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Be More Pirate

Or How to Take On the World and Win

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Be More Pirate

By: Sam Conniff Allende
Narrated by: Sam Conniff Allende
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About this listen

- Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Be More Pirate written and read by Sam Conniff Allende.


Whatever your ambitions, ideas and challenges, this book will revolutionize the way you live, think and work today, and tomorrow.

Pirates didn't just break the rules, they rewrote them. They didn't just reject society, they reinvented it. Pirates didn't just challenge the status-quo, they changed everyfuckingthing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption and an uncertain future. Sound familiar?

Pirates stood for MISCHIEF, PURPOSE and POWER. And you can too.

In Be More Pirate, Sam Conniff Allende unveils the innovative strategies of Golden Age pirates, drawing parallels between the tactics and teachings of legends like Henry Morgan and Blackbeard with modern rebels, like Elon Musk, Malala and Banksy. Featuring takeaway sections and a guide to build you own pirate code 2.0, Be More Pirate will show you how to leave your mark on the 21st century.

So what are you waiting for? Join the rebellion now.

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'Unique...reminds me of the fun we've had with our airlines' - Sir Richard Branson

'Totally compelling' Ed Miliband

'I'd rather be a pirate than join the navy' Steve Jobs

'A model for how to break the system and create radical change' Evening Standard

'Be More Pirate feels so important as it looks to history to help us grip the future' Martha Lane Fox

'This isn't a book, it's the beginning of a movement. Be More Pirate should come with a health warning' Tom Goodwin, author of Digital Darwinism

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Critic reviews

I'd rather be a pirate than join the navy
Ask forgiveness, not permission! A unique approach...reminds me of the fun we've had with our airlines
Be More Pirate feels so important as it looks to history to help us grip the future
Be More Pirate is a battle cry for my generation. Step aside, the future belongs to us
Totally compelling
A refreshing, entertaining and inspiring perspective on work, leadership and why we do what we do
Be More Pirate makes modern-day heroes of names lost in history. Sam has spotted something: that millennials are natural pirates in spirit, making their own way on the high seas. Put aside the cutlass-and-parrot pirates in the Treasure Island mould. The ones he is thinking of were the model for how to break the system and create radical change (Jo Lo Dico)
Sam has created something that is timely and important. It is an idea that's going to explode (Will Hudson)
Be More Pirate as a statement is a controversial call to arms given the prevailing news agenda around corporate leadership, however as you dig into the argument there is a slow-dawning realisation that this way of thinking, this contrarianism, is exactly what we need to course correct 'the corporation'
Be More Pirate is refreshing, funny, insightful and ... annoying, in a good way. I felt actually challenged and inspired to do more, and be more in life and work. This isn't a book, it's the beginning of a movement (Tom Goodwin)
All stars
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brilliant book, really enjoyed the narration wasnt what I thought it would be be would recommend

great book great narrator

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"Read this book at your own peril" - ought to be part of the marketing.

I have listened to the book twice now, I absolutely love it - there are so many thoughts and ideas in here that I have had to listen to it twice to get them to sink in (I am not the fastest learner).

I am looking at my life and where I am through my own and the actions of others.
The book has left me wondering/questioning what I do next, I am questioning my own personal code, questioning how my profession (fundraising) operates and conducts itself, and questioning how I create good trouble within the sector to really see change.

Once you have read this book, there is no going back.

Becareful!

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I enjoyed the way this book challenged traditional ways of thinking and the 'establishment'. It helped me developed new ideas, and strategy, but also emphasised the importance of a sustainable future. Great listen which I have already recommended to several people.

A well narrated book and very thought provoking

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As I grew up I wanted to challenge the status quo. Not because I knew what the future should look like but because I could see things I didn't like.

I can now see that I've always had an inner pirate.

utterly inspiring

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Excellent. After ploughing through the audiobook at a rate of knots I'll be sure to be ordering a copy to add to my office library.

Interesting and entertaining couldn't ask for more

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