Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Be Your Best Self
Mike Bayer · 2020
🎙 Narrated by Mike Bayer and Will Damron
64/100
👎 Skip It
This works best as a hands-on follow-up if you've already read Bayer's 'Best Self' — the SPHERES framework is memorable, but the workbook's quizzes and prompts lose some of their point in audio-only form. It's solid, credible coach-style content rather than a standalone must-listen. The narration, split between Bayer himself and pro narrator Will Damron, is well done and worth hearing even if the format is imperfect.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Related work by the author touches on his own past addiction recovery — a light heads-up for sensitive listeners, not overt content here.. We still scored it 64; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: good Co-narrated by author Mike Bayer and professional narrator Will Damron, blending personal coaching voice with polished delivery.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness65
Craft & writing62
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit78
Human-eye read62
Penny’s verdict64
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