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Choices That Define a Life
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General Stanley McChrystal
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From the bestselling author of Team of Teams and My Share of the Task, reflections on character, and who we choose to be.
“Reputation is what men and women think of us;
character is what God and angels know of us.”
—Thomas Paine
How to measure a life? After a career of service, retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal had much to contemplate. He pondered his successes and failures, his beliefs and aspirations, and asked himself, Who am I, really? And more importantly, who have I become? When I die, how will I be measured?
In the end, McChrystal came to a conclusion as simple as it was profound: the reality of who we are cannot be recorded in dates or accomplishments. It is found in our character—the most accurate, and last full measure, of who we choose to be.
On Character offers McChrystal’s blueprint for living with purpose and integrity, challenging us to examine not just our deeds but who we become through them. Drawing from a lifetime of experience, he distills profound insights on setting and meeting standards, aligning actions with beliefs, and offers practical advice on overcoming obstacles and pursuing self-improvement.
According to McChrystal, character is not a trait inherited at birth, nor does it automatically come from education, position, or experience. Character, instead, comes down to a succession of choices, most mundane, several momentous, that reveal the deep truth of our capacity for virtue.
In an era where understanding and upholding our ideals is more crucial than ever, On Character offers an inspiring roadmap for personal growth and integrity—a call to become our best selves, both as individuals and as Americans.
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- By Nathan King on 05-22-25
By: Edward Luce
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The Praetorians
- By: Jean Lartéguy, General Stanley McChrystal - foreword, Xan Fielding - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Based on the events of May 1958 in France and Algeria, The Praetorians picks up in the footsteps of The Centurions, which was called "a stunning reflection of modern war" by Stanley McChrystal. After turning to tactics of guerilla warfare, a group of French paratroopers serving in the Algerian War is called to answer for actions they consider necessary, however immoral. Fearing another loss of French honor, they plot a coup that results in the return to power of Charles de Gaulle and the death of one of their own.
By: Jean Lartéguy, and others
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The Art of Winning
- Lessons from My Life in Football
- By: Bill Belichick
- Narrated by: Bill Belichick
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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No one embodies winning more than Bill Belichick, the greatest football coach of all time. Over the past fifty years, Belichick has been a man of notoriously few words, believing that a coach should keep a low profile. After he left the Patriots in 2024, he briefly became a coach without a team. He spent that year writing down the principles he learned from his father, Navy football, and from his forty-nine-year coaching career. Belichick’s philosophy goes far beyond football.
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Learned more about Bill and his philosophy
- By Daniel Gouveia on 05-29-25
By: Bill Belichick
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The Hero Code
- Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived
- By: Admiral William H. McRaven
- Narrated by: Admiral William H. McRaven
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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From the acclaimed number-one New York Times best-selling author of Make Your Bed - a short, inspirational book about the qualities of true everyday heroes.
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Even better than Make Your Bed
- By Anonymous User on 04-17-21
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Undeniable
- How to Reach the Top and Stay There
- By: Cameron Hanes
- Narrated by: Andrew D. Huberman Ph.D., Cameron Hanes
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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You become the best you can be by learning from others. That is how bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes approaches each day in his pursuit of greatness in this essential guide to finding success.
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an embarrassment
- By Cynthia Callison on 05-10-25
By: Cameron Hanes
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Real Artists Don't Starve
- Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
- By: Jeff Goins
- Narrated by: Stu Gray
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Best-selling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
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Amazing Must-Have for Every Creative!
- By Heatherlee on 06-11-17
By: Jeff Goins
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Original Sin
- President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
- By: Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson
- Narrated by: Jake Tapper
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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From two of America’s most respected journalists, an unflinching and explosive reckoning with one of the most fateful decisions in American political history: Joe Biden’s run for reelection despite evidence of his serious decline—amid desperate efforts to hide the extent of that deterioration.
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The shocking efforts the Biden handlers implemented to hide the decline of Joe Biden.
- By Amazon Customer on 05-23-25
By: Jake Tapper, and others
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Apple in China
- The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
- By: Patrick McGee
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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For listeners of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs and Chris Miller’s Chip War, a riveting look at how Apple helped build China’s dominance in electronics assembly and manufacturing only to find itself trapped in a relationship with an authoritarian state making ever-increasing demands.
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Stunning implications
- By Victoria A. McCargar on 05-28-25
By: Patrick McGee
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Carême
- The First Celebrity Chef
- By: Ian Kelly
- Narrated by: Ian Kelly
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Recounting the fairy-tale-like rise of Antonin Carême from Parisian orphan to a household name synonymous with culinary luxury, Carême offers a unique conflation of historical biography, social history and cookery guide. Kelly lifts the veil on one of the most momentous and sensuous periods in European history: First Empire Paris, Georgian England and the tsarist Russia of War and Peace, depicting Carême’s entanglements with the social and political elite of his age, from King George IV to Napoleon, the Romanovs to the Rothschilds.
By: Ian Kelly
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Mark Twain
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 44 hrs and 35 mins
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain.
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Another great book
- By Terry Hubbard on 05-17-25
By: Ron Chernow
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Everything I Know About Hormones
- Six Steps to Optimal Health and Happiness
- By: Hannah Alderson
- Narrated by: Hannah Alderson
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Driven by her own health obstacles, Alderson has collaborated closely with world-leading scientists to research our hormones and discovered how to build an ecosystem that works. Learn why creating a happier hormone habitat is about diet, balance, movement, sleep, honesty and choices. And take action: from taming triggers to optimising hormones, Alderson’s six-pillar approach and evidence-based hacks open the door to a world of positive change. Whether you seek renewed energy, quality sleep or sharper focus, address underlying problems and find your happy today.
By: Hannah Alderson
Excellent , absolutely thought proving
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Timing!
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I enjoyed and appreciated his transparency and humility.
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Makes you think
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Thanks for your service to our nation.
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Monotone, not read with feeling.
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Disappointing
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