Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
Susan David · 2016
🎙 Narrated by Susan David (author-narrated, primary edition); alternate OverDrive edition narrated by Claire Gordon Webster
79/100
👍 Worth It
This is a genuinely strong, award-winning pick — a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with a practical four-step framework that reviewers consistently call accessible and useful. Susan David narrates most editions herself, giving it a warm, personal feel, though double-check your platform since at least one edition swaps in a different narrator.
✦ 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 Most editions are narrated by author Susan David herself for a direct, personal delivery; at least one OverDrive edition instead carries narrator Claire Gordon Webster, so double-check which one you're getting.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing78
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy76
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit80
Human-eye read80
Penny’s verdict79
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