Bryan
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This Is How Your Marriage Ends
- A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships
- By: Matthew Fray
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 675
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 615
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 613
One night during his divorce, after one too many vodkas and a call with a phone-in-therapist who told him to “journal his feelings,” Matthew Fray started a blog. He needed to figure out how his ex-wife went from the eighteen-year-old college freshman who adored him to the angry woman who thought he was an asshole and left him. As he pieced together the story of his marriage and its end, Matthew began to realize a hard truth: even though he was a decent guy, he was a bad husband.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good and bad advice mixed together
- By Timothy Webster on 08-05-22
- This Is How Your Marriage Ends
- A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships
- By: Matthew Fray
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
He sounds (and acts) like Jerry from Rick and Morty!
Reviewed: 09-02-24
3 chapters in, he tells advice through his personal story and conveys what he did wrong through his tone, which is done REALLY well. And makes it all relatable. Also he sounds like Jerry from Rick and Morty…
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I Wish I Knew This Before My Divorce
- Ending the Battle Between Holding On and Letting Go
- By: Elaine O. Foster, Joseph W. Foster
- Narrated by: Steve Carlson
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 267
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 231
Imagine being left by the person you love and bouncing back stronger than ever. Written by best-selling authors Dr. Elaine and Joe Foster, I Wish I Knew This Before My Divorce uses the latest advances in cognitive behavioral treatment to break the struggle between holding on and letting go. In this East-meets-West approach to finding serenity, the authors dissect the causes of your breakup, the myths that block your path to happiness and the steps you need to take to end your suffering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't want it to End
- By Alika Davis on 05-13-19
- I Wish I Knew This Before My Divorce
- Ending the Battle Between Holding On and Letting Go
- By: Elaine O. Foster, Joseph W. Foster
- Narrated by: Steve Carlson
No actual advice just metaphors
Reviewed: 08-26-24
4 chapters in and he’s still telling metaphorical stories about trolls and tunnels and waters and waves. Maybe I’m just not getting it or maybe it’s all superficial symbolic bull crap. James Sexton’s book is still the best one I’ve ever listened to
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Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away
- By: Gary Chapman
- Narrated by: Chris Fabry
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,474
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,240
When you said, “I do”, you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended for it to be miserable. Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn’t have to end there. Dr. Gary Chapman writes, “I believe that in every troubled marriage, one or both partners can take positive steps that have the potential for changing the emotional climate in their marriage.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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encouragement through another chance
- By Brookley on 09-19-18
- Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away
- By: Gary Chapman
- Narrated by: Chris Fabry
Entertaining not helpful
Reviewed: 08-23-24
The first half he outlines problems but doesn’t offer any real practical solutions. The second half is a series of intriguing stories, but again doesn’t feel like he is offering any real solutions. 
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The Manager's Path
- A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
- By: Camille Fournier
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 718
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 568
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 561
Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.
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3 out of 5 stars
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hard to tell which chapter you're on
- By Mike on 10-04-19
- The Manager's Path
- A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
- By: Camille Fournier
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
Surprisingly Relatable and Incredibly Useful
Reviewed: 08-20-21
I feel like this book read my mind. Every chapter and every sentence I found relatable to my management role.
And it covers EVERYTHING that a manager goes through with relatable commentary and advice.
I recommended this book to other coworkers
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The Four
- The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
- By: Scott Galloway
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,425
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,831
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,807
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway. Instead of buying the myths these companies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pessimistic and narrow minded
- By Patrick on 01-19-18
- The Four
- The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
- By: Scott Galloway
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Annoying but he’s right
Reviewed: 10-01-20
A few chapters in. My right-brain wants to punch this guy in the face for being hyperbolas and condescending. But my left-brain realizes that he’s pretty on-the-ball and knows what he’s talking about. Hate it, OR enjoy his style and hint of sarcasm in every other line. You won’t get bored
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The Business Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- By: DK
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stuart
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Exploring and explaining more than 80 of the world's most important theories and big ideas about trade, commerce, and management, this audiobook offers a fascinating look at the world of business past and present. A perfect primer on the fundamental tenets of the subject, The Business Book sheds light on some of history's most important milestone developments and the key business strategies used by leading thinkers and gurus from Henry Ford to Steve Jobs.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Cherry Picking Success Stories (aka “No Duh”)
- By Bryan on 09-18-20
- The Business Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- By: DK
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stuart
Cherry Picking Success Stories (aka “No Duh”)
Reviewed: 09-18-20
The themes of this book are important at a superficial level. But beyond that it just feels like examples are cherry picking the obvious success stories we all already know about (Ex: Ford, Sony, Coke, Apple, etc.). Ex: The book implies being first to market is nearly always an advantage, ignoring the many examples out there that did it succeed with this strategy.
To me it would be a lot more useful to contrast this with the unsuccessful stories thereby pointing out at a more granular level what most companies do wrong vs right. It doesn’t do this nearly often enough.
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Azure
- Microsoft Azure: A Beginner's Guide to Learn and Understand Azure Fundamentals, DevOps, Security, Machine Learning and Cloud
- By: Joseph K. Brown
- Narrated by: Dustin Thomas
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Microsoft Azure is a cloud service that can be used to for building, testing, and managing applications and services through a network of servers managed by Microsoft in various locations all over the world. Get the most out of Azure, simply by following the easy instructions fully explained in this audiobook. This step-by-step guide gives you everything you need to know to do more with Azure than you ever thought possible!
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2 out of 5 stars
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I’m an Azure certified architect. This book is useless
- By Bryan on 02-05-20
- Azure
- Microsoft Azure: A Beginner's Guide to Learn and Understand Azure Fundamentals, DevOps, Security, Machine Learning and Cloud
- By: Joseph K. Brown
- Narrated by: Dustin Thomas
I’m an Azure certified architect. This book is useless
Reviewed: 02-05-20
I’m certified as an Azure architect, having passed the AZ Fundamental, Cloud Development, and both of the Cloud Architecture exams.
If you are in IT development, infrastructure , dev ops, networking, and most other technical aspects of IT, this book is useless for you. If you are an Azure door to door salesman this book is perfect.
This book is a 5 hour long timeshare presentation . He repeats the buzz words over and over (“scalability”, “flexibility”) and cites quotes and articles praising Azure and never gets into any real meat.
Pluralsight, Udemy, and searching Azure on YouTube are far better uses of your time. Good luck to you all
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 181,980
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161,715
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Story5 out of 5 stars 160,834
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
- Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Balanced, intriguing, emotional, relatable. Better than “What Happened”
Reviewed: 12-27-18
Trying not to bash Hillary Clinton but Michelle Obama just feels more real after reading both books, because she recounts events and describes how she felt and what it means to her.
You “have to” go through her growing up story before you get to the “good stuff”. But she moves it along while touching on the most impacting parts of her family. Again , you feel her emotion every step of the way .
Her recounts of the 2012 and 2016 election are every bit what I was hoping for. It’s refreshing to hear her recount of what I saw on the news, and she does NOT hide her feelings.
A perfectly balanced and well told story.
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