Peter Cox

Shut up Wesley!

Reviewed: 08-28-21

Glad it was free, hard to get into when the narrator keeps forgetting how he talks.

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Much better than last year

Reviewed: 12-13-18

This is the kind of Christmas book I may actually keep downloaded for another listen.

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Good for the Sol.

Reviewed: 08-06-18

This epic story, and its masterful telling are worth every cent.
Sure there was a movie, and I loved that too. However there is much more inner dialog in the book. It really deepened my connection to the people.
Get it. Read it. Love it. Bopit. Twist it. Oops sorry my 90s is showing.

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The narrator is a robot, the tools you unlock are worth it

Reviewed: 06-04-18

Born to build Book review

First off, and it pains me a little to say this, but it is a departure from other Gallup assessment books.

The usual vigor and excitement of the book is sucked away in part by the uncharacteristically narrow target group, and pretentiously robotic voice of the narrator that borders on the wrong side of the uncanny Valley.
Precision in speech may be important in business, but we are at quantum physics level apparently for this book that would do better with the a looser feel. Although the apparent target audience is more of a “Type A” personality, I think even the strongest of personalities will find the performance to be lacking heart.
I say it seems to be geared toward “Type A” readers because its reads like a manual for a multilevel marketing salesman.
I do believe Gallup has very helpful and good information, however I feel this addition to be a little bit of a slip.
Not only in the delivery, but also perhaps in the motive. When this particular idea first arrived on the Gallup seen, it was more descriptive and perhaps more helpful in the initial process. Before, the assessment would give you a rundown on how intensely each of the 10 strengths factories in to your building efforts. Now, they will show you your strengths in order, but the intensity is something that can only be unlocked when using the services of an expensive mentor or coach. That is my current understanding, as I have done a lot of searching on the new format, I have unlocked all of the regular consumer codes by purchasing them. And did not find the intensity as an option.
I was told by Gallup years ago after I purchased the entrepreneurial strengths code that I would be receiving a book that had been written shortly there after. I never received that book, and had to purchase this new version with seemingly less information. What I will say, is that the tools found online for starting and planning a business have been quite worth the investment of the book.
Although I am a large proponent and evangelist for strengths-based research and knowledge, I would not recommend the current version of BP 10 in book form. The assessment, and the tools found on their website are the only things I found truly helpful.

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Chapter 1 throughfive warmed my heart chapter 6 boiled my brain

Reviewed: 12-20-17

The first four chapters incapsulated what I would expect from a holiday collection. They were well written, and well performed. The fifth addition in this collection was quite remarkable. Haunting, and also attention catching. The performance was top notch!

Chapter 6 however....

Until I heard chapter 6, I would have given the work very high marks in all categories.

Spoiler alert!!!

If you listen to chapter 6 it will spoil everything. That is all.

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