Review by AmythystGreen -- The Mindset by Ace Bowers
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Review by AmythystGreen -- The Mindset by Ace Bowers
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Mindset" by Ace Bowers.]
THE MINDSET My Journey from Janitor to Silicon Valley Millionaire in Five Years by Ace Bowers is an excellent book and I give it 4 out of 4 stars. This is an amazing story with many ups and downs, yet extremely easy to relate to. It is a "rags to riches" story, but not at all cliche' or fantastical. Ace Bowers tells us the story of his life in this fairly short and easy to read memoir. His less than carefree upbringing left him in a lack state of mind, and he details for us the events and inner changes that lead to his eventual success.
Although Bowers seems to have had no more than high school education, during a very troubled adolescence, this book is editorially excellent. I did not notice any typos nor misspelled or misappropriated words, which I find to be extremely rare. I felt as though Bowers was sitting here telling his story, which made it an easy, quick read. Bowers hits the heartstrings with descriptions of his childhood, his parents' issues, a delinquent older brother, and a great sister, who goes away to college much too soon for Ace.
The tribulations that Ace went through growing up, really hit home with me. I have had very similar experiences and the way he tells his story touched my heart. His childhood was far from easy and he was always the poorest kid he knew. He spent a lot of time as a child and especially as a teenager trying to ignore the turmoil outside his bedroom door. Both parents were awful with handling money and had alcohol problems, along with their individual vices. His father tried to shield Ace from it, quite unsuccessfully, but always managed to take the brunt of his wife's bitterness.
As an adult his life was not looking up, he had a minimum wage job as a janitor and was grateful to have that, feeling that was pretty much the best he could do. A dream of selling insurance was his best outlook for his life. An unexpected turn of events, caused him to rethink everything he does, the cycle of poverty he was caught up in, and start his journey toward success. He completely changed his mindset for the sake of someone else and in turn changed his whole life for the better.
I really enjoyed this book, anyone that doesn't mind a good sob along with a few laughs should read this book, the underlying theme is great for anyone. This is not a heart wrenching or depressing read at all, I don't mean to imply that, it is simply very easy to put yourself in Bowers' shoes, and feel empathy for his struggles. There is nothing blatantly offensive, except perhaps some of his mother's behavior, but nothing that I think should deter anyone from reading it. This author gives the impression that this is the only book he has written, his memoir, but if that is the case I believe he should rethink that. This was a great book for me to read, and I will read it again, but Ace, if you read this review, I really think you should write more books.
I am glad to have had the privilege to read and review this book, and I am impressed with the lack of error. Almost every book I read (a lot), has at least one typo, or misspelling, etc., even those professionally edited and published several times, but throughout this book, I never noticed any. I would have wanted to give this book 4 stars even if there were a couple of errors, but there were none at all apparent to me. The only thing I might be able to say as a shortcoming of this book is that it's fairly short and I very much enjoyed Bowers' style of writing and would like to read more.
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The Mindset
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THE MINDSET My Journey from Janitor to Silicon Valley Millionaire in Five Years by Ace Bowers is an excellent book and I give it 4 out of 4 stars. This is an amazing story with many ups and downs, yet extremely easy to relate to. It is a "rags to riches" story, but not at all cliche' or fantastical. Ace Bowers tells us the story of his life in this fairly short and easy to read memoir. His less than carefree upbringing left him in a lack state of mind, and he details for us the events and inner changes that lead to his eventual success.
Although Bowers seems to have had no more than high school education, during a very troubled adolescence, this book is editorially excellent. I did not notice any typos nor misspelled or misappropriated words, which I find to be extremely rare. I felt as though Bowers was sitting here telling his story, which made it an easy, quick read. Bowers hits the heartstrings with descriptions of his childhood, his parents' issues, a delinquent older brother, and a great sister, who goes away to college much too soon for Ace.
The tribulations that Ace went through growing up, really hit home with me. I have had very similar experiences and the way he tells his story touched my heart. His childhood was far from easy and he was always the poorest kid he knew. He spent a lot of time as a child and especially as a teenager trying to ignore the turmoil outside his bedroom door. Both parents were awful with handling money and had alcohol problems, along with their individual vices. His father tried to shield Ace from it, quite unsuccessfully, but always managed to take the brunt of his wife's bitterness.
As an adult his life was not looking up, he had a minimum wage job as a janitor and was grateful to have that, feeling that was pretty much the best he could do. A dream of selling insurance was his best outlook for his life. An unexpected turn of events, caused him to rethink everything he does, the cycle of poverty he was caught up in, and start his journey toward success. He completely changed his mindset for the sake of someone else and in turn changed his whole life for the better.
I really enjoyed this book, anyone that doesn't mind a good sob along with a few laughs should read this book, the underlying theme is great for anyone. This is not a heart wrenching or depressing read at all, I don't mean to imply that, it is simply very easy to put yourself in Bowers' shoes, and feel empathy for his struggles. There is nothing blatantly offensive, except perhaps some of his mother's behavior, but nothing that I think should deter anyone from reading it. This author gives the impression that this is the only book he has written, his memoir, but if that is the case I believe he should rethink that. This was a great book for me to read, and I will read it again, but Ace, if you read this review, I really think you should write more books.
I am glad to have had the privilege to read and review this book, and I am impressed with the lack of error. Almost every book I read (a lot), has at least one typo, or misspelling, etc., even those professionally edited and published several times, but throughout this book, I never noticed any. I would have wanted to give this book 4 stars even if there were a couple of errors, but there were none at all apparent to me. The only thing I might be able to say as a shortcoming of this book is that it's fairly short and I very much enjoyed Bowers' style of writing and would like to read more.
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