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The Art of Napping
- The Sleeping Samurai and the Dormant Dragon
- Narrated by: Franklin Sooho Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Publisher's summary
Go take a nap.
No, this isn't a parent pushing a cranky toddler to lay down. This is something you will soon hear from your boss.
Sleep deprivation costs US companies over $400 billion every year due to lost employee productivity and increased health costs. Author Franklin Lee offers a surprising answer to crises of worker productivity and rising health insurance costs: napping as an employee benefit.
Inside you'll learn:
- How more sleep can increase your annual salary and your attractiveness
- How companies like Google, Facebook, and NASA are offering naps to their employees to increase productivity in the workplace
- How sleep cities and sleep technologies are paving a new era of sleep economies intended to earn companies and countries more money
The Art of Napping provides the biggest paradigm shift in sleep since Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb. Lee's audiobook provides a playbook for savvy companies, executives, and managers to develop and deliver increased performance and health outcomes to their employees - all while saving themselves billions.
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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 471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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
By: Dale Archer MD
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Do Nothing
- How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
- By: Celeste Headlee
- Narrated by: Celeste Headlee
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 882
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 743
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 739
In Do Nothing, award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee illuminates a new path ahead, seeking to institute a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our well-being, put work aside, and start living instead of doing. As it turns out, we’re searching for external solutions to an internal problem. We won’t find what we’re searching for in punishing diets, productivity apps, or the latest self-improvement schemes. Yet all is not lost - we just need to learn how to take time for ourselves, without agenda or profit, and redefine what is truly worthwhile.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I almost never leave reviews
- By keli wolfe on 03-03-22
By: Celeste Headlee
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The Plateau Effect
- Getting From Stuck to Success
- By: Bob Sullivan, Hugh Thompson
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
The Plateau Effect is a powerful law of nature that affects everyone. Learn to identify plateaus and break through any stagnancy in your life - from diet and exercise, to work, to relationships. The Plateau Effect shows how athletes, scientists, therapists, companies, and musicians around the world are learning to break through their plateau - to turn off the forces that cause people to “get used to” things - and turn on human potential and happiness in ways that seemed impossible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Heath
- By Oliver Nielsen on 07-22-13
By: Bob Sullivan, and others
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The Chaos Imperative
- How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success
- By: Ori Brafman, Judah Pollack
- Narrated by: Drew Birdseye
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Ori Brafman and management consultant Judah Pollack dramatically demonstrate how even the best and most efficient organizations - from Fortune 500 companies to today's US Army - can become more innovative by allowing a little unstructured space and "contained chaos" into their planning and decision-making. Through their consulting work, they realized that while structure and hierarchy are essential both in large corporations and small groups, too much of either can stifle creativity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a must read!!
- By Kelly Pavich on 05-26-19
By: Ori Brafman, and others
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Game Changers
- What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life
- By: Dave Asprey
- Narrated by: Dave Asprey, Rick Adamson
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,238
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,940
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,922
The best-selling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet answers the question, “How can I kick more ass at life?” by culling the wisdom of world-class thought leaders, maverick scientists, and disruptive entrepreneurs to provide proven techniques for becoming happier, healthier, and smarter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Game Changers is game changing
- By Anwar S on 01-05-19
By: Dave Asprey
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Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16,907
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,369
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14,181
Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I recommend this to EVERYONE
- By M. Balfour on 12-11-17
By: Matthew Walker
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Grit to Great
- How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary
- By: Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 161
It is not native intelligence or natural talent that makes people excel, say Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval - it's old-fashioned sweat equity and hard work. And that claim is backed up by new research from MacArthur Fellowship Award winner and University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth, among others. Not everyone is blessed with exceptional intelligence, or wins the gene lottery. But the good news is that you can excel beyond your wildest dreams in your career and your personal life - success is within your grasp - through the right attitude and determination.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Expected more
- By Shaun Guerrero on 12-28-15
By: Linda Kaplan Thaler, and others
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Effortless
- Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
- By: Greg McKeown
- Narrated by: Greg McKeown
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,209
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,890
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,878
As high achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough. But lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat”, we’re often working twice as hard to achieve half as much.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Laced with mistakes!
- By LEE on 04-28-21
By: Greg McKeown
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168 Hours
- You Have More Time Than You Think
- By: Laura Vanderkam
- Narrated by: Elizabeth London
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 860
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Story4 out of 5 stars 682
There are 168 hours in a week. This book is about where the time really goes, and how we can all use it better. It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. With the rise of two-income families, extreme jobs, and 24/7 connectivity, life is so frenzied we can barely find time to breathe. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and accomplish all kinds of goals.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to like this book
- By Tiffany on 11-04-10
By: Laura Vanderkam
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The Upside of Irrationality
- The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
- By: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 999
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 989
In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us into making unwise decisions. Now, in The Upside of Irrationality, he exposes the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality can have on our lives. Focusing on our behaviors at work and in relationships, he offers new insights and eye-opening truths about what really motivates us on the job.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as the first
- By Stephen on 06-20-10
By: Dan Ariely
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The Dolphin Way
- A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Kids - without Turning into a Tiger
- By: Shimi Kang
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
The Dolphin Way walks readers through Dr. Kang’s four-part method for cultivating self-motivation. The audiobook makes a powerful case that we are not forced to choose between being permissive or controlling. The third option—the option that will prepare our kids for success in a future that will require adaptability - is the dolphin way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very easy way to understand complicated subject
- By Nhat on 11-05-18
By: Shimi Kang
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Thrive
- Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
- By: Dan Buettner
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 71
In the first book to identify demographically proven happiness hotspots worldwide, researcher and explorer Dan Buettner documents the happiest people on earth and reveals how we can create our own happy zones. Detailing extraordinary new discoveries and meticulous research on four continents, Buettner observes happiness in unlikely places and gleans surprising insight into what generates contentment and what it means to thrive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Around the world with circular reasoning
- By Andy on 05-17-11
By: Dan Buettner
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The Stress Solution
- The 4 Steps to a Calmer, Happier, Healthier You
- By: Dr Rangan Chatterjee
- Narrated by: Dr Rangan Chatterjee
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story5 out of 5 stars 144
'It's thought that between 70 and 90 percent of GP consultations are related to stress.' This has to change. Dr Rangan Chatterjee knows this better than anyone. As a practising GP he's seen firsthand how stress affects his patients and has found simple but effective methods to help them. Now he's on a mission to show that combating stress is easier than you think. He shows how a small change in the way you approach your body-mind relationship's purpose can help you lead a more fulfilled, calmer life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I felt like he knew me/easy to understand
- By Matthew Watts on 08-13-20
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The Gift of Adversity
- The Unexpected Benefits of Life's Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections
- By: Norman E. Rosenthal M.D.
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
The noted research psychiatrist explores how life's disappointments and difficulties provide us with the lessons we need to become better, bigger, and more resilient human beings. Adversity is an irreducible fact of life. Although we can and should learn from all experiences, both positive and negative best-selling author Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal believes that adversity is by far the best teacher most of us will ever encounter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book ruined by the narrator
- By David C. on 12-07-22
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Brain Rules for Aging Well
- 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
- By: John Medina
- Narrated by: John Medina
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 128
How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts - and the prescription to age well - in his signature engaging style. With so many discoveries over the years, science is literally changing our minds about the optimal care and feeding of the brain. All of it is captivating. A great deal of it is unexpected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scientific and practical
- By symya08 on 04-29-18
By: John Medina