Mr. T
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The Power of a Positive No
- How to Say No and Still Get to Yes
- By: William Ury
- Narrated by: William Ury
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to say no: to people at work, at home, and in our communities; because no is the word we must use to protect ourselves and to stand up for everything and everyone that matters to us. This indispensable audiobook will give you a simple three-step method for saying a Positive No.
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Truly applicable
- By Gryphon on 04-19-07
- The Power of a Positive No
- How to Say No and Still Get to Yes
- By: William Ury
- Narrated by: William Ury
Engaging and well written.
Reviewed: 01-06-20
In times of bipolar approaches to almost everything (good-bad, left-right, etc), this book brings a great way to find constructive alternatives for conflicting decisions. Having the former Brazilian president "Lula" as a good example was a great mistake. The man just left the jail and wait for further investigations on bribery and corruption. He is known in Brazil for his manipulative populist rhetoric.
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The Lucifer Principle
- A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
- By: Howard Bloom
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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The Lucifer Priciple is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. Though this argument is not a new one - it has been brought forth by such great historical figures as St. Paul, Thomas Hobbes, and Raymond Dart - Howard Bloom here takes fresh data from a variety of sources and shapes it into a lens through which listeners can reinterpret the human experience.
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A frightfully learned man
- By Tim Sharp on 01-19-19
- The Lucifer Principle
- A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
- By: Howard Bloom
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
A patchwork of ideas that didn't took me anywhere
Reviewed: 09-23-19
Some arguments are perfectly sound but I didn't understood where I was at the end of my intelectual journey.
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Raise Your Game
- High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best
- By: Alan Stein, Jon Sternfeld, Jay Bilas - foreword
- Narrated by: Alan Stein
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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High achievers are at the top of their game because of the discipline they have during the unseen hours. They have made a commitment to establish, tweak, and repeat positive habits in everything they do. Raise Your Game examines the top leaders in sports and business and proves that success is a result of the little things we do all the time.
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Your Audience Prob Sits at a Desk
- By Jameson on 05-28-19
- Raise Your Game
- High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best
- By: Alan Stein, Jon Sternfeld, Jay Bilas - foreword
- Narrated by: Alan Stein
High density of usable insights .
Reviewed: 06-09-19
You can notice that the writer knows about what he is talking. The book is dense in usable insights extrapolated from professional sports. The philosophy of "hard working" comes out as the only way to go
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Digital Minimalism
- Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Cal Newport
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the best-selling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives.
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Disappointing
- By Aaron on 04-15-19
- Digital Minimalism
- Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Cal Newport
A wake up call on social media dependence
Reviewed: 04-03-19
The book serves as a kind warning about the question of " who is using who" in social media.
I bought the printed version as a gift to my teenager son.
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Uncommon People
- The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
- By: David Hepworth
- Narrated by: David Hepworth
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had. What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn't stay the course.
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one of the best written books I ever had
- By Mr. T on 12-07-18
- Uncommon People
- The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
- By: David Hepworth
- Narrated by: David Hepworth
one of the best written books I ever had
Reviewed: 12-07-18
the author knows (a lot) about the subject and he knows (a lot) about how to put it into words.
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You Are Not So Smart
- Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
- By: David McRaney
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK - delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. Based on the popular blog of the same name, You Are Not So Smart collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves everyday.
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Covers a lot of old territory
- By Sarah Dumoulin on 07-19-12
- You Are Not So Smart
- Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
- By: David McRaney
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
Why I make some decisions...
Reviewed: 07-18-18
Interesting book about tricks our brain play with us. The author uses solid arguments and plenty if exsmples
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Essentialism
- The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- By: Greg McKeown
- Narrated by: Greg McKeown
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.
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Paring Down...
- By Molly Helm on 06-08-14
- Essentialism
- The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- By: Greg McKeown
- Narrated by: Greg McKeown
Great book,valuable insight, direct to the point.
Reviewed: 05-08-18
The author goes direct to the point and explore how seek we are by trying to be God (be everywere, do everything, have all things under control). He show us a way to find peace of mind by keeping focus on those things that realy matter.
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The Politically Incorrect Success System
- By: Larry Winget
- Narrated by: Larry Winget
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The cancer of "political correctness" has not only helped to form a society of insincere, oversensitive, and underachieving people - it has deprived individuals of the joy of living authentically and boldly, the life the late Henry David Thoreau called people to live when he implored us to move "confidently in the direction of our own dreams". Well, living authentically and boldly has never been a problem for Larry Winget. Known as the Pitbull of Personal Development®, Larry is not afraid to tell it like it is about what it takes to be successful.
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Shame on Larry
- By Kit.... on 08-15-15
- The Politically Incorrect Success System
- By: Larry Winget
- Narrated by: Larry Winget
Great reading. Message brought direct to the point
Reviewed: 01-23-18
You may love or you may hate it ..... but it is impossible to be indifferent. I love it!
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Scrum
- The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
- By: Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland
- Narrated by: J.J. Sutherland
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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By the man who helped invent the red-hot management process known as "Scrum", Scrum unveils what is wrong with the way we currently do work, and how a simple set of principles, applied in exactly the right sequence, can accelerate productivity and quality as much as 1,200 percent.
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Great book but...
- By punkmasta on 08-31-15
- Scrum
- The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
- By: Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland
- Narrated by: J.J. Sutherland
Just a Kanban in disguise
Reviewed: 11-09-17
The book is nteresting, but author thinks he is the one who invented everithing. Most of the book is based on old Toyota principles like Kanban or Muda.
The book could be 1/2 short. The author pass the idea that only his theory is worth following and all the rest is just a waisted of time.
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Real Food, Fake Food
- Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It
- By: Larry Olmsted
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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You've seen the headlines: Parmesan cheese made from sawdust. Lobster rolls containing no lobster at all. Extra-virgin olive oil that isn't. Fake foods are in our supermarkets, our restaurants, and our kitchen cabinets. Award-winning food journalist and travel writer Larry Olmsted exposes this pervasive and dangerous fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting Americans.
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Disappointed in how few foods were covered.
- By Perry Gallagher on 01-13-17
- Real Food, Fake Food
- Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It
- By: Larry Olmsted
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
great book but quite repetitive
Reviewed: 09-14-17
Relevant, the book explores the relationship between what we eat and what we think we are eating. It is easy to understand (by reading the book) how foo we sometimes are.
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