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Title: Body of Work

Subtitle: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together

Author: Pamela Slim

Narrator: Pamela Slim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-14

Publisher: ACX

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

These days it's increasingly rare to have a stable career in any field. More and more of us are blending big company jobs, startup gigs, freelance work, and volunteer side projects. We take chances to expand our knowledge, capabilities, and experience. But how do we make sense of that kind of career-and explain it? Pamela Slim, the acclaimed author of Escape from Cubicle Nation, gives us the tools to have meaningful careers in this new world of work. She shows how to find the connections among diverse accomplishments, sell your story, and continually reinvent and relaunch your brand.

Members Reviews:

Motivational and Immediately Actionable

This is my second time reading/listening to this book. I have picked up even more the second time around. It could be called a workbook, because you don't passively read. Instead you are encouraged to examine yourself by answering questions and completing exercises that make all the information immediately relative.

Vision with a just do it attitude

Great story of how some people have the natural gift of seeing things and situations from a different perspective and doing something positive about it. While some people have it naturally it can be learned by developing an awareness to look beyond the surface and follow your gut instincts. Nice book.

Insubstantial

To be brief:

This book may have some (few) good points but it doesn't merit an entire book. I had high hopes but it didn't deliver. The entire book can be understood in one sentence: diversity you skills, talents and experience because one job for life is dying out.

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Title: Brief

Subtitle: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less

Author: Joseph McCormack

Narrator: Robin Bloodworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 124 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Get heard by being clear and concise. The only way to survive in business today is to be a lean communicator. Busy executives expect you to respect and manage their time more effectively than ever. You need to do the groundwork to make your message tight and to the point. The average professional receives 304 emails per week and checks their smartphones 36 times an hour and 38 hours a week. This inattention has spread to every part of life. The average attention span has shrunk from 12 seconds in 2000 to eight in 2012. So, throw them a lifeline and be brief.

Author Joe McCormack tackles the challenges of inattention, interruptions, and impatience that every professional faces. His proven B.R.I.E.F. approach, which stands for Background, Relevance, Information, Ending, and Follow up, helps simplify and clarify complex communication. Brief will help you summarize lengthy information, tell a short story, harness the power of infographics and videos, and turn monologue presentations into controlled conversations. Details the B.R.I.E.F. approach to distilling your message into a brief presentation. Written by the founder and CEO of Sheffield Marketing Partners, which specializes in message and narrative development, who is also a recognized expert in Narrative Mapping, a technique that helps clients achieve a clearer and more concise message. Long story short: Brief will help you gain the muscle you need to eliminate wasteful words and stand out from the rest. Be better. Be brief.

Members Reviews:

Good advice but not well delivered

The title BRIEF is also an acronym for the approach:

- Background

- Relevance

- Information

- Ending

- Follow-up

To be brief, it requires a lot of work to have a thorough understanding of the subject. This may include writing outlines and creating mind maps. You also need to refine the summary of your topic - what would be the headline and narrative? Don't give a bunch of facts. "Plan and practice" is the advice given over and over so you can deliver stories that are to the point, observe your audience reactions, and adjust your message to what they want.

The book covered different situations where communication occurs, such as manager/direct report, buyer/seller, customer/retailer, and interviewer/candidate. But not all those situations and examples are about being precise and brief. If a retailer isn't listening to its customers, that's a bad business practice (not a communication problem). The point is to be actively listening to your audience to respond appropriately. Unfortunately, the author doesn't always use good examples to illustrate his points.

Awesome.

The temptation is to make this review brief.

I'll do what I can.

I'm a performer, and I teach a performing art (voice over). And I have a tendency to drop tons of information on my students.

This audiobook was the kick in the pants I needed to revamp my slides, my examples, even my level of detail when I teach. And for that, I am eternally grateful.

Mr. McCormack has written a beautifully crafted guide to the joys and the profitability of being concise, to the point and brief, and Mr. Bloodworth made it easy to consume, with an easy and engaging voicing. I found myself not wanting to pause the audio, even to sleep.

Everyone should listen to this book. Even if you only employ what you learn here when at parties, you'll be a more interesting guest.

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Title: The Customer-Funded Business

Subtitle: Start, Finance, or Grow Your Company with Your Customers' Cash

Author: John Mullins, PhD

Narrator: James Conlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 50 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Who needs investors?More than two generations ago, the venture capital community - VCs, business angels, incubators and others - convinced the entrepreneurial world that writing business plans and raising venture capital constituted the twin centerpieces of entrepreneurial endeavor. They did so for good reasons: the sometimes astonishing returns they've delivered to their investors and the astonishingly large companies that their ecosystem has created. But the vast majority of fast-growing companies never take any venture capital. So where does the money come from to start and grow their companies? From a much more agreeable and hospitable source: their customers. That's exactly what Michael Dell, Bill Gates, and Banana Republic's Mel and Patricia Ziegler did to get their companies up and running and turn them into iconic brands. In The Customer Funded Business, best-selling author John Mullins uncovers five novel approaches that scrappy and innovative 21st-century entrepreneurs working in companies large and small have ingeniously adapted from their predecessors like Dell, Gates, and the Zieglers.

Members Reviews:

This book wants to be good

This book wants to be good, but in my opinion: it isn't.

It's structured like this: a major chapter devoted to each customer-funded model, ending with a chapter that's supposed to be practical but isn't. And the preceding chapters are made up of run-of-the-mill "AirBnB did this... AirBnB did that... blah blah blah" highlighting companies that model has worked for.

Such case stories are always irrelevant and useless to 99.9% of everyone else, since AirBnB, Apple, Instagram et al, are all outliers. No one knows for sure WHICH magic bullet led them to their success and more than likely: it was a whole box of silver bullets, the biggest of which is great leadership, the next being chance (aka: "luck") etc.

Which other book will I recommend you get instead? The Automatic Customer is much more practical and useful. If you're into membership websites and such: go get that one!

Too much repitition

Content was good it had too much repitition.

Use cases and examples were up to date and relevant.

One of the Best business book I've come across

This book is full of great examples and advice. It keeps you engaged until the end

must have for lean startups

This is a monster book. A must read before wasting time and money. The case studies insight and validation was well worth the money.

Not convincing

Failed to see the correlation between the claim and the evidence author tried to present

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Title: So You Want to Be an Insurance Agent

Author: Jeffrey L. Hastings

Narrator: Jeffrey L. Hastings

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-14

Publisher: Chart House Press LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 82 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

There is more to selling insurance than writing policies. When done right, you can build a successful business that affords you a lifestyle that most people only dream about.

So You Want to Be an Insurance Agent is an essential guide for anyone who is considering opening an insurance agency or wants to grow an existing agency.

Highly recommended by Dr. Robert Hartwig, President of the Insurance Information Institute, and Michael Gerber, author of the E-Myth books, this audiobook provides a complete system to develop, manage, and grow a successful insurance business. It contains everything you need including a personality assessment to determine if this business is right for you, licensing guidelines, a business plan, employee contracts, an employee handbook, business forms, and more.

Members Reviews:

must read if you want to be an agent

very complete and informative. unfortunately missing charts of information that is in the hard copy. I ended up buying both.

Insurance Anyone?

Where does So You Want to Be an Insurance Agent rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This is a decent read. I would put in the middle

What did you like best about this story?

Very insightful and relevant to someone looking to jump into agency or revitalize their own.

Which character as performed by Jeffrey L. Hastings was your favorite?

Not sure.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

It's insurance, you must be an insurance junkie or really trying to fall asleep.

Any additional comments?

Great book and very good content from someone that's helped quite a few agents succeed.

GREAT Book

Great book if you are thinking about opening a new business. Not just insurance business. This book can be used for other fields as well

Great book on planning for a successful agency

I loved this audio. I am buying the book for my library. This is exactly what I needed to plan for an agency that can run even when I am not in the office.

Awesome!

Very helpful book and a great way to measure success in this field. Loved it

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Title: 40 Rules for Internet Business Success

Subtitle: Escape the 9 to 5, Do Work You Love, and Build a Profitable Online Business

Author: Matthew Paulson

Narrator: Stu Gray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-14

Publisher: American Consumer News, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 196 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Listen to this audiobook and you will learn from an entrepreneur who created a seven-figure internet business from scratch.

Matthew Paulson, Founder of Analyst Ratings Network, Lightning Releases, and GoGo Photo Contest, has weathered the failures and triumphs of being an entrepreneur for nearly a decade. 40 Rules for Internet Business Success is his collection of core principles and strategies he used to grow his business.

By listening to this audiobook, you will learn to:

No matter what your goals are for online business success, 40 Rules will help you turn your dream of owning a profitable Internet business into reality.

Members Reviews:

Don't stop too early. There is gold here

I nearly stopped but I'm glad I didn't. The first few rules are common sense and found in every business how to book from the last 100 years. I guess the author had to repeat them for a baseline. The gold came later with recent real Internet business experience. I have several online businesses that I hope to grow. This book gave me some things to work on and several things not to waste time on. Well worth the read.

Perfect for the beginning Internet business

If your new to being an internet business owner, this book is for you! Some of the "rules" are pretty obvious, but inside of each of those rules Mathew Paulson really makes you think. Mostly of the direction your going, your industry is going and where technology is going as well as how quickly it can change. Great buy, great read! Buy it already!

Fantastic and fast

very good book and I think this book can apply to more than online businesses

Outstanding set of guidelines

The "rules" on marketing, finding customers, and growing a business were well worth the price. This book is also quite inspiring!

Better as a paperback -maybe

I think the content is good, but I felt like I had to write down everything he said. More like I was getting a lecture. Great information, but at some points it just goes on and on about things that I would just glance over on paper. Resources he gives are great but again, I had no way of going back to look at them. I wish this came with a PDF, even just of the 40 rules would be great!

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Title: Edit Better

Subtitle: Hollywood-Tested Strategies for Powerful Video Editing

Author: Jeff Bartsch

Narrator: Jeff Bartsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-14

Publisher: Resolve Entertainment, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Imagine pushing a magic button in your video editing software labeled "better". Any project you edit turns out exactly how you planned, every single time. Your audience is absolutely spellbound, wiping tears from their eyes, laughing out loud, or sitting in stunned silence as they see the world in a different way for the first time.

Bad news: That button doesn't exist. Good news: Edit Better shows you how to get there anyway.

Edit Better was made for video editors who consider themselves advanced hobbyists or growth-minded professionals, artists who know that the tools of editing matter far less than the knowledge of how to use those tools powerfully.

This audiobook does not illuminate the workings of Avid, Final Cut, or Premiere, and is not a meditation on film editing. What it is: a provocative, wide-ranging collection of strategies and tactics for the creative application of TV and video editing, no matter your editing tools.

Author Jeff Bartsch lays out both big-picture strategies and practical, boots-on-the-ground tactics for powerful communication. Going far beyond mere button-pushing, Jeff good-naturedly blends communication theory, marketing, behavioral psychology, neuroscience, and nuts-and-bolts details of editing application from years of experience in Hollywood, the storytelling capital of the world.

Members Reviews:

Finally an audiobook about editing video!

I have been looking for exactly a book of this kind for months now. All of a sudden; there it was in the New Releases section.

The narration by Jeff is great he's fresh and frank not too much, not too little.

What excites me the most, is this books focus on what makes an edit (i.e. the individual cut between two clips) work or not work.

It's exactly the book I've been looking for.

I would give it 5 stars if it wasn't for the fact that I only give 5 stars for out of this world, life-changing books (like for example Nathaniel Branden's 6 "Pillars of Self-esteem" and such). On a regular scale, this book is definitely 5 stars!

Fantastic

Killer book. Insightful and funny!

As a pro editor I was reminded of things I didn't know ans was tonight things I need to try.

Used what I learned, and I DID edit better

I'm a video editing hobbyist doing video projects mostly for fun and also for a few clients.

There were several things that I just learned from experience and just felt right when I do them while editing. Though I couldn't really put a finger on why I specifically do some things, e.g. cutting, choosing scenes, audio,etc. This book put those learnings out onto my awareness. Now I can consciously do better edits knowing the reasons behind my every action.

Narration was natural! and the bits of humor helped it not to be boring.

Skip this and watch Youtube videos instead.

What would have made Edit Better better?

I'm disappointed in the book largely due to the fact that the writer seemed credible and the reviews were great, but really, the author mentions that he's still working on this book and can use your help if you want to give him some of your ideas for future versions.

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Title: Stealing the Corner Office

Subtitle: The Winning Career Strategies They'll Never Teach You in Business School

Author: Brendan Reid

Narrator: Dana Hickox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-14

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 336 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Stealing the Corner Office is mandatory listening for smart, hardworking managers who always wonder why their seemingly incompetent superiors are so successful. It is a unique collection of controversial but highly effective tactics for middle managers and aspiring executives who want to learn the real secrets for moving up the corporate ladder. Unlike virtually all other business books - which are based on the assumption that corporations are logical and fair - Stealing the Corner Office explores the unconventional tactics people less competent than you use to get ahead and stay ahead. It is your proven playbook to thrive and win in an imperfect corporate world.

Stealing the Corner Office will teach you:

These and many more controversial tactics will change the way you look at your career and how you manage projects, people, and priorities. Apply the 10 principles in Stealing the Corner Office and watch your career take off!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

Critic Reviews:

"Whether you're a corporate newcomer or an entrenched executive,

Stealing the Corner Office delivers a no-nonsense playbook that breaks the mold of conventional wisdom. Reid's unique style makes for a thought-provoking and entertaining read." (Yves Dupuis, Vice President of Sales, Jabra)

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Title: Amaze Every Customer Every Time

Subtitle: 52 Tools for Delivering the Most Amazing Customer Service on the Planet

Author: Shep Hyken

Narrator: Joe Bronzi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-12-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 37 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

You must deliver an amazing customer experience. Why? It is the competitive edge of new-era business - in any market and any economy.

Renowned customer experience expert Shep Hyken explains how consistently amazing customers through stellar service can elevate your company from good to great. All transformations require a role model, and Shep has found the perfect role model to inspire your team: Ace Hardware. Ace was named as one of the top 10 customer service brands in America by Businessweek and ranked highest in its industry for customer satisfaction. Through revealing stories from Ace's over-the-top work with customers, Shep explores the five tactical areas of customer amazement: leadership, culture, one-on-one, competitive edge, and community.

Delivering amazing service requires everyone in your organization to step up and be a leader. It doesn't take a title. It takes the right set of tools and principles. To help you empower employees at all levels, Shep brings the content to a deeply practical level. His 52 Amazement Tools - like "Ask the extra question" and "Focus on the customer, not the money" - are simple, clear, useful for almost anybody, and supported with compelling research and stories. In this audiobook you will find the tools and tactics you need to transform your company into a seriously customer-focused operation that will amaze every customer every time.

Members Reviews:

Every business cliche you have ever heard in 52 easy steps

Take every business cliche you have ever heard, pack them into 52 categories, and repeat them 10 times. Thats the book.

Just be a good person the best you can be as often as you can. Treat other people as your brothers and sisters. There Now you dont actually have to read the book.

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Title: Time Management

Subtitle: The Brian Tracy Success Library

Author: Brian Tracy

Narrator: Brian Tracy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-14

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 125 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

More than any other practice in your career, your ability to manage time will determine your success or failure. Its a simple equation. The better you use your time, the more you will accomplish, and the greater your rewards will be.

This exceptional guide reveals 21 proven time management techniques you can use immediately to gain two or more productive hours every day. Featuring the strategies that business expert Brian Tracy has identified as the most effective and that he himself employs, this audio reveals how you can:

Filled with Brian Tracys trademark wisdom, this audiobook will help you get more done, in less timeand with much less stress.

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Title: Nine Minutes on Monday

Subtitle: The Quick and Easy Way to Go from Manager to Leader

Author: James Robbins

Narrator: A.T. Chandler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-14

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 76 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

In Nine Minutes on Monday, leadership guru James Robbins argues that employee engagement comes down to one thing: A constant dedication to meeting the universal needs that drive performance excellence. In today's chaotic, high-stakes business environment, it is easy to get distracted from leadership responsibilities by focusing on tasks at hand instead of on strategy.

But when you neglect to keep your leadership priorities in front of you, everyone suffers - your staff, your organization and, in the end, you.

Whether you lead a small team or an entire organization, youll discover the nine keys to raising productivity, boosting morale, and increasing employee engagement. Nine Minutes on Monday combines proven engagement drivers and principles of human motivation into a simple system of execution that will show immediate results.

Members Reviews:

Just what I needed to hear!

I was looking for a book to help me understand culture in the workplace. This was perfect. Supported a lot of ideas I've been carrying around. Confirmed what I was thinking. Great book. Great reader.

A guru with lacking substance

What would have made Nine Minutes on Monday better?

A guru shares personal and other anecdotal stories then maps these to manager behaviors. Are the behaviors helpful? Probably but I cant say for certain because its just this gurus personal beliefs. There are better books that propose systems that have been proven out by organizations and teams.

insightful management techniques

Loved it! insightful management techniques I plan to utilize these techniques daily. the book is definitely worth a few more listens. don't rush - reflect on each chapter build your skill-set each Monday.

A must for truly maintaining Mission and Values

This book is simple but a must for maintaining mission and values in a mid-hi level of leadership. Shines a light on the difference between driving your direct reports or Inspiring them.