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The ADHD Advantage
- What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength
- By: Dale Archer MD
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 473
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 394
Sharing the stories of highly successful people with ADHD, Dr. Archer offers a vitally important and inspiring new way to recognize ADHD traits in oneself or in one's loved ones, and then leverage them to great advantage - without drugs. As someone who not only has ADHD himself but also has never used medication to treat it, Dr. Archer understands the condition from a unique standpoint.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This guy doesn't understand ADHD – at all
- By Oliver Nielsen on 02-25-16
- The ADHD Advantage
- What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength
- By: Dale Archer MD
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Factually Inaccurate
Reviewed: 11-06-23
This is much more of an opinion piece than a factual representation of ADHD. It's great if it helps you, but don't rely on his facts, figures or opinions about diagnosis or medication. It is all horribly biased and does not represent the medical literature. All of these stories of folks doing amazing things with their ADHD traits tells me they have subclinical ADHD. Or he is hiding the disastrous consequences on their relationships or emotional well being.
To be in the diagnostic realm you must have the traits AND it must negatively impact 2 or more realms of life. This may be a good book for the small subset of hyperactive, subclinical adults who have ADHD traits but no executive function challenges.
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Women with Adult ADHD
- An Unconventional Guide to Breaking Through Barriers! Learn Essential Life Skills from Theory to Practice to Deal with ADHD and Stop Feeling Like a Failure
- By: Rose Hoskins
- Narrated by: Denise Ludlow
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
Learn about your potential as a woman with ADHD. Find your strength and communicate it to the world. You feel alone and misunderstood, but I assure you, this is not the case. Many women with ADHD think they have to struggle with this disorder, but this guide will teach you how to live with it by proving to yourself, first and foremost, that you are a woman with so many qualities.
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1 out of 5 stars
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couldn't even finish
- By Mason Williams on 12-31-22
- Women with Adult ADHD
- An Unconventional Guide to Breaking Through Barriers! Learn Essential Life Skills from Theory to Practice to Deal with ADHD and Stop Feeling Like a Failure
- By: Rose Hoskins
- Narrated by: Denise Ludlow
Not even factually accurate. The worst.
Reviewed: 06-09-23
Surprisingly bad. Like pause and run to my spouse to laugh at it together type of bad. But worse, the language used and the misinformation is damaging to women with ADHD or anyone interested in the subject. Please, skip this book and look for one written by someone with more credentials than life coach.
I think ChatGBT could have written a better book on the subject.
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Stoic Wisdom
- Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
- By: Nancy Sherman
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 38
Drawing on the wisdom of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and others, Nancy Sherman's Stoic Wisdom presents a compelling modern Stoicism that teaches grit, resilience, and the importance of close relationships in addressing life's biggest and smallest challenges.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Academically dishonest
- By Franklin C. Annis on 07-31-21
- Stoic Wisdom
- Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
- By: Nancy Sherman
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
Exactly what I was hoping for
Reviewed: 06-20-22
This was one of the recommendations from my local librarian when I asked for a book on modern stoicism from a female perspective. I felt like a female author had a better chance of having a balanced view of stoicism, how it was taught in ancient times and how it is being used today. I was not disappointed. It is so refreshing to read someone who both deeply values stoic teachings and can so graciously critique it from a modern point of view.
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The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness
- By: Jonas Salzgeber
- Narrated by: David Angelo
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 314
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 265
Where can you find joy? Gain strength? How should we face our fears? Deal with the death of a loved one? And what about those reoccurring depressing thoughts? While traditional schooling doesn’t address such questions, it’s exactly what ancient schools of philosophy were all about: They taught you how to live. Even though these schools don’t exist anymore, you and I and most people are in as much need of a philosophy that guides us through life as we ever were. This compelling, highly actionable guide shows you how to deal more effectively with whatever life throws at you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Noticeable Improvement
- By Garret on 01-12-21
Good material, a little dorky delivery
Reviewed: 06-10-22
The narration is decent until they go to read any quote from an ancient philosopher. All of the quotes are done in a really strange accent that comes off as just silly. it was so hard to take those sections seriously. It stinks because I would love to share this with others, but I can't bring myself to tell them about the audio book, just the hard copy.
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Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- By: Carol S. Dweck PhD
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,803
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,428
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,370
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she describes how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset.
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1 out of 5 stars
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😫THIS NARRATOR IS UNBEARABLE 😫
- By The non-critic on 03-29-19
- Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- By: Carol S. Dweck PhD
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
So repetitive and boring
Reviewed: 02-19-20
This is good conceptually (as in it is important and beneficial to have a growth mindset) but I could have gotten as through of an understanding from a long article. The writers style is self aggrandizing. Most alarming is how her arguements are based on black and white thinking. Either you have a fixed or growth mindset, all of the kids in the study were better off with growth mindset, never praise talent, only effort. It became painfully repetitive early on and never got better.
I don't think I would have enjoyed this by any voice artist, but I found Ms. Dunne's reading condescending somehow, but that also could have just been the subject matter.
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The Disappearing Spoon
- And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,864
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,873
Reporter Sam Kean reveals the periodic table as it’s never been seen before. Not only is it one of man's crowning scientific achievements, it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Great Narration, But...
- By Henny Button on 09-18-10
- The Disappearing Spoon
- And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Distracting lisp
Reviewed: 02-25-18
I couldn't finish the first chapter. The performer has a very distracting lisp on his s. Maybe I'm just really sensitive to this, but there is no way I can listen to the whole book.
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