss's emotional intelligence in the workplace. Suggesting supplementary materials like these helps lend credibility to the strategies and the author. I also found the logical approach in the comparison of computer code and how the brain can be coded to be an interesting take on self-improvement.
However, I found the book to be both repetitive and riddled with editing issues, especially at the beginning. While I found the anecdotes the author shared (like going to sales training immersion and hearing people be inspired by his principles) more interesting, the number of times the principles were repeated bordered on unnecessary. I found the book to not be completely edited either. There are many oddly formed sentences and turns of phrase that make little sense, such as using a comma instead of a semicolon. These are noticeable enough to distract from the experience of reading and learning from this book.
Because of the distracting sentence structure and repetition, I think The Unfakeable Code® deserves four out of five stars. With an editor looking over it, I believe this book could easily reach a five-star rating. It provides helpful advice that I feel readers can benefit from, and I enjoy the author’s relentless belief in us, as readers, that we can follow his advice and gain a healthier mindset.
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The Unfakeable Code®
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The intentions behind Tony Jeton Selimi’s The Unfakeable Code® are purely meant to help. The author provides a framework for breaking away from societal expectations of how to act and think, motivating readers to find themselves—their true selves—within. It focuses on making your life as a reader better with a healthier mindset. The five central principles Selimi focuses on are to unmask yourself in order to know yourself, thrive rather than survive, handle your emotions better, take back control from the inside, and choose love.
I really found the message inspiring. I’ve never really found a self-help book that has given advice that’s benefited me (probably looking in the wrong places), but this one gave very good advice. I loved the focus on healing yourself from the inside rather than immediately thinking about other people’s perceptions of you. I think that’s something young people, especially, could relate to, as I knew many people in college and high school who focused too much on fixing other people or themselves in the eyes of said other people rather than themselves in their own eyes. I also love that this book doesn’t claim to be the end-all, be-all cure to a reader’s problems. Early in the book, Selimi suggests a life coach or a mentor to help develop a reader's, their employees', or their boss's emotional intelligence in the workplace. Suggesting supplementary materials like these helps lend credibility to the strategies and the author. I also found the logical approach in the comparison of computer code and how the brain can be coded to be an interesting take on self-improvement.
However, I found the book to be both repetitive and riddled with editing issues, especially at the beginning. While I found the anecdotes the author shared (like going to sales training immersion and hearing people be inspired by his principles) more interesting, the number of times the principles were repeated bordered on unnecessary. I found the book to not be completely edited either. There are many oddly formed sentences and turns of phrase that make little sense, such as using a comma instead of a semicolon. These are noticeable enough to distract from the experience of reading and learning from this book.
Because of the distracting sentence structure and repetition, I think The Unfakeable Code® deserves four out of five stars. With an editor looking over it, I believe this book could easily reach a five-star rating. It provides helpful advice that I feel readers can benefit from, and I enjoy the author’s relentless belief in us, as readers, that we can follow his advice and gain a healthier mindset.
******
The Unfakeable Code®
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes