Leon Logothetis
Auteur van The Kindness Diaries: One Man's Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the World
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Author of Amazing Adventures of a Nobody and The Kindness Diaries, Leon Logothetis also hosted television series of the same names and documented his travels for numerous media outlets, including Good Morning America, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Los Angeles, toon meer California. For additional information, please visit WayoftheTraveler.com. toon minder
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The Kindness Diaries: One Man's Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the World (2014) 57 exemplaren
Live, Love, Explore: Discover the Way of the Traveler a Roadmap to the Life You Were Meant to Live (2016) 15 exemplaren
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The Kindness Diaries: One Man's Quest to Ignite… door Leon Logothetis
Enjoyed for overall positivity and message of connection in tough times.
1.5 stars -- I expected more from this book. It certainly had the potential to be engaging and inspiring. Leon travels around the world, allowing himself only $5 a day and the kindness of strangers to get by on.
Honestly? The whole experience was quite self-centered. He tries over and over to play it like he was doing this for others - he wanted to "give back" to the people who gave to him. But he didn't want them to know he would give back, because "you don't give to get" - yet he only gave after he "got," so that left me thinking, "Huh?," and he didn't give back to everyone, only a very select few. He hardly mentions any of these generous strangers in the book, even!
He spends most of the book talking about his yellow bike, and repeatedly would write something like, "I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go home. I wasn't sure I'd be able to leave this adventure. Maybe my girlfriend was right, and I am just running." And... it felt like he was really trying way too hard to force an "inspirational" and "personal growth" type of twist to the story.
The writing itself is not engaging. It reads something like, "Day 1, I hopped on my bike and crossed the border and then I did this and then I did that and somebody paid for my petrol and I asked a hundred people to stay the night and I couldn't believe how many people said no, and finally I met someone who was actually kind, and then Day 2, I hopped on my bike..." and it just repeats.
Had he really engaged with the people around him, and spent time serving them, and wrote in greater detail about their stories, it could have been a good read. At the end of the day, the book was all about how great he is (he mentions several instances where people give a banquet in his honor, a toast at a wedding in his honor, names an animal after him, etc. - I didn't see how these tidbits added anything to the story...), and I found it more awful than inspiring. I would not recommend that anyone else waste their time or money with this one.
I received this book free through Goodreads First Reads.… (meer)
Honestly? The whole experience was quite self-centered. He tries over and over to play it like he was doing this for others - he wanted to "give back" to the people who gave to him. But he didn't want them to know he would give back, because "you don't give to get" - yet he only gave after he "got," so that left me thinking, "Huh?," and he didn't give back to everyone, only a very select few. He hardly mentions any of these generous strangers in the book, even!
He spends most of the book talking about his yellow bike, and repeatedly would write something like, "I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go home. I wasn't sure I'd be able to leave this adventure. Maybe my girlfriend was right, and I am just running." And... it felt like he was really trying way too hard to force an "inspirational" and "personal growth" type of twist to the story.
The writing itself is not engaging. It reads something like, "Day 1, I hopped on my bike and crossed the border and then I did this and then I did that and somebody paid for my petrol and I asked a hundred people to stay the night and I couldn't believe how many people said no, and finally I met someone who was actually kind, and then Day 2, I hopped on my bike..." and it just repeats.
Had he really engaged with the people around him, and spent time serving them, and wrote in greater detail about their stories, it could have been a good read. At the end of the day, the book was all about how great he is (he mentions several instances where people give a banquet in his honor, a toast at a wedding in his honor, names an animal after him, etc. - I didn't see how these tidbits added anything to the story...), and I found it more awful than inspiring. I would not recommend that anyone else waste their time or money with this one.
I received this book free through Goodreads First Reads.… (meer)
I don’t watch TV so I didn’t know there was now a tv show about the authors journeys.
If there was ever a book needed for the messed up times we are living in, this book is perfect.
Impossible to read and not be affected.
If there was ever a book needed for the messed up times we are living in, this book is perfect.
Impossible to read and not be affected.
If you are in a rut and looking for a way out, you might want to follow the author example and travel as much as possible. New experiences, place, and people help the author redefine what he want to do and who he wanted to be. It was not an overnight decision and he did not quit and walk away from the boredom. Each chapter focuses on a general aspect or obstacles and includes a section at the end to review and reflect on the reader’s own personal situation. An index is provided.
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