The nerdist way how to reach the next level pdf

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A seasoned author, comedian, and entrepreneur, Sir John Hargrave once suffered from unhealthy addictions, anxiety, and poor mental health. Though usually it is because us nerds totally love to wear our favorite shit on our T-shirts. So, his understanding and definition of what it is to be Nerd actually allows for this book to be a self-help guide that we will understand and actually not hate!

There is no "think positive thoughts and positive stuff will happen to you" crap. This is all just practical, common sense, realistic advice that I'm thankful that someone wrote it down on a piece of paper, folded it up into a paper airplane, and then piloted it right into my brain.

Because it makes perfect sense I really liked the methods he suggests for figuring out one's goals and then figuring out whether you're meeting them or not: XP points. And I love how he assures the reader, over and over and over, that it's OK to fail.

That even failure can be a success, because you've tried, and that is more than doing nothing. I appreciated how he stressed that even doing a little bit toward your goal is good, and that one doesn't have to get a perfect score in life or at anything to be successful at it.

I am not even being facetious here. I am glad that he did this, because it was like he spoke right the fuck to me. I do this - I talk myself out of doing things that I know are good for me. I procrastinate. I wait for "special start times" to get back on track, or start new projects. I do all of this shit, and it annoys me, but I still do it because I had not yet been slapped upside the head with this audiobook airplane of common fucking sense.

I know I mixed my metaphors there. It's on the list. If I had one criticism about the book, it would be that some of the humor felt a little bit forced. I think this could have something to do with the reading, which was akin to an excited puppy jumping all over your shit. It was a bit manic and yell-y It was just some of the things that felt like Hardwick was just trying a bit too hard to make funny. I think most of it is trite garbage that sounds just good enough to start a trend and get people to shell out money for.

This book is not of that kind. Yes, it is self-help which I actually didn't realize when I got it - I thought it was just a clever comedian humorous title , but I never felt like it was condescending to me, the feckless mortal who hasn't yet figured shit out and has to hope some stranger will come and show them the way. This is just entertaining and intelligent, and spoke to me without talking down to me.

Highly recommended! View all 14 comments. Aug 12, Claire rated it it was ok Shelves: reference-how-to , nonfiction , auto-biography. I would have given this a three if he'd left out his handful of sexist jokes which popped up like periodic road blocks saying, "Why are you giving this book your time?! I believe he was sincere when he wrote that he wants to help people feel better with his book.

Why the Hmm. Why then include some sexist jokes? They feel like the jokes male comedians still feel compelled to tell if only to bond with each other. Or as a way to bond with other men in general. The various dick and balls jokes would fall in this realm too. It would be easy to say I'm overreacting, but I bring it up because it made me feel that this book was aimed at male nerds rather than all nerds. Also the sexist jokes, and let me stress here that there were only about , were nonetheless off-putting and did not make me feel better.

I leave that to Chris Hardwick to consider. Intentional or unintentional sexism aside, there's quite a bit of value to the book. It's broken into three sections: Mind, Body, and Time. In them, Hardwick relays stories from his journey and shares his nerd-style approaches to changing from drifting, drunk chubster to successful, sober fit guy.

I wasn't familiar with his past, so I found a lot of these back stories really interesting. He talks about aimlessness, panic attacks, and drinking among other things. His book is peppered with tasks to help the reader put his suggestions into action. I really enjoyed his interview with Trainer Tom in the Body section. There are even workouts with diagrams. They are actually described quite well. My favorite thing from the book is, "Oh, lizard almonds!

Won't you EVER learn?! Now, back to the cave with you, or I'll make you stare at yawning kitty videos for a half hour! It's in the Mind section which I found most useful with its tips to trick your brain into productivity and out of anger, anxiety, and the like. For me, this book is very much a take what's useful and ditch the rest affair.

What's useful will vary from nerd to nerd, but may make this book worth a look. View all 8 comments. Jul 24, Mender rated it did not like it.

Oh my god, I am so glad this is over. People writing self-help books would probably benefit from being gentle, coaxing, humble, honest and persuasive. Hardwick is overconfident, arrogant, annoying, profane and his advice is useless.

I was embarrassed to be listening to this in the car with somebody else, because it was bad. Two different passengers, two identical observations: "This guy is a jackass". The first section is the most useful of the three, offering a suggestion to base your g Audiobook.

The first section is the most useful of the three, offering a suggestion to base your goals on a computer game system of leveling up; this is possibly good advice. Then he went off track talking about his panic attacks, very specific advice that he assumes is universal, he's wrong but I didn't begrudge it of him. After that was a section on Body. This is where it went downhill. He honest to god, not even kidding you, lists off machines at the gym one by one and how to use them.

There is no world where this is an appropriate space to present that information. It is advice that you can only use if you are at that present second at a gym, and they happen to have identical machines. This goes on in tedious, useless detail for the better part of an hour. I can find that specific advice, better presented, in any book on fitness. Which is what I would have checked out if I was interested in it. I get why he did it - it is filler.

He had no useful insights to offer himself, so he puts in pages of crap that is overly specific because it's easy stuff to know. You can look it up anywhere, it's precise, it's easy to repeat. But for fucks sake, I was actually forced to skip sections of the damn audiobook because he's a broken bloody record.

Pathetic waste of my time, lost me completely as a listener. Then he moves back to a section on time usage, which again actually has a voice rather than just being lists of crap. But it's his voice, and his advice does not link back up to the advice in the first section. There is no continuity. It is just his stupid stream of conscious vacuous crap with not the slightest attempts made at editing or relevancy.

Infuriatingly bad. View 1 comment. Sep 19, Darth J rated it it was amazing Shelves: would-recommend , non-fiction , humor.

The first thing you should know about Chris Hardwick if you are unfamiliar is that he is like the preacher of the geek god pantheon - because every Whedon, Lucas, and Abrams out there needs someone spreading the good word.

Anyway, if you've never heard of Hardwick or his semi-pornish name then you probably aren't a nerd to begin with and you need to reexamine your life and what you are doing on a website devoted to reading. On to the book, it's actually pretty damn good. The advice is solid and The first thing you should know about Chris Hardwick if you are unfamiliar is that he is like the preacher of the geek god pantheon - because every Whedon, Lucas, and Abrams out there needs someone spreading the good word.

The advice is solid and more relatable than most self-improvement books. One of the things that really stood out is the author's voice is just as strong as Yoda says the Force is with Luke [ please tell me you got that ]. Hardwick's funny, smart, self-depricating personality really shines through here as he presents a different paradigm of being able to reach your goals and getting the most out of life. View 2 comments. Sep 25, Carrie rated it did not like it Shelves: who-picked-that-title , reading-challenge.

With nerd in the title, it's hard to believe I was not in at least one of the target audiences for this book. Sadly, I was not. While all of us could improve and learn more about these topics, this book is written at a basic level for someone just starting out in life.

This was surprising, as the subtitle of this book is 'how to reach the next level'. A better title would have been along the lines of 'how to start the game'. Perhaps more disturbing, the author made many generalizations about nerds that were more reminiscent of cheesy 80's movies, than the robust and diverse population that nerdom comprises currently.

While sadly some people may still inaccurately default to the stereotype overweight male, socially awkward, clinically depressed, under employed, living in his parents basement gaming for half the day, it was sad that the author--founder of the Nerdist podcast-- did this. Nerds come in all shapes, sizes, walks of life and even gender! I applaud the author for personal authenticity and using many examples from his own life to discuss the topics in the book.

I liked how he carried the gaming analogies through the book and the genre references. However as a proud nerd, who also happens to be a young professional woman with many interests including fitness! Nov 15, Eric rated it really liked it. Well, fair point, but consider this.

Now are you curious to hear how he turned his life around? He can beat all his video games. He can fix your computer. He has every action figure known to man. Hardwick wondered why a lot of these qualities lead to self-sabotage. Over-thinking leads to beating yourself up by replaying past mistakes over and over in your head.

Anxiety can lead to panic attacks, which lead to increased anxiety, which lead to—you guessed it—more panic attacks. And well, the consequences of less than stellar health are pretty obvious. So Hardwick wondered what if you could take these nerdy qualities of intense focus, obsessiveness, and intelligence and use them for self-improvement?

The Nerdist Way is a list of tips and techniques to help nerds become nerdists. The book is broken down into three areas: getting your mind right, getting your body right, and improving your productivity.

The first part discusses ways to decrease anxiety and prevent panic attacks before they get going. He also lists ways to turn your mind outward so you can focus on your creative goals instead of beating yourself up. The second part is a run-down of his health regimen. Hardwick includes his own before and after photos so you can see the effectiveness. The third part contains tips for getting your house in order financially and getting organized. The organization tips are simple, and effective as well.

The three parts may not hang together perfectly, but if you are able to incorporate even a few of them into your life, you will be better off for it. As Hardwick concludes his book, you will be ready to go out, try new things, face your fears, and become the nerdist you were always meant to be. So I was predisposed to like the book.

But the more I read it, the more I saw myself in it. Yes, I suffer from panic attacks. Yes, I mentally beat myself up all the time. And yes, while in graduate and law school, I put on a ton of weight I am only now shedding, years later.

I was able to calm myself when I felt a panic attack coming on. Jul 02, Alice rated it it was ok. While I consider myself a fan of things Nerdist, I found this book a chore to read and ultimately threw in the towel with about 20 pages left. I don't ever read those. This one seemed better than most in that it didn't use a lot of new-agey mumbo-jumbo to 'help' the reader. Not being such a person, I found entire sections of the book unhelpful and uninteresting.

There are many great resources out there for fitness, and this book would be better served to focus on some of the other areas. Some of the fitness advice he offers actually contradicts some of those other resources, so I don't know how much stock can put in what he has to say here. He comes off as arrogant on occasion, and he quite often seems to go into this weird manic mode of trying WAY to hard to cram as many 'nerd' references as possible into a conversation and get as many laughs as humanly possible.

He doesn't really do this in his stand-up, which I find funny. But in other formats it happens a lot. That same tone seems present here and so I found it a bit off-putting. In the end, if I felt the need to recommend a self-help book to a friend I wouldn't , it probably wouldn't be this one. If I wanted to introduce someone to Hardwick or Nerdist, it wouldn't be with this book. Dec 05, Jonathan Wilson rated it really liked it. Like it when the author narrates their own book. Jan 23, Jaime rated it really liked it Shelves: read , self-help.

I lived in a shitty apartment near UCLA … my place was always a mess, I had ruined my credit, and I had no real work prospects. I had become a thing I had always feared—the fat, drunk guy who used to be on television. Now he has multiple projects on the go, including a successful and extremely entertaining podcast, a new podcast network, and several TV gigs.

Basically, he was able to harness his innate nature his nerdiness, so to speak and use it to his advantage. In general, he is advocating identifying your goals and developing a way to track your progress in a visible way. He also talks a lot about how to deal with the generally obsessive "nerdist" brain, something which I could relate to. In the final section, he talks a lot about his diet and fitness, even providing a starter fitness plan that is modeled after what he has done with his trainer.

The tone of the book is funny and descriptive, even during the more serious parts. However, there is one big ding against it. Hardwick spends a fair amount of time on the development of a "character tome" that is the heart of his goal-tracking technique.

He sends readers to a web site for sample templates, but that website is not functional. Nov 21, Andie rated it it was ok. I've been obsessively listening to the Nerdist podcast for a couple of months now, and have loved the great discussions of craft writing, acting, standup that have happened with various guests inbetween the Doctor Who obsessiveness.

So when I saw that Chris Hardwick had a book out, I picked it up without knowing it was a self-help book. As a self-help book, it has a lot of quality advice, but it lacks the charm and spontaneity that I find so attractive in the Nerdist Podcast. Compared to liste I've been obsessively listening to the Nerdist podcast for a couple of months now, and have loved the great discussions of craft writing, acting, standup that have happened with various guests inbetween the Doctor Who obsessiveness.

Compared to listening to Chris have a discussion of writing with Neil Gaiman or spiritually with Rainn Wilson on the podcast, the book felt formulaic. Though to be honest, I don't know if I would have picked it up if I knew it was a self-help book.

Jan 12, Mike McDevitt rated it it was amazing. I didn't think it was possible.