Burn The Boats

If you’re considering jumping into the world of business, this is an excellent book to get. Matt covers the reasons and the philosophy behind “burning the boats” when getting started. He also gives many examples of people who have done this with great success. Overcoming the obstacles in your mind is important when you “burn the boats.”

The premise of the book is to go all in and not have a backup plan to fall back on. It’s something that Matt explicitly warns against doing in the book. I agree with his viewpoint of why it shouldn’t be done. I do see why some wouldn’t want to take that approach.

Matt covers why most people fail at their ventures is because they never burn the boats and go all in. This was one of the biggest reasons he warned against having a backup plan, as many people will fall back to it the moment they come up against any type of adversity. There’s a lot of actionable content in the book that would be good for someone who is willing to go with an “all in” approach.