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Hidden Potential by Adam M. Grant
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Fine content (maybe a bit general and likely stuff most of us have heard) but the audio drove me bananas. He did a "full cast" version where people interviewed or examples given were the real people. Which is fine in theory, but SO many of the recordings were different quality levels. The one he used of Steve Martin from his podcast sounded like he was on his cell phone in a closet... it was soo jarring and distracting to the flow of the book. He also had music and sound bytes occasionally which do not sound good sped up 🤦‍♀� it was more like a podcast than a high quality book recording in parts.
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October 27, 2023 – Started Reading
October 27, 2023 – Shelved
November 2, 2023 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Jenn (new)

Jenn 😬


Vlad I loved that you actually commented on these aspects of the book. It's all spot on. The different voices would typically be nice to hear, but they sounded so out of place in the book. It was the video equivalent of having 240p footage mixed with 1080p.


Jill Johnson I agree. I almost stopped listening because it was so distracting and totally unnecessary. Pretty much ruined the book for me.


message 4: by Sumudu (new) - added it

Sumudu Perera Interesting! Malcolm Gladwell had a book that employed the same style (Talking to Strangers) but that was really well made with great mixing of audio


Danielle Agree on the audio version. Also it made me cringe every time he whispered a line.


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