The Nerdist Way

How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

By: Chris Hardwick

Narrated by: Chris Hardwick

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

Nerds: Once a tormented subrace of humans... Now captains of industry! You don’t have to be a stereotypical geekwad to appreciate the tenets of Nerdism and to make your innate talents for overanalysis and hyper-self-awareness work for you instead of against you. Join Nerd superstar Chris Hardwick as he offers his fellow “creative-obsessives” the crucial information needed to come out on top in the current Nerd uprising.

Nerds subsist on the minutiae of their chosen passions. As a lifelong member of “The Nerd Herd,” as he calls it, Chris Hardwick has learned all there is to know about Nerds. He’s studied them, lived with them, and has endeavored to milk their knowledge nectar and isolate its curative powers for what ails you. Thus, he has founded a philosophical system (and blog) called The Nerdist, and here he shares his hard-earned wisdom about turning seeming weaknesses into world-dominating strengths. From keeping your heart rate below hummingbird levels to managing the avalanche of sadness that is your inbox, from ignoring your brain to attracting wealth by turning down work, Hardwick reveals the secrets that can help you accomplish what you want by tapping into your true nerdtastic self. The Nerdist Way shows how to focus your mind, body, and time into an unstoppable laser of goodness. Don’t wait for another social tragedy. Don’t resort to cheap “mass murder” tactics to exact your revenge on society. Success is the most satisfying - and legal - form of vengeance there is. And you can achieve it when you follow the Nerdist Way.

©2011 Chris Hardwick (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Great listen

Loved Chris Hardwicks insights on Comedy, Writing, Working out, organizing and building a better life even in the nerdist ways. Chris makes for a very enterttainting & engaging narrator. Will definitely listen to this one again.

BEST narration of a book I have heard, hands down.

I would say get the book version, BUT You must...you must listen to Chris as reads his book. It makes it like 100x better, and it is already good. Sure you kinda need to see all those important pictures and stuff (I'm pretty sure you can see them online), but Chris' voice is so awesome when its in his own voice (see what I did there?). Good book, Best reading of a book I have heard.

Very Nice

It was good. Chris Hardwick is a funny dude who wrote a self-help book with a bunch of Nerdy crap all up in it. If you like these things, you'll like this book.

Decent

My review is definitely affected by my preconceived notion that the whole book would be like chapters 20 through 24.

I wanted a book about how to be motivated and how to start a business. That seemed like a small fraction of what this book is about.

You don't need me to tell you who you are..

If you enjoy nerd culture, if you define yourself as smart, you know who you are; if you thought that self help books are for the feeble minded, this book will surprise you... the author strings together some interesting theories about life, the universe, and everything, ( OK.. it's more about the first and third one) You may find parts of it common sense, but there be gold here. Helped me, could help you. Oh, it also made me laugh.

Great book! Workout chapters DON'T transfer well.

If you could sum up The Nerdist Way in three words, what would they be?

Awesome, Informative, Surprising.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Nerdist Way?

I really enjoyed the ending chapters of the book. The hardest part of getting things done is getting out of your own way and STARTING. This really hit home for me, and was great to hear, knowing I am not the only person who struggles with this 'obstacle.'

Which character – as performed by Chris Hardwick – was your favorite?

.....himself ?

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The final chapters, as mentioned before, really hit home for me. It's good to know that someone who was so far down the wrong path was able to right himself and become such a success!

Any additional comments?

I was pretty disappointed with the chapters highlighting the workouts he recommends. This is not to say that the entire chapter/discussion/section on personal fitness is to be skipped, but the explanations of each exercise and the phrase "2 sets of 10 to 15 reps" will resonate with people who agree with me. This was in the book, and therefore should be in the audiobook, but I ended up skipping forward, as it began to be irritating.

SANITY MANUAL

keeps the reader engaged almost the entire time (the money part is a bit tough). extremely helpful and useful stuff; if most or all followed literally, can dramatically improve the reader's quality of life. a much-needed dash of perspective in an insane world, amusingly presented. great work.

So close to really good.

I was familiar with Chris Hardwick. I had held the opinion that he was an interloper into nerd culture. I mean, he hosted a dating show on MTV, he had to be a cool kid. But I found him to be very likeable and a bona fide nerd in his book. His story of purposely changing his life was very interesting and could have been embellished more if he had dared. The book bogs down in the middle and becomes a workout book. The training tips were the average stuff in Men's Health books and magazines, not really adding something new and the book would have been better suited with more anecdotes about Chris's personal experiences with exercise. That big portion of the book may be easier in a book form because you can just skip the instruction parts the get to the story, but it is a lot of boring in an audio book.
Not a bad listen if it is on discount because it feels like half an audio book.

Good message, too self-helpy

The complete story, is very good. Talking about overcoming his lazy and ignorant youth, changing into a smart business minded person is very interesting.

The parts of the book where he talks about his work out regimens though seem to go on for too long.

liked it

Overall this is a great self help book for people who hate self help books.