Originally Posted by
soberlicious 
I think too much focus on his often zealous views could certainly get one off track when starting out..
Geesh, soberlicious, until this thread I thought we agreed on almost everything!
In my case I would have preferred a little heads-up—the jolt of running into it unexpectedly in fact nearly led me to put the whole book down. Which would have been a big mistake given the valuable ideas in there; if that wasn't clear in my other posts, then I will correct that now:
I highly recommend the book.
In fact I highly recommend putting aside the many excuses to not try this, that, and the other thing. Because I absolutely agree those thoughts are being enthusiastically endorsed by AV.