The Chris Voss Show

You have seen the men with the boats, the cars, the money, the women. You have stopped mid-scroll for them. Maybe for just a second. Maybe longer than you’d admit. And you have told yourself that’s the answer—that if you could just get there, everything would fall into place. The dating problems. The quiet suspicion that you are running the wrong play, that hum inside your chest that never goes quiet no matter what you try.

The Tate clips, the Rollo Tomassi posts, the dating-app spreadsheets, the thousands you spent on the programs. You have done everything men are told to do…and the hum is still there.

Ryan Vertucci had that life.

The 4,300 square foot waterfront home with the boat at the back door. The BMW i8 and the Aston Martin Superleggera in the driveway. A million dollars in personal income working a few hours a week. He was recruited by Dan Bilzerian’s organization to help sell the formula, brought in specifically because he looked like proof it worked. His Instagram was featured by Men of Action as one of the profiles students were told to model themselves after. When the industry needed to show other men what the destination looked like, they pointed at Ryan.

Then a woman looked at him and said the ten words that destroyed something:

“You’re just another rich guy in Tampa with a boat.”

She didn’t say it cruelly. She said it the way you say something obvious.

She looked at everything he had built and she didn’t see power. She saw a pattern. A type. A man she had seen a hundred times before, standing in the middle of everything the formula promised, wondering why it felt like nothing.

The entire system is built to keep you chasing.

This is the book Ryan wishes someone had handed him at twenty-two, before he spent nearly a decade and over a million dollars finding out the hard way.

Inside Quit the Game: 31 Principles for Men Who Are Done Chasing Status and Approval, you will find:

The Be Do Have inversion — why the sequence every man is following is completely backwards, and what to do instead

This is the book for the man who tried all of those and still feels empty—and for the man who doesn’t want to.

Quit the game. Become Aligned. Start here.

I describe how I do therapy. I tell people that I have stolen flowers from other people’s gardens, but the bouquet is mine. Therapy, for me, is mainly based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. It was a long and arduous journey, and I hope who reads my book will find some light on their way through their lives.

Dissension: A Disagreement that Leads to Discord by Rodney Phillips

The night air hung thick with Miami’s ever-present humidity, wrapping the city in a suffocating embrace. Neon lights flickered along Ocean Drive, casting distorted reflections in rain-slicked streets, the remnants of a brief but violent storm. In the alleys and backrooms of the city’s underbelly, the storm had only just begun.

The game had been in motion for years, long before those playing it even knew they were pawns. Borders had shifted, alliances had formed and have since become fractured, and blood had been spilled in quiet corners of the city where no one dared to look. The rules were unwritten, but they were absolute: Power demanded obedience. Betrayal demanded retribution. And the past, no matter how deeply buried, had a way of clawing its way back to the surface.

For those caught in its grip, it was simply survival.

A phone rang in the dim glow of a downtown penthouse, cutting through the silence like a blade against glass. The man who answered spoke in measured tones, his voice betraying neither urgency nor fear. Across town, another call was made, this time to a woman whose life will be spent unraveling truths hidden in the shadows. And somewhere between them, in a place where trust was currency and loyalty a death sentence, a decision was made that could never be undone. What had started as a feud was now a reckoning. And before the sun rose over Miami’s restless skyline, the first shot would be fired.

About the Author

Beyond his professional career, he has been active in youth sports, coaching football, and boys and girls lacrosse for more than twenty years. His dedication to mentoring young athletes reflects his passion for leadership, teamwork, and personal development.

Phillips resides in Pittsburgh with his family and three dogs, where he enjoys staying active in the community, following his favorite sports teams, and exploring new avenues of storytelling.

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What if the pain of loss became a path to rediscovered love?

In Letters to My Mother: Creating a Loving Connection After Loss, grief memoirist Helen Fernald shares a heartfelt collection of personal letters written to her late mother. Through this intimate and emotional healing book, she explores the deep mother-daughter relationship that continues to evolve even after death. As she navigates sorrow, suppressed grief, and spiritual awakening, Fernald’s writing becomes a powerful tribute to enduring love.

Written over three decades, each letter is a journey through healing after loss, reflecting on emotional milestones, family memories, and the spiritual connection after death. This memoir beautifully balances raw vulnerability with inspirational strength, guiding readers through their own grieving process. Blending poetic reflections and true-life storytelling, Helen’s letters demonstrate how personal letters can serve as therapeutic tools, helping others uncover strength in the face of absence.

For those mourning the death of a loved one, especially a parent, this grief memoir is a beacon. It validates pain, encourages emotional expression, and gently offers hope. Whether you’re searching for solace, looking to understand your own journey through bereavement, or simply drawn to stories of deep love and loss, this book will resonate in your heart.

Begin your journey of emotional recovery—write your own letter, and find your own peace.

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Although AI can process a billion data points in seconds, it lacks any capacity to sit in silence and know that it exists.

At this time in world history, humanity stands at an unprecedented crossroads. Artificial intelligence is reshaping every dimension of life–how we work, create, connect, and even understand reality itself. However, in the race to build smarter machines, we’ve neglected the deeper question: What is the intelligence that no machine can manufacture?

The AI-Human Paradox explores the territory between the algorithm and awareness, between computational power and the quiet force of consciousness. Written by a software consulting professional with decades of experience in the technology industry–who is also a mediator and Reiki Master–this book bridges two worlds that rarely speak to each other, and as such reveals why their conversation is the most important of our times.

Inside, you’ll discover:

Why the rise of AI makes human consciousness more essential–not less.

That tension —enterprise software leadership at companies like Oracle and AT&T on one side, two decades of contemplative practice on the other — is what his books are built to hold. He writes about artificial intelligence and quantum computing with a combination almost no one brings to the subject: the fluency of someone who has actually sold and deployed these systems at scale, and the skepticism of someone who has spent years watching his own mind and knows the difference between a capability and a claim.

His work is deliberately anti-hype. Where the industry promises revolution, Randall asks for the evidence — and when the evidence isn’t there, he says so, on the page, in plain language. His books are fact-checked to a standard most technology writing never attempts, because he believes readers deserve to know which claims are proven and which are merely sold.

He currently serves as fractional CEO of a technology group, so the questions he writes about are not abstract to him — they are the ones he is answering in the room, under real stakes, right now.

Across The AI Human Paradox, The Quantum Human Paradox, and The QAI Human Paradox, he traces a single widening question: as machines grow more capable, what remains distinctly, irreducibly human? In The End of Smart, he turns the lens on intelligence itself — and on what happens to a society built to reward it when intelligence stops being scarce. What his experience revealed about getting a job today.

One line runs through all of it: Power seizes. Consciousness receives.

Bruce holds a Data Science certificate from MIT and also holds an AI product management certification, and lives on the coast of Massachusetts.

Amalia Rose grew up in North Dakota with those words from her father etched into her heart—a reminder that while we can heal from life’s hardships, the marks they leave remain. She never expected that a simple walk to clear her head in California would leave her with a scar that would last a lifetime.

After witnessing a crime that upended her world, Amalia spent eleven years living in the shadows. To protect the people she loved, she accepted a life of silence, hidden away in protective custody where her past was a secret she carried alone.

Now, she has finally returned to the familiar horizon of her hometown. She has built a life of peace with a husband who supports her and a daughter to raise. But as the ghosts of her past are released back into the world, the safety of her new home is threatened. Amalia must decide if she will keep running or if she is finally ready to stand her ground.

In this poignant story of memory and resilience, you will find:

Follow the road home. Order your copy today.

Originally published during the turmoil of World War II, this newly updated edition brings Neumann’s influential work to a new generation of readers with improved formatting, accessible structure, bullet-pointed sections, and modern commentary by coauthor Nathaniel Fridman.

Drawing from the political collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin, Neumann examines how authoritarian regimes seize power, manipulate mass movements, destroy democratic institutions, and maintain control through propaganda, fear, nationalism, and permanent political conflict.

This powerful work explores:

The rise of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s authoritarian rule

Part political science, part historical analysis, and part warning for future generations, Permanent Revolution: The Total State in a World at War remains an essential book for readers interested in:

Political history

About the author

The Promise: A Pioneer Firefighter’s Story by Antoinette Crawford-Willis

Linda J. Albertano, award-winning poet and Poetry Diva of the City of Los Angeles, was an enchantress, musician, performance artist, actress, and filmmaker. As a child, she was reared in various unkindly foster homes. But this six-foot-four beauty with brains excelled and made her art speak for her. Frank Lutz was Linda’s lover, husband, partner, and best friend for more than 55 years. While Frank was the quiet one of the pair, his experiences as an athlete, scholar, pilot, sailor, and European aficionado provided the kernel for much of his narrative poetry. Together they were creative scholastic gems.