Leveling Up

How to Master the Game of Life

By: Eric Siu

Narrated by: Eric Siu

Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

What happens when you approach the real world like a video game? You start winning - at life.

In this radical new perspective on achieving success, marketing leader and e-sports player Eric Siu outlines 15 personal power-ups that will help you unlock your passion and level up your life.

You’ll follow the same steps that Siu used to transform himself from academic and social failure to wildly successful marketing entrepreneur and podcaster - by applying his mindset as a competitive e-sports gamer to real-life situations. Siu didn’t stop playing video games; he just started gaming in his real life, setting himself quests, goals, and rewards at each level. Now, he’s passing the torch to you.

In Leveling Up, Siu challenges you to conquer the real world by accumulating 15 personal power-ups that will help you focus on your passion and develop it into a winning career. Every chapter brings insights and stories, advice from others who have succeeded, and a quest that you must undertake. Master all 15 levels, and you’ll even unlock a special bonus to help you build the life of your dreams.

Are you ready to test your might?

©2021 Eric Siu (P)2021 Eric Siu

Critic reviews

“I have known Eric Siu for over ten years and love his approach to the great game of business. Leveling Up’s message is simple and easy for anybody to understand.” (Neil Patel, cofounder of Neil Patel Digital and cohost of the Marketing School podcast)

“People of all ages, genders, races, ethnicities, and cultures are drawn to games because in many ways they represent relatable microcosms of real life. Eric Siu’s Leveling Up identifies those narratives and makes those connections more explicit, enabling gamers of all skill levels to see and exploit patterns, channel their own motivations and aspirations, and ultimately ‘play’ the game of life!” (Ari Segal, CEO of Immortals Gaming Club)

“Leveling Up is a playbook for all gamers to help them become the best versions of themselves and make a positive impact on the world.” (Howard Marks, founder of Activision and cofounder of StartEngine)

It's OK but not worth the money

It's a short book with mostly advice that has been told over and over by other books and podcast. The author mentions his podcast so often that it almost makes me think this book is to just gain followers. I think its worth a read but for the money you can find better out there.

Great book especially for young entrepreneurs starting out

I liked how Eric shared his humble times and looked at success as a game.

Everyone has the chance to win in life as long as you have the mindset to win + with some determination, consistency and perseverance.

Great book :)

I don't know...

I don't know - this felt a bit elementary... I think I grasped the author's concept better from some (much shorter) video on YouTube than by listening to this book. Not bad as a light intro into subject if you've never heard about the concept of life gamification, but it somehow didn't work as a "whole" for me personally... it's not a long book, but still it felt like it's much longer than it needs to be - possibly diluting valuable bits in a sea of meh.. I'd rather this book was in the free audible library, but spending a credit worth $15 on this book felt rather unsatisfactory.

Shallow

The first hour he says in one breathe that he doesn’t want to focus on himself, and in the next he constantly reminds you that he was a loner gamer with few friends, no girlfriend, blah blah blah. But once he learned to learn to level up he gets gf and makes money, rinse and repeat. I honestly felt like he was trying to reach a word count. Also advertises his podcast constantly. Very disappointed

It’s not worth it

Very little quality this is just another one of his marketing tactics to get you to listen to his podcast I respect him and his accomplishments but I was disappointed by this book