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The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success by Megan McArdle

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mia Barron (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Career Developmentstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 6,401 Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Career Development shelf

353 Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success is an audiobook by Megan McArdle: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mia Barron, released February 11, 2014, on the Career Development and Management & Leadership shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Mia Barron
Released
February 11, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Career Development, Management & Leadership
ISBN
9781470381677

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success as an audiobook?

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success?

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success is narrated by Mia Barron.

Is The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.