Narrator turns this awesome book into a total dud

When listening to an audiobook, I need to feel the narrators passion in order to get much out of the book. If they gave try-outs for the narrator, they picked the guy in dead last. That being said, I do feel that the content of the book, if it were to be read by someone else, would make for a great book. So buy a hard copy and have your spouse read it to you. (unless your married to the current narrator)

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Could be a much better audiobook

I think the concepts are pretty good in this book, but I believe the author takes himself way too seriously and has allowed raw academic language to get in the way. On top of that, the narration is good, but more suited for a fiction book. From listening to the long winded phrasing in abstract terms, and the dramatic voice, it's very easy to get distracted by the delivery and not focus on what the author is trying to say. The listeners with a highly academic background might be ok with this book, but I'd say that it needs a rewrite in a much more comprehensible format for the general public.

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Machine narration. awful

Machine narration is just terrible, I can't even listen to this for a minute. I wish I cold get my money back.

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Narration really weak

Narrator tries to "invent" a nasty style.

Contents of book are dense and complex. Learning from Lax & Sebenius really builds value on negotiation performance.

It's a pity narration doesn't make justice to book quality.

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An Excellent Book on Negotiations

Excellent book on negotiations. This book focuses on the bigger picture, setting the stage, getting the right players and groups involved (government officials, trade unions, etc.) in an effort to expand negotiations beyond the table and orchestrate a win-win value creating deal.

There is a healthy use of real world cases and the authors were involved in most of them. The case analysis is relevant and insightful.

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Great book/Sleepy Narration

The book itself is excellent. The explanation of 3-D negotiating is excellent. The only single flaw is the monotone reader read's a dynamic topic so dry that this has a powerful influence over the listener , which makes it hard to stay alert. Luckily the content is interesting enough to make it through in order to learn these wonderful lessons.

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Great book, TERRIBLE narration

This was my first audible purchase. This was not even narrated, it was computer generated narration. Impossible to listen to. I ended up purchasing the physical book because I couldn't make it passed the first chapter. After "reading" the book, it was an amazing book. A little gimmicky with the words and terms, but the principles hold true regardless on how the authors describe them. I had heard such good things about audible, it's really too bad. I would recommend purchasing the physical book for this one. Skip the audio version.

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Excellent Listen before your next big meeting.

Listening before your next big meeting or interview will take your focus to a higher level making you more calm and ready for what comes at you. Goes beyond the standard win-win negotiation advice.

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Not sure is the narrator is a robot

The content seems good but in this audiobook rendition of the content it is extremely hard to concentrate to the robotic voice of the narrator

Great content!

This books conditions you to look at negotiation as an entrepreneurial venture with many levers and moving parts to be set before any tactical face-to-face meeting.

Barrett Whitener’s delivery is monotonous and dreadful excepts when he narrates statements made by characters in the book. Only then, there are some voice intonations.