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Bad Production

Revisado: 06-10-21

Unlistenable. Bad audio recording. So much background noise and hum, can’t do it. Sorry this is it a commentary on the content, couldn’t get that far.

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Just Fine: It's a Wonderful Life, Quantom Edition

Revisado: 11-22-19

Saw the strong reviews, was excited to read. I didn't love it. Wouldn't recommend it. Performance was excellent, story was exhausting. It was written well, just not for me. Payoff disproportionate to the effort of listening. I couldn't wait for it to be over.

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Great Devotional Guide

Revisado: 02-14-19

This book is a great devotional guide. Very short chapters with very big ideas that will take you 40 days to complete.

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Excellent narration, predictable and cliche action

Revisado: 08-02-18

the book is fine. The narrator did an excellent job. It was full of action from page to page but I found it to be extremely derivative and predictable. people love this series, I struggle to finish this book at all.

it was not my cup of tea but you may love it. I think the preview is enough to know whether or not you will like this book.

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Love it!

Revisado: 11-07-16

This is a great group of authors who have put together a fun and interesting look at children's ministry.

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Great Primer

Revisado: 09-08-16

Very simple and applicable guide. It's a great place to start for beginners or those who are curious about investing.

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overwhelming exposition

Revisado: 04-13-16

I have a lot of respect for this author and all of the hard work that he put into this book. However I cannot recommend it. I was overwhelmed with how much exposition was in this book. It included example after example after example and contained fewer "takeaways" than what I was hoping for.

excellent work. less than compelling read. just not for me.

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Sub Par

Revisado: 07-19-15

This is a book about a fascinating guy told in a mediocre way. There is to much of the author in the book and not enough of the subject. I expected more.

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Solid Gladwell

Revisado: 05-21-12

What separates star athletes, scientists and entrepreneurs from the rest of us? What sort of stuff are self made millionaires made of? Malcolm Gladwell tackles the stereotype of the independently successful in his book Outliers. From rags to riches, or riches to rags, each of us are profoundly influenced by our environment. Gladwell argues that there is no such thing as the self made man and that your future is more inherited than earned. His focus is on environmental factors such as date of birth, geography and family heritage. Want to know the best month to be born to become a famous NHL hockey player? What about the right year to become a technology mogul? Gladwell highlights a series of markers that will exert the greatest amount of influence over ones future successes or failures.

This book is well written and flew by. I thoroughly enjoyed Gladwell's The Tipping Point but had more recently been disappointed by his more recent work titled Blink. All of the incite and intrigue that made up the former work are found in Outliers. The arguments are interesting and not too drawn out. Each chapter moves the argument forward and is seasoned with interesting and colorful characters.

I would recommend reading this book. I was left thinking about my own story and the people who have influenced me over the years. Gladwell shares some thoughts towards improving the future of others by adapting new cultural standards. Some of these suggestions are impractical but are to the point: society plays a significant role in the future of others. How can we position ourselves as a gift to others? Are we willing to see the gifts in our own lives? I think that reading Outliers can help us see tell our own stories with more clarity and modesty.

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Just fine...

Revisado: 03-05-12

Took an interesting essay and turned it into a book. It is not bad... just fine.

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