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I can't believe this has maintained a 5 star rating, because I honestly found it quite difficult to get through the whole thing. I'm glad I read it though, because it showed me the kind of person and entrepreneur I do NOT want to become. Kevin Johnson uses every page of this book to stroke his own overinflated ego, even saying at one point during his chapter on the necessity of being crazy that "maybe I am crazy - crazy rich, that is..." He talks about his soirees with Kanye West and President Obama and millionaire doctors on a private 18-hole golf course. This is all great and I understand that he's trying to show and illustrate what the entrepreneurial spirit can bring you, but for the love of god...the whole book was that kind of s***! One particular chapter stands out to me as exhibit A to prove my point: In his chapter on spending time with people smarter than yourself, he starts with "The average person is intimidated by smart people. I know firsthand..." You might expect him to immediately go on to say he's spent time with people who humbled him in some form or fashion, but no, the next sentence is "whenever people find out what I scored on an SAT exam, they are shocked. Some try to stump me on the spot with a complex riddle or math question. Others just look at me in disbelief or with gut-wrenching jealousy. I can sense their fear of being judged." So yeah, he was referring to HIMSELF as the one people are intimidated by. Throughout the book, he constantly compares himself to both Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. Quote: "As I watched my life play out on the big screen in the movie 'The Social Network,' I smiled, reminiscing about my college days when I, too, was an instant campus superstar like Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder of Facebook....Naturally, with my newfound fame came the groupies, the women who didn't necessarily have an interest in me as much as my ability to rub elbows with moguls like P. Diddy and Kanye West." I can't necessarily say I regret reading the book, because some of the 100 points are actually useful - but I would have preferred to read it in a blog format with merely the list of 100 points, the quotes he adds underneath each chapter heading and that's it. I could do without Kevin Johnson's comments on how great he is and how everyone should aspire to be just like him. I find it ironic that he includes a chapter on entrepreneurs being humble (i.e. Mark Zuckerberg living a normal life despite being a billionaire), because he needs a dose of his own medicine.