• Monsters and How to Tame Them

  • By: Kevin Hart
  • Narrated by: Kevin Hart
  • Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,875 ratings)

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Monsters and How to Tame Them

By: Kevin Hart
Narrated by: Kevin Hart
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You’ve seen Kevin Hart rule the stand-up circuit. You’ve watched him take over Hollywood. You’ve even seen him slay the New York Times best seller list. Now he’s going to help you own your monsters.

Following his popular titles I Can’t Make This Up and The Decision, Kevin is back sharing the practical wisdom that he’s gained from a profound, life-changing event. Monsters and How to Tame Them is Kevin’s most recent guide on how to live your best life, wrapped in his signature honesty, hilarious voice, and adept storytelling. You’ve heard stories about vampires, zombies, and ghosts. Now it’s time to meet some of the monsters that haunt your mind. Kevin will introduce you to Control Monster, or the need to control everyone and everything around you that ultimately limits your chance to grow. Then there’s Comparison Monster. This one makes you compare yourself to others, causing irrational jealousy. You’ll also meet Approval Monster, that nagging feeling deep down inside you that just wants likes and approval from the entire world, which leads to endless emptiness.

If you’re afraid of these monsters and more lurking around every dark corner, let Kevin, the monster hunter, show you how to train those bad tendencies we all have in the recesses of our minds. But first, you’ll have to look and see who or what is hiding under your bed. Kevin’s got you. Now get them.

©2022 Kevin Hart (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.

Kevin Hart, Master Monster Slayer

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About the Creator and Performer

Emmy and Grammy nominee Kevin Hart was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he launched his career as a comedian at an amateur night at a local comedy club. Over the years, Hart has become Hollywood’s box office powerhouse, opening ten films at #1 at the box office and grossing more than $4.23 billion in global revenue. Hart has also become a successful entrepreneur: He is chairman of Hartbeat Productions, a global, multi-platform media company creating entertainment at the intersection of comedy and culture with a mission to keep the world laughing together. The next generation media company unites Hartbeat Productions’ best-in-class TV and film production capabilities with Laugh Out Loud’s expansive distribution network, along with its marketing, sales, experiential, branded content, digital, and social capabilities. Hart is also the founder of Hartbeat Ventures; together, these two companies play an integral role in building Hart’s ecosystem for extraordinary growth and creativity.
Hart continues to develop, star in, and produce feature films, television, and podcasts via Hartbeat for his various partners, which include Netflix, Peacock, Sirius XM, and Audible. Hart is currently touring nationally with his eighth hour of stand-up material, The Reality Check Tour. In 2020, Hart released his seventh hour-long stand-up special Zero F**ks Given, which quickly became Netflix's biggest stand-up special of 2020 and earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. Hart also earned Emmy nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Die Hart, along with an Emmy nomination for his docuseries Don’t F**k This Up. Kevin is a New York Times best-selling author twice over and his first Audible original, The Decision, was nominated for an Audie award in 2021 for Best Original Audiobook.
Kevin is a founding partner in two companies: the premium tequila brand Gran Coramino and plant-based quick service restaurant Hart House. Kevin’s brand partnerships also include Fabletics Men, Chase J.P Morgan, Hydrow, Nutrabolt, Brüush, Tommy John, and Therabody.

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Great story. Great thoughts.

I love listening to Kevin Hart. So down to Earth. Tells it like it is. I need to listen again and relisten to The Decision .
Thanks Kevin!

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Definitely worth the listen!!!!

This book was phenomenal!!!! Definitely put a lot of my life to a real perspective that I can now work on and change in order to achieve my goals and be a better mom to my children! Thank you so much Kevin Hart!!!!

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great book

Loved Kevin Hart, he's not only funny, but it definitely teaching too, and we all have monster that's for sure!

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Great tools to add to arsenal...

Helps in identifying the monsters that have a tendency to take over your life and how to train them with great analogies/stories.

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Amazing.

This audible original presented things that I already knew about myself in ways that I have never thought about it before. I said to myself “Shit. He’s talking about me.” And by the end thought “I can do that; I’m about to have better control of my life.” I laughed.. man did I laugh. Also, I sent this to mad people; people who need to take their damn monsters because my monsters can’t have play dates with theirs anymore. Y’all just give it a listen. It’s good.

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Always a Gain!

Kevin Hart has been a through some real struggles in life and he’s come out on top in so many areas! This Audible Original from him is only one of several that I absolutely live and appreciate! He brings it to life in way that I can follow and that I can relate to! Love it!

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Love it!!

I love Kevin Hart!! This was a great audible. He is so funny, breaks things down, and super relatable. Kevin Hart is such a joy and great story teller. Love him 💕

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One of the greats

You know, I’ve always liked Kevin Hart’s comedy. Thought he was decent when he started making movies. Forgave him when he cheated but never excused him. Now I know why. He pours his heart and soul into everything; his greatest heights, and lowest lows. Simply embracing the pieces and parts that make him who he is and doing something with them, even if that something is disarray, or makes no sense, or is a plain bad decision. He just never wastes time and is so much more than the money or fame he has today. I was surprised at how much I felt he’s a fairly intense motivator but I liked this audio book a lot. I would certainly recommend it to those of all walks of life. Enjoy.

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Strap on your awareness goggles and let Kevin Hart give you an insightful tour of the Monsters within us all.

This book was the BEST surprise!! I deeply appreciate the work of both Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss- when I saw they partnered to share some self- help nuggets in the package of comedic insight- I was intrigued.
Curiosity turned into full blown admiration as each chapter progressed. I found myself laughing out loud like a lunatic in my car on more than one occasion and I appreciated the vulnerability Hart shows in using his life experiences as cliff notes of learning for us all.
As an intuitive life coach for Highly sensitive people (and kids), I am always looking for ways to show people how potent the art of awareness is in our lives. Hart (and Strauss) have created a guide book to help us better understand and appreciate the rowdy monsters in us all. I highly suggest this book - for all levels - whether you are just beginning your journey of self discovery or are already deep into your Personal Legend, this has been one of the funnest rides through human psychology that I have taken in a long, long time. Enjoy! And if you get crazy looks for slapping the steering wheel and laughing like you’ve just broken out of the loony farm- smile and wave at all those untamed monsters growling back at you because you will be learning ALL their stinky secrets…and having the time of your life doing it!
In ease and grace,
Kimberly Crawford

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Monsters! A great book overall

Kevin Hart does it again! Outstanding ideals and to defeat our inner monsters. I will definitely listen to this many more times.

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