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How to Have Impossible Conversations
- A Very Practical Guide
- Narrateur(s): Peter Boghossian
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Independence Day
- What I Learned About Retirement from Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will
- Auteur(s): Steve Lopez
- Narrateur(s): Steve Lopez
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New York Times best-selling author Steve Lopez explores the meaning of work and how it defines us as he examines the true nature of a person’s time, identity, and ultimate life satisfaction.
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Wish I had read Independence Day years ago!
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-11-23
Auteur(s): Steve Lopez
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My Best Mistake
- Epic Fails and Silver Linings
- Auteur(s): Terry O'Reilly
- Narrateur(s): Terry O'Reilly
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The Incredible Hulk was originally supposed to be grey, but a printing glitch led to the superhero’s iconic green colour. NHL hall-of-famer Serge Savard’s hockey career nearly ended prematurely, not because of an injury, but because of an oversight. And the invention of a beloved treat, the Popsicle, began with a simple mistake. In his fascinating and meticulously researched new book, Terry O’Reilly recounts how some of the biggest breakthroughs and best-loved products originated with a mistake.
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loved it
- Écrit par diana le 2023-01-25
Auteur(s): Terry O'Reilly
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The 4% Fix
- How One Hour Can Change Your Life
- Auteur(s): Karma Brown
- Narrateur(s): Ann Marie Gideon
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An award-winning journalist, avid reader and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, how could she? For Brown, the answer to this problem was to rise earlier every day and use that time to write. In The 4% Fix, Karma Brown reveals the latest research about time management and goal-setting and shares strategies that have worked for her as well as for others. How will you use this one hour—only 4% of your day—to change your life?
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On Listen #2 🎧
- Écrit par Carrie le 2021-02-07
Auteur(s): Karma Brown
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Weird
- The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World
- Auteur(s): Olga Khazan
- Narrateur(s): Renata Friedman
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Most of us have at some point in our lives felt like an outsider, sometimes considering ourselves "too weird" to fit in. Growing up as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, Olga Khazan always felt there was something different about her. This feeling has permeated her life, and as she embarked on a science writing career, she realized there were psychological connections between this feeling of being an outsider and both her struggles and successes later in life.
Auteur(s): Olga Khazan
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Roadmap
- The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life
- Auteur(s): Roadtrip Nation
- Narrateur(s): Maya Tuttle
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The New York Times best seller is back! The career workbook Roadmap is better than ever. Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand-new content - including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.
Auteur(s): Roadtrip Nation
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Radical Love
- Learning to Accept Yourself and Others
- Auteur(s): Zachary Levi
- Narrateur(s): Zachary Levi
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Radical Love is the debut memoir from Zachary Levi (Shazam!, American Underdog, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chuck), which shares his emotional journey through a lifetime of crippling anxiety and depression to find joy, gratitude, and ultimate purpose. Facing the scars of childhood trauma and the voices in his head that told him he would never be enough, Zac recounts the raw yet honest behind-the-scenes story of his family life, career successes, and the personal disappointments that led him to rock bottom.
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Such a beautiful exploration of trauma and love
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-09-29
Auteur(s): Zachary Levi
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Independence Day
- What I Learned About Retirement from Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will
- Auteur(s): Steve Lopez
- Narrateur(s): Steve Lopez
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New York Times best-selling author Steve Lopez explores the meaning of work and how it defines us as he examines the true nature of a person’s time, identity, and ultimate life satisfaction.
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Wish I had read Independence Day years ago!
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-11-23
Auteur(s): Steve Lopez
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My Best Mistake
- Epic Fails and Silver Linings
- Auteur(s): Terry O'Reilly
- Narrateur(s): Terry O'Reilly
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The Incredible Hulk was originally supposed to be grey, but a printing glitch led to the superhero’s iconic green colour. NHL hall-of-famer Serge Savard’s hockey career nearly ended prematurely, not because of an injury, but because of an oversight. And the invention of a beloved treat, the Popsicle, began with a simple mistake. In his fascinating and meticulously researched new book, Terry O’Reilly recounts how some of the biggest breakthroughs and best-loved products originated with a mistake.
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loved it
- Écrit par diana le 2023-01-25
Auteur(s): Terry O'Reilly
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The 4% Fix
- How One Hour Can Change Your Life
- Auteur(s): Karma Brown
- Narrateur(s): Ann Marie Gideon
- Durée: 5 h et 42 min
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An award-winning journalist, avid reader and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, how could she? For Brown, the answer to this problem was to rise earlier every day and use that time to write. In The 4% Fix, Karma Brown reveals the latest research about time management and goal-setting and shares strategies that have worked for her as well as for others. How will you use this one hour—only 4% of your day—to change your life?
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On Listen #2 🎧
- Écrit par Carrie le 2021-02-07
Auteur(s): Karma Brown
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Weird
- The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World
- Auteur(s): Olga Khazan
- Narrateur(s): Renata Friedman
- Durée: 9 h
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Most of us have at some point in our lives felt like an outsider, sometimes considering ourselves "too weird" to fit in. Growing up as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, Olga Khazan always felt there was something different about her. This feeling has permeated her life, and as she embarked on a science writing career, she realized there were psychological connections between this feeling of being an outsider and both her struggles and successes later in life.
Auteur(s): Olga Khazan
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Roadmap
- The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life
- Auteur(s): Roadtrip Nation
- Narrateur(s): Maya Tuttle
- Durée: 6 h et 10 min
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The New York Times best seller is back! The career workbook Roadmap is better than ever. Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand-new content - including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.
Auteur(s): Roadtrip Nation
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Radical Love
- Learning to Accept Yourself and Others
- Auteur(s): Zachary Levi
- Narrateur(s): Zachary Levi
- Durée: 6 h et 21 min
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Radical Love is the debut memoir from Zachary Levi (Shazam!, American Underdog, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chuck), which shares his emotional journey through a lifetime of crippling anxiety and depression to find joy, gratitude, and ultimate purpose. Facing the scars of childhood trauma and the voices in his head that told him he would never be enough, Zac recounts the raw yet honest behind-the-scenes story of his family life, career successes, and the personal disappointments that led him to rock bottom.
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Such a beautiful exploration of trauma and love
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-09-29
Auteur(s): Zachary Levi
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Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)
- Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom
- Auteur(s): Tabitha Brown
- Narrateur(s): Tabitha Brown
- Durée: 5 h et 49 min
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Tabitha Brown's path to stardom was a long and winding one. For years she pursued acting while raising a family and dealing with undiagnosed chronic autoimmune pain. Before she became vegan, her condition made her believe she wouldn't live to see forty. Now she's one of the most popular personalities in the world, with millions of followers on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook whom she inspires to live and eat well with her blend of homespun wisdom and delicious home cooking. With her relatable personality and health struggles, Tabitha connects with a good story and gentle hand.
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Beautiful & Inspiring
- Écrit par Daniela Biagi le 2023-01-19
Auteur(s): Tabitha Brown
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The Price of Time
- The Real Story of Interest
- Auteur(s): Edward Chancellor
- Narrateur(s): Luis Soto
- Durée: 15 h et 7 min
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In the beginning was the loan, and the loan carried interest. For at least five millennia people have been borrowing and lending at interest. Yet as capitalism became established from the late Middle Ages onwards, denunciations of interest were tempered because interest was a necessary reward for lenders to part with their capital. And interest performs many other vital functions: it encourages people to save; enables them to place a value on precious assets, such as houses and all manner of financial securities; and allows us to price risk.
Auteur(s): Edward Chancellor
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Smarter Tomorrow
- How 15 Minutes of Neurohacking a Day Can Help You Work Better, Think Faster, and Get More Done
- Auteur(s): Elizabeth R. Ricker
- Narrateur(s): Suehyla El-Attar, Elizabeth R. Ricker, Lindsey-Loon Ricker
- Durée: 10 h et 53 min
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Join a quest for the Holy Grail within each of us: the optimized brain. In Smarter Tomorrow, Ricker shares the spoils of her decade long adventure. After countless expert interviews, poring through hundreds of research studies from around the world, and testing dozens of tools on herself—including nicotine, video games, meditation, and even a little-known beverage from the Pacific islands—she explains how some experiments failed hilariously, while others transformed her cognition.
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Eye opening
- Écrit par M. Howard le 2022-03-06
Auteur(s): Elizabeth R. Ricker
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Sleep Smarter
- 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success
- Auteur(s): Shawn Stevenson, Sara Gottfried MD - foreword
- Narrateur(s): Sara Gottfried, Shawn Stevenson
- Durée: 6 h et 36 min
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When it comes to health, there is one criminally overlooked element: sleep. Good sleep helps you shed fat for good, stave off disease, stay productive, and improve virtually every function of your mind and body. That's what Shawn Stevenson learned when a degenerative bone disease crushed his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Like many of us, he gave up on his health and his body...until he decided there must be a better way.
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Don't be fooled
- Écrit par Bruno Archer le 2018-03-25
Auteur(s): Shawn Stevenson, Autres
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Indistractable
- How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
- Auteur(s): Nir Eyal, Julie Li
- Narrateur(s): Nir Eyal
- Durée: 5 h et 15 min
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In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.
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Like medicine without the gross aftertaste
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-09-17
Auteur(s): Nir Eyal, Autres
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Deep Delta Justice
- A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South
- Auteur(s): Matthew Van Meter
- Narrateur(s): Brad Sanders
- Durée: 8 h et 36 min
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In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old Black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a White child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only White attorney at "the most radical law firm" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful white supremacists in the South, a man called simply "The Judge".
Auteur(s): Matthew Van Meter
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Revelation
- Connecting with the Sacred in Everyday Life
- Auteur(s): Russell Brand
- Narrateur(s): Russell Brand
- Durée: 5 h et 17 min
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Russell Brand takes a deep, earnest, yet witty dive into the meaning of life, death, and the sacred space in between in this compelling Audible Original.
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Instant Classic.
- Écrit par R.b le 2021-04-17
Auteur(s): Russell Brand
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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- Auteur(s): Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrateur(s): Mark Leary
- Durée: 12 h et 11 min
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Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do.
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Decent overview, but unsurprising and unoriginal
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-02-02
Auteur(s): Mark Leary, Autres
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Thinking in Systems
- A Primer
- Auteur(s): Donella H. Meadows
- Narrateur(s): Tia Rider Sorensen
- Durée: 6 h et 26 min
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In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....
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Good book with Deleuzian undertones
- Écrit par Zac le 2020-10-24
Auteur(s): Donella H. Meadows
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The Ultimate Deepak Chopra Collection
- Auteur(s): Deepak Chopra MD
- Narrateur(s): Deepak Chopra MD
- Durée: 20 h et 41 min
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In this rare collection of live and studio works, Dr. Chopra will take you on a journey of invaluable healing and self-discovery. Integrating the power of the mind, body and spirit, Dr. Chopra has an exceptional gift of articulating the extraordinary mysteries of healing, in a manner that is both logical and understandable. Each volume of this comprehensive library offers you the best of what Dr. Chopra has to offer.
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not a book
- Écrit par Deb H le 2020-06-25
Auteur(s): Deepak Chopra MD
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Notes on a Silencing
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): Lacy Crawford
- Narrateur(s): Lacy Crawford
- Durée: 11 h et 5 min
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When Notes on a Silencing hit bookstores in the summer of 2020, even amidst a global pandemic, it sent shockwaves through the country. Not only did this intimate investigative memoir usher in a media storm of coverage, but it also prompted the elite St. Paul's School to issue a formal apology to the author, Lacy Crawford, for its handling of her report of sexual assault by two fellow students nearly 30 years ago.
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Courage
- Écrit par Scheri le 2023-01-04
Auteur(s): Lacy Crawford
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The Stories We Tell
- Every Piece of Your Story Matters
- Auteur(s): Joanna Gaines
- Narrateur(s): Joanna Gaines
- Durée: 5 h et 28 min
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Star of Fixer Upper and New York Times bestselling author, Joanna grew up in a multiracial family, the product of a unique and beautiful love story between her Korean mother and her American father. Experiencing regular teasing as a child because of what made her different, it wasn’t until later in life that she started to see those differences as the most beautiful part of her story.
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An absolute joy… savoured each chapter!
- Écrit par Nan le 2022-12-09
Auteur(s): Joanna Gaines
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"This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one, I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book." (Richard Dawkins, author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing God)
In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall - or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative - dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates often lead to insults and shaming, blocking any possibility of productive discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair trigger.
In How to Have Impossible Conversations, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide you through the straightforward, practical, conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation - whether the issue is climate change, religious faith, gender identity, race, poverty, immigration, or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay teach the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds. They cover everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility, connection, and empathy.
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"In the course of my work over the past quarter century I have been having impossible conversations with Holocaust deniers, creationists, anti-vaccination advocates, 9/11 Truthers, chemtrail conspiracy theorists, believers in astrology and ESP, proponents of alternative medicine, religious fundamentalists of many faiths, and dozens more people with whom I disagree vehemently. I've gotten pretty good at it but I had no idea what I was doing until I read How to Have Impossible Conversations, a sterling compendium of the most effective techniques of communication. I wish I'd had this important book at the start of my career as I would have saved myself many a fruitless dialogue. This book is the start of healing our contentious and divided age." (Michael Shermer, publisher Skeptic magazine, Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Moral Arc, and Heavens on Earth, and for 18 years a monthly columnist for Scientific American)
"This fascinating book provides not only useful instruction on how to talk with someone who thinks differently, it also offers a powerful method of questioning and reducing confidence in unsubstantiated beliefs to help people think about what is true." (Helen Pluckrose, editor, Areo Magazine)
"I thought I knew all I needed to know about conversations and arguments. I was wrong. I just knew a lot about debates and rows. In their insightful and highly readable new book, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay offer all kinds of ingenious pathways to constructive dialogue. At a time when public discourse has degenerated into mud-slinging and when campuses favour every kind of diversity except viewpoint diversity, this is an invaluable contribution. I guarantee that reading it will make you more - much more - persuasive." (Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford)
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- Richard
- 2020-09-15
An manual on how to dominate and manipulate
A horrific manual on how to make others see things as you do without ever taking in any new information. Understanding some else's position is only useful to show them how they are wrong.
We all know these people and have learned to avoid them at all costs. For those who love this book, please never talk to me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-02-26
Excellent toolkit for polarized times
Fantastic work, and easy to implement. Bawling with friends and family over divisive topics has become the norm, and ends up fruitless. These tools can help them do the work of changing their own minds, while also making you take a look at your own cherished beliefs, if you're up to it. Great listen.
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- Naomi
- 2022-05-06
ODD and ADHD parents should read!
K I bought this book cuz sometimes at work I have to have really hard conversations. Didnt know itd ve a parenting book! So I also have a son with ADHD and ODD we've been working with him seeing lots of progress but it was really hard to have some conversations with him. I always got stuck or he always got bored and stopped paying attention. Well I've been applying the techniques in this book to talk to him and I'm getting through! I've read so many parenting books which have helped but I dunno this books hitting different in a very good way!
Anyways 5 stars can see this helping in many different life scenarios!
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- JMS
- 2020-10-06
Helpful framework that requires practice
“No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care”
Listen to the audiobook review on Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes podcast: https://podcast.jannastam.com/
Would you like to have more productive conversations with people who think differently than you or strongly disagree with you? Hint: it’s unlikely to happen online. While many fear that conversations about politics, religion, and values are a futile endeavour these days, this audiobook may encourage you to persevere in your attempts to connect with others who hold what might seem to be intractable points of view.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-07-12
Thank you, Boghossian!
An extremely engaging and helpful guide to having difficult or impossible conversations. Anyone should be able to benefit from the utility of this book. The lessons within are relevant to every facet of life, and can be practiced with friends, family, and even strangers on the bus. This book has changed the way i approach every conversation, and has me leaving each one with a better understanding of myself, others, and the world in general. The narration of one of the authors (Boghossian) himself allows the lessons within to come across clearly, which is an added bonus. 10/10 would recommend.
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- jketchum
- 2021-10-05
This book is an amazing resource
This book is full of very practical techniques that care about the individual you are speaking with. I could not stop listening to it and found it very engaging and useful.
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- Josh Pratt
- 2021-03-23
Very interesting, well done
I need the accompanying book to make it a totally worthwhile listen.
The ideas and discussion at play needs more contemplation than I can get simply from listening.
Overall though it was a though provoking listen.
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- Co2
- 2022-11-26
Great book and very helpful to me
Enjoyed listening and learning this well thought out book. techniques and strategies to work with difficult people were easy to understand but I will likely give this 2 or more listens to get the full wisdom.
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- Jason Feddema
- 2021-10-03
Very Thorough and Quality Advice on Communication
Very good tips on how to handle difficult conversations. It has a balance of advice for you to be more open minded, as well as how to breakthrough with people who disagree with you
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-04-22
Loved it. Great conversation tools.
I love the self reflection tools and encouragement for learning. Great conversation tools too. Remember be like water.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-07-05
amazing book
the content of this book should be taught at school! this is a must read.
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- Robin
- 2020-02-27
Important Skills Spoiled By Author Opinions
The important skills are presented in a clear, easy to understand format. Unfortunately the author inserts his political opinions throughout the book, which makes the book far harder to listen to. I wish the author had taken his own advice and stuck the the solid rules he lays out for the reader instead.
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- megan
- 2019-09-20
Good Read
I would suggest this to anyone who has been having a difficult time having conversations with people with different views. I learned that I have not been listening and trying to throw facts at people. This is where I plan to start in my practice of having good conversations. Thank you for writing this book. I'm sure I will re-read it.
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- Darwin8u
- 2020-05-31
How2sow doubt while not seeming to poop on friends
"Conversations that remain civil empower you, and change even the staunchest of minds are possible--even across deep divides."
- Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
My first take on this book was it was "a pretty good practical guide. Not perfect." But the more I read, the more the message of civility grinds into the walls of debate technique and manipulation. I don't think this book was written with good faith. It isn't about patching the divide between the right and the left, the godless and Jesusland. That is its mask. If you are looking for technique, the book is great. If you are looking at a modest/humble approach to civil conversations, there are bits that sparkle (think of a lure), but in the end it is a cynical to not appearing to be a troll by changing your techniques, but they actually seem to encourage just a more socially palatable form of trolling.
I am a bit disappointed. I felt that while giving a nod to distancing themselves from manipulations, the book was mostly just an extended "how to" for manipulation. I was hoping for more of a how to have civil conversations, and got how to sow doubt and win in the long-term by not shitting on your friends. I wish I still could have returned my book. I rarely do this with books, but if I had the opportunity to return it I would have. If I had the foresight to NOT purchase this book, I would have avoided it.
One note: both authors were part of the Grievance studies affair in 2017 and 2018.
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- Alex Levy
- 2020-03-25
No other book will be as relevant after COVID-19
I mean it. The conversations we are going to have, we MUST have, are going to be rather difficult. Peter and James are 'godsend' because they have given us a guide to make the most of these conversations. In a world after COVID-19, the world will talk . . . a lot. The question is, are we going to have impossible conversations and do something about them, or not? I would put all my money betting that, if we all read How To Have Impossible Conversations, we most certainly will.
PS - Peter offers an Easter Egg in the afterword. (It's worth it!).
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- Wayne
- 2020-05-28
The listener should expect more!
How to Have Impossible Conversations is disappointing because it promises so much and delivers so little. I purchased it because (1) i have a requirement that I place on myself that at least 10% of the sudiobooks I listen to will be non-fiction and (2) it was a $3.95 (the price of a good cup of coffee) Audible Daily Deal. The techniques that the authors say one should practice and drill are for the most part common sense. They also do not work when a conservative is seeking to exchange political views with a progressive because almost all progressives are unwilling to even talk with a conservative for fear it might changes their minds causing them isolation from other progressives.
Chapter 7, just before the end of the book, is a cursory discussion of concepts from Jonathan Haidt's excellent 2012 social psychology book The Righteous Mind. If listeners to the pablum of How to Have Impossible Conversations find themselves ordering Haidt's book that the meager offerings will be worthwhile.
What makes audiobooks a great medium is the quality of narration and thankfully there are many outstanding narrators. The authors would have done well to hire a professional narrator because Professor Boghossian stinks at it. I would apologize if I seem sarcastic but it's the book's fault! Now let's get back to some good fiction.
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- Tomas P Cservenak
- 2020-04-04
Great way to keep friends in tough conversations
Also great deescalation techniques. Should be required reading for any new business or relationship, awesome
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- M. J.
- 2019-10-20
prerequisite to civility
this book should be reading material for people of all backgrounds. in the age of Twitter president and cancel culture, it is of utmost importance to relearn the art of enjoying a conversation, no matter how much of difference of opinion exists.
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- Anonymous Ed
- 2020-01-26
It's jammed with helpful information
This book is extremely helpful, but it moves pretty fast. A course with study material, tests and labs could be developed from the knowledge contained within it - but only taught by instructors that have mastered the material and demonstrated high levels of proficiency in it. These conversational techniques should be taught along with logic in all schools in my opinion.
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- April K
- 2019-10-01
Life changing!
powered through this wonderful book and took a ton of notes. I loved it so much, I'm going to be buying the paper book as well. I am a long time street epistemology fan, and felt like this book was much more effective at changing minds, and more respectful than A Manual for Creating Atheist. I did like that book too minus some of his basic "bacon tho" arguments
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-12-08
amazing book
I thought I was decent at conversation until I read this book it changed my life
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