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Starts promising, drifts into political dribble

Revisado: 05-14-24

At first I thought this book would be useful and instructive, practical and pertinent. About halfway through everything takes a sharp, left turn and never comes back into FOCUS. It’s clear why the author had to take a vacation away from social media - as referenced at the beginning of the book…he clearly has been thoroughly ideologically inculcated with the most vogue of contemporary hot topics. Don’t waste your credit on this one.

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Dang good storytelling, Even better advice and reflections

Revisado: 03-20-24

(Read title…dang good storytelling, even better advice and reflections) this is now the 15 word minimum - right? Come on now, I gotta move forward with my evening

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Excellent book - Didn’t need the commentary

Revisado: 06-24-23

The interjecting comments are aside from the point. BUT The book is filled with gold. Read it read it read it .

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An important book, a sobering read

Revisado: 02-15-23

Read this book with an open mind and a humble heart, especially those of you regularly worshipping at the temple of Science.

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Great Story, Great Lessons

Revisado: 01-16-23

I can’t say it’s quite what I was expecting - but, this easy to understand read unpacks the journey of the Villanova Wildcats men’s basketball team and staff to the National Championship. It’s lots of story and sprinklings of leadership lessons. What a privilege it would’ve been to play for this coach and for these teams.

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Illuminating, Informative, Entertaining, Empowering

Revisado: 12-14-22

Epstein does a nice job balancing groundbreaking science with insight and intrigue. He keeps the humanity center stage throughout rather than drifting too far into beakers and vials. Highly recommend

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How Not To Die from Avoidable Causes*

Revisado: 04-01-22

Eat your vegetables!
Hard to live life the same way whatsoever after listening to this riveting, enlightening, astounding book on how TO avoid every leading cause of death in the developed world. Wow, wow, wow. Now to get my parents to read it…

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Amazing, but please hire a voice professional to read

Revisado: 01-22-22

I have recommended this book to at least a dozen people. It is fantastic and James Clear’s way of teaching these highly useful concepts is effective, concise, and refined. Great book - truly.

However - Please hire the appropriate professionals to read the content. The book itself talks about knowing one’s strengths and gifts and skills and natural inclinations; and there are people who are gifted to make written text into gorgeous, engaging musical thought when spoken. To borrow from Mr Clear, you wouldn’t ask Michael Phelps to compete in the Olympics as a marathon runner and expect the same results.

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Great messages, Mr Holiday - hire a professional reader

Revisado: 01-10-22

I can only imagine how good this audiobook would be if it were read by a professional reader/voice professional instead of the author. I enjoy Mr Holiday’s podcasts and talks, but this is a whole other skill. The reading is not dynamic, it is flat - and that’s not some stoic virtue, it’s just not artful. So pay the right person to do it if you really really care about the content instead of the credit. The afterword as a whole makes me doubt whether the book is about Mr Holiday ultimately, but I appreciated what was said for the most part up to that point.

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Title Fits Perfectly

Revisado: 06-18-21

Much like Cowher himself, this book strikes at the emotional center of a life full of meaningful labor and relationships by taking the simple facts of what happened and piecing them together into a beautiful tapestry. It’s simple. It’s beautiful. Full of determination, deference, and surprisingly delicate handling of life’s devastating realities.

Narrator even sounds a little like Cowher, but not so much that non-Yinzers wouldn’t understand.
I highly recommend - Steelers, football, sports fan or not.

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