Corey

Full of insights, examples, exercises.

Revisado: 01-25-21

The title of my review says it all ... but reviews require at least 15 words.

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Excuse for a book

Revisado: 06-11-19

This is not a book about asking better questions.

Admittedly I did not listen to the entire book and I have never listened to (or read) a Maxwell book. This book was worthless. "I ask a lot of questions .... Let me read you quotes from other famous people who had interesting things to say about asking questions .... One time my dad ask me what I wanted to do with my life, and it made me who I am today .... A couple of friends ask me to go into business with them, and I am so happy I said yes."

I hope his other books have actual substance, but this book was pablum, disguised as wisdom.

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Very Enjoyable

Revisado: 04-16-17

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I had seen the movie and liked it. I now see that the movie followed book as well as any movie ever does. The book is better.

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Maybe the Best Yet

Revisado: 11-03-16

Where does The Purloined Poodle rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Of the books in the series, this is one of the best. I would even say I enjoyed more than all the others except that you need the other stories to really fall in love with Oberon. I hope for more like this and there had better be a story around that treasure map.

Which character – as performed by Luke Daniels – was your favorite?

I am tempted to listen to every story he has narrated

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Great/Fun/Thilling

Revisado: 08-27-15

Would you listen to The Martian again? Why?

I loved to root for Mark Watney. It is great story about what can be the best parts of being human. There was an air of authenticity ... it reminded me of the story of the Endurance.

The narrator was a perfect fit. He made me feel like I was right in the middle of the story.

I have been telling people about this book since I started listening to it ... and I can't wait for the movie.

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Simple and full of Wisdom

Revisado: 11-27-13

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I have listened to "Made to Stick" several times and find something new each time. "Switch" is ever better. The ideas in this book have helped me identify where the problems are that interfere with the change.

I had a meeting a week later. It would have been very easy for all of us to get focused on the why things aren't working. I suggested that we look for the "Bright Spots" and find out where things are working and figure out what they are doing right. Before we were done with breakfast, a couple of my guys were referring to the "Bright Spot Strategy." We are not there yet, but the Bright Spots became a part of our long range plan.

Last week, my boss introduced a new plan that was met with resistance from many of us. Switch helped me figure out if the problem was with the "Rider," the "Elephant," or the "Path." It is a Path problem and now maybe I can quietly give him some ideas on how to shape it.

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Cool idea but it made my head hurt

Revisado: 10-08-13

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I love Taleb’s idea of Antifragile. Embrace systems that will thrive in random events which would damage fragile ones. Taleb is clearly well educated in a variety subjects; I love his talent for finding the patterns of ideas shared by mythology, business, architecture, biology, mathematics, etc. I also enjoyed learning some new $50 words (e.g. “iatrogenics”).

However, I am giving the Story a score of two because Taleb’s cool idea does not overcome his desperate need for an Editor … and if he had an Editor for this one, then he should have taken that Editor’s advice. This book is a train wreck of engaging ideas tangled in a run-on sentence of satirical, back-handed shots at his critics (i.e. “so called experts”). An Editor could help him distill out his great ideas and insights from this chaff of insults that he should save for his blog.

I am giving the narrator Joe Ochman five stars for his Performance. He did an amazing job of capturing Taleb’s insulting, sometimes whiny, and slightly arrogant tone that flavored the text … at least the first half (I couldn’t take it anymore and gave up in the second part of the book).

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