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Outwitting the Devil

By: Napoleon Hill,Sharon L. Lechter - editor,Mark Victor Hansen - foreword
Narrated by: Dan John Miller,Phil Gigante
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Publisher's summary

“Napoleon Hill was one of America’s great, influential thinkers who continues to have an enormous impact today.” - Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine

Bestselling author Napoleon Hill reveals the seven principles of good that allow us to triumph over obstacles...and find success.

Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Napoleon Hill digs deep to reveal how fear, procrastination, anger, and jealousy prevent us from realizing our personal goals. This long-suppressed parable, once considered too controversial to publish, was written by Hill in 1938 following the publication of his classic bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. Annotated and edited for a contemporary audience by Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Three Feet from Gold coauthor Sharon Lechter, this book is profound, powerful, resonant, and rich with insight.

©2011 by The Napoleon Hill Foundation (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"My simple faith is this: If we are created in God’s image, then we were born to create, and to create is to prosper. [This] previously unpublished Napoleon Hill manuscript.... I’ve read it and recommend it." (Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes magazine)

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Experience Ruined By 2nd Narrator

What would have made Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil better?

Without the constant interruptions from the editor, I would have enjoyed this audiobook. A simple foreword would've sufficed.

How could the performance have been better?

There ought to be a way to listen to the book, minus the commentary inserted by Ms. Lechter.

What character would you cut from Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil?

The editor, Sharon Lechter.

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I wish I'd done my due diligence and read some of the reviews before purchasing this title from Audible. I'm surprised that anyone enjoyed this sort of delivery.

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READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY THE AUDIOBOOK!

If you want to know more about what is stopping you from finding success in your life, this audiobook will be of great value!

The first thing I want to say is that you should listen to Think and grow rich (Napoleon Hill) before you listen to this book. It will help you to follow the author's mind.

Another thing is that Sharon Lechter brings NOTHING more to the book whatsoever. It was actually really annoying having to listen to her whenever she comments as it brought nothing more to what Hill was already saying. Another thing is that she keeps pushing her book "3 feet from gold" and that too was really annoying.

Sharon Lechter doesn't comment too often so it's no TOO bad.

This being said, I HIGHLY recommend this book. It is a big eye opener on the keys to finding success in your life!

Seb

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Excellent content... just ingore extra commentary

What did you like best about Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil? What did you like least?

The message in the book is excellent and delivered in a very interesting format. There is advice for all walks of life that I wish society could adopt as a whole for a better planet.

What did you like best about this story?

The brutal honesty wrapped in eloquent speech from an interesting viewpoint (the Devil).

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Dan John Miller and Phil Gigante ?

No one.. that part was brilliant. The 'extra' commentary throughout the book from the publisher was distracting and unnecessary.

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Life changing book, commentary is really bad.

Must read. This is the most impactful book I’ve ever been exposed to. Powerful book.
The commentary by Sharon Lechter is really distracting and poorly done, especially in the audio version. The content is worth putting up with the commentary though. I wish they’d make a version without the commentary.

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Just Shut Up

Constant interruptions ruined what would have been an outstanding audio book. I could not enjoy the experience and gave up. It seemed Sharon had to chime in about every three or four sentences; honestly, give it a rest!

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Produce a version without the interjections

Produce a version without the interjections and unnecessary dialogue. I enjoyed the story nonetheless. The performance of Hill and the devil were strong.

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This commentary is soooo Annoying

This book is gold but who’s editor will re-iterate every sentence it is so redundant and such a waste of time

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Obnoxious editor narration

The audiobook would be fabulous without the obnoxious and pointless narration from Sharon letcher, if her useless commentary could be removed from the audiobook, I’d have nothing bad to say, 5 stars across the board without her 2 cents interspersed through out.

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Great book, no annotation needed!

The book is so good, you hate it is interrupted by the annotation. The annotation added very little value to the story/book. It was like watching a good show and a commercial comes on.

Overall great book and easy listen. Will definitely apply the principals learned.

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DELETE SHARON SHE RUINS IT

I don’t even want to listen to this anymore sadly because of sharons annoying unnecessary interruptions. They couldn’t be more useless and just aggravating. I can’t even listen to it anymore.

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