STFU, Dan Lyons
STFU, Dan Lyons
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STFU
The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World

Author: Dan Lyons

Narrator: Dan Lyons

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

"Lyons is an able narrator who brings self-deprecation and humor to parts that may lose their impact in print. His emphatic delivery is dynamic, and listeners may find themselves nodding along in agreement."- Library Journal

New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons is here to tell you—and don't take this the wrong way—that you really need to shut the f*ck up!

Our noisy world has trained us to think that those who get in the last word win, when in fact it’s those who know how to stay silent who really hold the power. STFU is a book that unlocks this power and will change your life, freeing you to focus on what matters. Lyons combines leading behavioral science with actionable advice on how to communicate with intent, think critically, and open your mind and ears to the world around you.

Talk less, get more. That’s what STFU is all about. Prescriptive, informative, and addictively readable, STFU gives you the tools to become your better self, whether that’s in the office, at home, online, or in your most treasured relationships. Because, after all, what you say is who you are.

So take a deep breath, press play, and quietly change your life.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

About Dan Lyons

Dan Lyons is the author of Disrupted: My Adventures in the Startup Bubble, a New York Times bestselling memoir, and Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us. He was also a writer for the hit HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. As a journalist, he spent a decade covering Silicon Valley for Forbes, ran tech coverage at Newsweek, and contributed to Fortune, the New York Times, Wired, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 08, 2023

I get that the author was conveying in this book that staying quiet in many situations has power. As an introvert, when I remained "quiet" in many situations in my life, that was more often than not, annoying to people. So I think the author, who never looked at the opposite side which is "be more t......more

Goodreads review by Beth on October 16, 2022

What a great little read! It clear, concise language backed up with a lot of research (seriously, my favorite kind of book), Dan Lyons bring excellent, eye opening insight into who is an over talker and what the results of overtalking are (note- just don’t do it). He then proceeds to give you five s......more

Goodreads review by Kelly {SpaceOnTheBookcase] on February 25, 2023

For a book that tells you to STFU it really was wordy. I thought the book could have benefitted from more editing. Also, arranging the chapters in more precise ways. A lot of the antidotes kept referencing past concepts. This book also relied on insulting others to make their point. While it works w......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on October 03, 2023

Me gusta la parte en la que habla sobre las redes sociales, sobre todo el desapego hacia ellas, para poder vivir más tranquilos y con más silencio. Es algo que he puesto en práctica y es agradable ese silencio que nos quitan las RRSS. La parte que no me ha gustado ha sido casi la del final del libro s......more

Goodreads review by Renata on February 21, 2025

Tylos galia. Kalbėjimas sidabras ir ne tik tylėjimas auksas o ir ši knyga aukso vertės. Tai knyga pakeičianti mąstymą, atverianti akis ir lb daug peno duodanti. Kas skaito angliškai- nuoširdžiai rekomenduoju šią brangenybių dėžutę pavadinimu - STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut......more

Quotes

“Entertaining, illuminating, and inspiring! More than a book, it’s a public service announcement that we’d all do well to—well, STFU and listen to!”
—Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Calm the F*ck Down

“Read this book--your boss will thank you. Your spouse will thank you. And you'll thank yourself! Good communication is measured not by the speaker, but by the listener. How can you know what's going on in another person's ear? Start by STFU! For most of us, that's easier said than done. Dan Lyons will explain how to do it, and why it will improve your relationships at work and at home.”
—Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Candor

“STFU convinced me that, by keeping my big mouth shut, I will be happier and more productive and so will everyone else in my life. Dan Lyons' ridiculously funny gem taught me how to shut up, pay fierce attention to others, stifle my 'manalogues' and so many more antidotes for my talkaholic tendencies. My only problem is that, after reading STFU, I can’t stop talking about how much I love this book!”
—Robert I. Sutton, organizational psychologist, Stanford Professor, and New York Times bestselling author of seven books including The No Asshole Rule

“Lyons cuts through the noise even as he critiques it. Timely, clever, and important. Need I say more? (Probably not).”
—David Litt, former speechwriter for President Barack Obama and New York Times bestselling author of Thanks, Obama

“Want to help with those loudmouthed jerks, the ones polluting our media and our minds of late? Want to avoid being one yourself? STFU teaches us what we all need to learn: how to listen, pause and speak. How to communicate with intention, and power. The book opens your mind by closing your mouth. I could go on, but I’ll shut up now.”
—Aaron James, New York Times bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory

Previous Praise for Dan Lyons' Disrupted

"You couldn't have written a tastier ending, even for HBO."
—Dwight Garner, New York Times
"Disrupted by Dan Lyons is the best book about Silicon Valley today....Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying."
—Los Angeles Times
"Scathingly funny....Like the show Silicon Valley, Disrupted nails the workings of spastic, hypocritical, delusional tech culture."
—New York Post

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