![]() ![]() The time Bob hung out with the son of the man who started Holiday Inn hotels tells us that we can be distracted when we think we’re too important. ![]() The time someone just gave him a horse that was a descendant of Secretariat tells us that sometimes heaven surprises us. The time Pavlov’s dogs got eaten in the siege of Leningrad tells us that sometimes bad things happen. The time in 2018 when the guy hit the wrong button in Hawaii and alerted the whole country to a missile attack that wasn’t happening and they hid his identity but Bob found out who he was and called him to offer him a job tells us that we need to care about people who fail. The time he pinned medals on all the soldiers in the trenches of the Middle East that were about to try to liberate Mosul from ISIS rule- also where Bob was asked to check out their secret battle plans- tells us that we need to liberate ourselves from negative things. The time he took his kids in their dinghy and parked between two pirate ships having a mock battle in the bay with cannons (which is super safe and recommended) reminds us that we need to stop firing shots with our words. The time Keith Green wrote him a letter when he was younger tells us that we need to make someone else feel important because it’s a big deal. The time he was hanging out with Jim Caveziel but didn’t know it until afterwards tells us that sometimes we “ fail to recognize Jesus is in the room with us.” His VIP pass to the ‘mosh pit’ at Carrie Underwood’s concert because he’s besties with Carrie’s guitarist tells us we need to “live out our faith in the mosh pit.” We have an all-access pass to the world. The time he built something in shop class- which by the way his shop teacher only has 3 fingers- tells us that even if we fail (and lose fingers) we can still do our purpose. ‘The other day… I was trying to eat noodles with a fork and they kept sliding between the tines and falling off… And so I have this question for you… What are the things falling between the tines of your life? If you live an undistracted life, you’ll start eating your noodles with a spoon and you won’t let important things fall away.’ (This is me trying to write like Bob Goff…)įor real though. Alllll of that lead-up just to say… that? He spends 3-4 pages telling this story that’s either elaborate or name-droppy and then turns it into an analogy that’s cringe or just a general stretch. I think they could get some good material from Bob. While reading this book I couldn’t stop thinking about this YouTube channel where these guys create videos making fun of Christian influencers. I think there are better books for these things. If it will help people love others better, then who am I to stand in the way, but now that I’ve seen the pattern of his books, I’m not so sure I can keep giving that counsel. In my review of Everybody, Always I said that maybe people should still read it. Here are just a few off the top of my head: If you’re feeling like you want to be a ‘better version of yourself’ or figure out what to do with your life then there are plenty of other books that would be better than this one. 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You (on my TBR) ![]() If you are feeling like you need a better philosophy on how you spend your time or use your phone, I would recommend one of these books instead: I can’t really think of a reason to read this book. Everything was all over the place and I’m not really sure it’s actually going to help anyone. In short, it just felt like a shallow, self-helpy book with dramatic anecdotes Goff wrangled into inspirational one-liners that sound great but feel a bit fluffy. A clean first impression.Īnd I felt about the same as when I read his other book. I decided to give Goff another chance by reading his newest book before I heard any hype about it. I read Goff’s book Everybody, Always, and contrary to popular opinion of it, I wasn’t really impressed. “Are you willing to do what it takes to uncover the wonder that already surrounds your life? Will you do the courageous work to identify what is distracting you from the better things? And finally, are you willing to do the difficult and selfless work of releasing the beauty you discover into the lives of others rather than keeping it for yourself?” ![]()
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