| Title | : | The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 |
| Publication | : | First published October 13, 2020 |
From Gucci: “I live by the principles in this book. I wanted to write this book to give you a tool set. This book should touch people who are going through something. It’s not going to be easy. But study these words, and put them into action. I want this book to keep you motivated. I want you to keep coming back to it for guidance and inspiration. You can put it on your shelf and keep going to The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness. This book is a challenge. Don’t underestimate yourself. Don’t think that what you’re saying is not important. Don’t think you can’t achieve the impossible. Everyone needs some game, so here it is. The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness is for the world. Enjoy.”
In this inspiring follow up to his iconic memoir, Gucci Mane gifts us with his playbook for living your best life. Packed with stunning photographs, The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness distills the legend’s timeless wisdom into a one-of-a-kind motivational guidebook. Gucci Mane emerged transformed after a turbulent life of violence, crime, and addiction to become a dazzling embodiment of the power of positivity, focus, and hard-work. Using examples from his life of unparalleled success, Gucci Mane looks inward and upward to offer his blueprint for greatness. A must read for anyone with big ambitions and bigger dreams.
The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness Reviews
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3 stars if it wasn't Gucci Mane.
This is the most blunt and predictable self-help book I've ever read.
But it's Gucci Mane.
I'm probably gonna be motivated for about a week because of this book, so that's nice.
Thanks, Gucci Mane.
All hail Gucci Mane.
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I went into reading The 𝐆𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 with great optimism. I was hoping his sophomore release would be as good as his first book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐞. I had recently listened to Gucci’s autobiography and I liked it a lot. So when he dropped this book, I figured this one may be just as good as the first. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case.
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I read this book in less than twenty-four hours last week while on a short sabbatical at the Ocean Casino Resort. I gave it my undivided attention. But this book just didn’t do it for me. And as a result I can only give it 2⭐️s and here’s why....
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* There wasn’t anything in this book I haven’t read before. It’s all typical information I’ve read in countless other motivational books and YouTube videos.
* Gucci’s delivery was too preachy for my liking. He sounded a little condescending, like he was talking down to me. As if he was sitting on a pedestal without any flaws. He bragged about his fitness journey like he never weighed close to 300lbs. He talks about drug use like he didn’t once have a thousand dollar a day lean addiction. I understand his intention is to motivate his readers. However, I didn’t find his message inspiring at all. Which leads me to my next reason for a 2⭐️ review.
* While Gucci’s autobiography was informative, this book was a little braggadocio. Can anyone say...uhhh arrogant!
* I found the book more fitting for teenagers. It may be good for those that are just beginning to learn the ropes in life.
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Now that I have shared what I found displeasing about the book, here are some things that I did like...
* The book is filled page after page of beautiful pictures of Gucci Mane. I would say about 50% of 247 pages in the book are pictures,and this is why it was such a quick read.
* I love the gold book cover.
* The quality of the paper is great.
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Gucci admits in this book that he plans to write many more books because this is an income stream for him. I don’t think I’ll read anymore of his books. In my opinion, we may have already gotten the best of Gucci in his first book. -
Quick predictable read, but good motivation.
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This man turned on speech-to-text and spoke into his phone for 4 hours to create this book, and listen, I liked it lmao. Is it for everyone? No. Should you go into this book with high expectations? No, but it was good for what it was: a little chat with Gucci Mane.
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I’m not sure what I was expecting but this was not for me. It was a shallow, pull yourself up by your bootstraps self-help book. I hope the message is received by those that need to hear it, but this book was not cutting it for me. A few redeeming points that were driven home: (1) take care of your body and your mind first and foremost; (2) surround yourself with people that further your purpose and goals (and quit hanging on to those that are toxic to you; (3) his devotion to his wife and respect of women was the best part. This book stands for, regardless of your race/gender/traumas, I made it so you can too and if you can dream it you can do it bigger and better. Just seemed very unrealistic to me. I respect the guy and know he has worked hard not only for his career, but for his health. Perhaps more reflection would have helped.
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The book was a semi-autobiography mixed with principles Gucci Mane lives by.
I found the book pretty basic. It wasn’t any information to ponder on. It was like listening through your “motivational video” on YouTube.
Some of the tips were good but I would’ve liked the book more if Gucci Mane expanded on them.
key takeaways: stay on your grind, don’t give yourself any excuses, take care of your health, stay ambitious -
I enjoyed the book!
A lot of self help books seem to be about perspective.
Some advice that was given I would do, and some I would not.
I do like how the authors worked together to make the book an experience.
There were lots of photos of Gucci through various times of his life, that i'd never seen. There were stories I had never heard. Above all there were things I could walk away from the book and put to use into my own life.
It was a fun, easy read. -
I loved Gucci’s first book but wasn’t a big fan of this one. Gucci gave the standard “You can do it…” then in the next sentence it felt like he was saying - “That’s if you really want to but you probably won’t do it anyway.” I’m paraphrasing but that’s how it came across in the book.
It’s not the worse book I have read by far, but I felt this book was surface level writing - no real connection.
I would recommend this book to diehard Gucci fans, but overall there’s nothing new to see here. -
In the beginning I found it hard to get into Gucci Manes style of writing. The man wrote basically the same way he talked! But towards the middle of the book it started to grow on me and I found his motivation toward work ethic and marriage to be the best part of the book!!
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Read it because a friend said they loved it ... pretty repetitive and simple but definitely positive. “You either practice quitting or you practice winning.”
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GUCCI IS KING
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This is one of those chew the meat & spit out the bones/if it don’t apply, let it fly kind of books. Everything is not going to apply to you or inspire you but there are some good tidbits in there.
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Really a 1
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Finished Gucci Manes second book and I’ve also read the first. Great self talk book. This first book is a story and maps out his journey with everything from his past to his future.
This book talks on self reflection and most of the things Gucci mentions, we’ve already spoken to ourselves about some where in our lives, the book is just a reminder to help remember those things. As well as helping us touch upon self talk again, it is written by a successful individual and real life journey so it’s a good source to be listening too.. Read this book to get back into the swing of things or just to balance yourself out and continue your own journey!!
I personally missed out the last chapter when he talks about his female partner. Reason being, I don’t have a partner anymore, I’m alone in that sense and didnt feel like reading it so I skipped it to be honest.. the heart eh?
Overall a good book to touch base.
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With most self help books, most of the “help” given is very similar throughout the books. Gucci Mane does a good job of sprinkling his own set of knowledge and experiences to the book. Some of the information was a little redundant and I would’ve liked more of his experiences to read about. Maybe he’ll give those stories to us in another book. The pictures in the book are fantastic. It was cool to see the Gucci through the years and the transformation that he’s done with his body and life.
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I wish these books affected me, but they don’t. Feels like the title of the chapter is all you needed.
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“Poets are the unrecognized legislators of the universe” - Percy Shelley’s words ring true and came to mind as I meditated on the wisdom of Gucci Mane. Irony, as well as stark contradictions, came up fairly often, yet he made them work together like no other author. Do not let the two stars fool you, this should be on every readers short list.
One of the most irrefutable pieces of advice he gave was that if you are in need of more money, throw one party every month and make $8000/party. If you keep this up over a year you will make $96,000. It’s hard to argue with stats like that! You can trust Gucci mane bc he tells you himself that he is mature and smart. It was also one of those audiobooks where the author reads which made it even better. If you ever read this pls share your thoughts. $) -
It's like reading your homeboy give you advice about the mantras he followed to get out of the trenches.
Just get up and do it. Compartmentalize your mind and organize your time. Believe in yourself and protect yourself from bad energy.
Gucci Mane is a mature 40 year old now. His body is his temple so he does everything to keep his mind and body healthy. That also means not giving his energy into negativity. Move in silence and live by the proverbs of life because they are true.
Kobe Bryant motivated him to write this book. Keisha, his wife, is his rock. -
This book was out of the norm for me, but I’m a big fan of Gucci Mane. I enjoyed the fact that the words came from him and not a ghost writer, it gives it that Gucci flare. A lot of the underlying messages were predictable and fairly on par with other motivational books. I do admire him for mentioning his wife, especially in such a flattering manner! I recommend this solely for the pictures, they were a nice touch.
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I enjoyed this book it was short and got right to the point. It discusses the principles that Gucci Mane believes lead to greatness. I recently just finished reading his autobiography so for me this books tie in well with his first book. Towards the end, I do feel there were a few principles that could have been expanded on. Overall still a great book!
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fire
gucci mane dispenses words of wisdom
f with the hood talk and watching out for yourself
and surrounding yourself with good people. paying attention. being aware.
love your lady. be determined. make the right decisions. little decisions add up.
relax but always be hustlin. work ethic is everything
overall would rate this 10/10 out of 5 -
East Atlanta traphouse kingpin meets self-help literature. Consistently 3-5 pages of an ex-convict trapgod’s life advice on how to make money followed by pictures of him posing with jewellery and Bentleys. 10/10 would recommend.
Edit: We all know he’s cloned.
