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Good Habits (HBR Emotional Intelligence)
Harvard Business Review · 2023
🎙 Narrated by Rachel Perry and Steve Menasche (dual narrators, Ascent Audio)
70/100
👍 Worth It
A solid grab-bag of workplace habit essays, helped a lot by James Clear's contribution alongside a few other credible voices. Anthologies can feel a little disjointed compared to a single author's throughline, and much of the ground here will feel familiar if you've already read Atomic Habits. The two-narrator format is typical of the HBR series and works fine for these shorter, essay-length chapters.
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🎙 Narration: fine Split between two narrators (Rachel Perry and Steve Menasche), typical of the multi-author HBR Emotional Intelligence format; no specific critical commentary found.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness70
Craft & writing66
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit82
Human-eye read66
Penny’s verdict70
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