Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
1% Leadership
Andy Ellis · 2023
🎙 Narrated by Andy Ellis (self-narrated)
72/100
👍 Worth It
Ellis's whole pitch — there's no secret formula, just daily 1% improvements — is refreshingly honest compared to books that oversell a single framework, and his real CSO experience gives the 54 bite-sized lessons real weight. It's more a grab-bag than a single narrative arc, so it suits dipping in and out rather than a straight-through binge. Ellis narrates himself, and reviewers call it precise and warm — worth the listen.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent AudioFile calls Ellis's self-narration 'precise, warm' and well-suited to the brief essay format.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing72
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers50
Age-fit88
Human-eye read72
Penny’s verdict72
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