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You Will Not Recognize Your Life
- By: Micaela Blei
- Narrated by: Micaela Blei
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,326
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,319
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,319
It’s 2006. After a string of rejections from men who tell her they could never, ever, ever see her “that way,” awkward third-grade teacher Micaela Blei signs up for a mysterious course called “The Divine Feminine,” and feels like she might have found the key to the perfect life. Turns out if you’re an A student, you can get an A in anything–including men. Pretty soon she’s learning to "conjure" her desires with vision boards, flirtations, and even a daring jumbotron viewing party for her, ahem ... "divine center."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Humor, Humanity, and the Heart of Self-Love
- By David on 12-12-24
- You Will Not Recognize Your Life
- By: Micaela Blei
- Narrated by: Micaela Blei
Almost finished with my second listen-through
Reviewed: 12-22-24
This is one of the funniest and most insightful books I've ever enjoyed. The story is great, the performance is great, and I'm still wondering how she makes it sound so conversational without a second person 🤔
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Building a Second Brain
- A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
- By: Tiago Forte
- Narrated by: André Santana, Tiago Forte
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 820
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 658
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 646
For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress of believing we’ll never know or remember enough. Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Huge over promise
- By MARCELO F. on 03-15-23
- Building a Second Brain
- A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
- By: Tiago Forte
- Narrated by: André Santana, Tiago Forte
Great intro to lifelong PKM
Reviewed: 06-22-22
I had a head start on this but I think it's an amazing resource for anyone who wants to organize notes beyond a single project, to get compounding gains over time.
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The Scout Mindset
- Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
- By: Julia Galef
- Narrated by: Julia Galef
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 909
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 899
When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe - and shoot down those we don't.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Excellent Book,
- By E&J on 04-16-21
- The Scout Mindset
- Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
- By: Julia Galef
- Narrated by: Julia Galef
Looking forward to listening again!
Reviewed: 05-31-21
Julia did an amazing job with writing and then reading this book. My next book? This one again!
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For the Love of Men
- From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity
- By: Liz Plank
- Narrated by: Liz Plank
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 536
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 532
A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For the Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is a game changer
- By tara on 10-26-19
- For the Love of Men
- From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity
- By: Liz Plank
- Narrated by: Liz Plank
Perfect other than the Deepok Chopra citation
Reviewed: 09-15-19
I haven't finished the book yet, but decided to rate it once she cited Deepok Chopra. Overall, the book is excellent, but that Chopra quote is a blemish on something which is otherwise near perfect.
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The Misfit Economy
- Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters, and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
- By: Alexa Clay, Kyra Maya Phillips
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 51
Who are the greatest innovators in the world? You're probably thinking Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford - the usual suspects.
This book isn't about them. It's about people who are just as innovative, entrepreneurial, and visionary as the Jobses, Edisons, and Fords of the world, except they're not in Silicon Valley. They're in the street markets of Sao Paulo and Guangzhou, and the rubbish dumps of Lagos. They are pirates, slum dwellers, computer hackers, dissidents, and inner city gang members.
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2 out of 5 stars
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wide, but not deep
- By Andy on 07-02-15
- The Misfit Economy
- Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters, and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
- By: Alexa Clay, Kyra Maya Phillips
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Couldn't finish it
Reviewed: 03-29-17
The romantization of crime and pseudoscience was painful. I gave it over about hour to get reasonable, but then I was stuck with it on the train until I got back on WiFi. There wasn't really anything useful, just random anecdotes of low quality. I thought parts of Trevor Noah's Born a Crime addressed this book's topic better than this did.
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The Addictive Brain
- By: Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thad A. Polk
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,925
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,425
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,390
The Addictive Brain is a fair and balanced investigation of addiction, backed by hard science and behavioral science. Most of us have probably seen the old antidrug commercial in which an actor compares your brain on drugs to an egg sizzling in a hot frying pan. That's a powerful image, but it doesn't tell us what actually happens when drugs enter your body and interact with neurochemical processes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent.
- By marilyn popko on 03-16-15
- The Addictive Brain
- By: Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thad A. Polk
Not impressed
Reviewed: 09-12-16
It felt like more of an amateur YouTube video than something I expected from Audible. The teacher really emphasizing "design" rather than evolution also made me feel like he had some kind of religious agenda.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,371
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,361
"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book; didn't love the reading
- By Lily on 11-02-08
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Disappointingly anti-science
Reviewed: 08-19-16
It felt more subjective until the moonlight calories nonsense, but generally the author misunderstands/misrepresents science throughout the book.
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