29 Best Books on Management
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The Essential Drucker
- By: Peter F. Drucker
- Narrator: Timothy Andres Pabon
- Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 08, 2015
- Language: English
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4.08(9183 ratings)
4.08(9183 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDFather of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices andFather of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of organizations, individuals, and society, there is The Essential Drucker–an invaluable compilation of essential materials from the works of a management legend.
Containing twenty-six core selections, The Essential Drucker covers the basic principles and concerns of management and its problems, challenges, and opportunities, giving managers, executives, and professionals the tools to perform the tasks that the economy and society of tomorrow will demand of them.
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The Effective Executive
- By: Peter F. Drucker
- Narrator: Jim Collins
- Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 24, 2017
- Language: English
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4.08(30976 ratings)
4.08(30976 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA handsome, commemorative edition of Peter F. Drucker’s timeless classic work on leadership and management, with a foreword by Jim Collins. What makes an effective executive? For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as “the deanA handsome, commemorative edition of Peter F. Drucker’s timeless classic work on leadership and management, with a foreword by Jim Collins.
What makes an effective executive?
For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as “the dean of this country’s business and management philosophers” (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management–the executive.
The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to “get the right things done.” This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.
Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can–and must–be mastered:
- Managing time;
- Choosing what to contribute to the organization;
- Knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect;
- Setting the right priorities;
- Knitting all of them together with effective decision-making
Ranging across the annals of business and government, Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.
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Let Them Lead
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrator: John U. Bacon
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4.43(297 ratings)
4.43(297 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDAn uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation’s worst high school hockey team into one of the best. Bacon’s strategy is straightforward: set high expectations, make them accountable to each other, and inspireAn uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation’s worst high school hockey team into one of the best. Bacon’s strategy is straightforward: set high expectations, make them accountable to each other, and inspire them all to lead their team.
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When John U. Bacon played for the Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats, he never scored a goal. Yet somehow, years later he found himself leading his alma mater’s downtrodden program. How bad? The team hadn’t won a game in over a year, making them the nation’s worst squad—a fact they celebrated. With almost everyone expecting more failure, Bacon made it special to play for Huron by making it hard, which inspired the players to excel. Then he defied conventional wisdom again by putting the players in charge of team discipline, goal-setting, and even decision-making – and it worked. In just three seasons the River Rats bypassed 95-percent of the nation’s teams.
 
A true story filled with unforgettable characters, stories, and lessons that apply to organizations everywhere, Let Them Lead includes the leader’s mistakes and the reactions of the players, who have since achieved great success as leaders themselves. Let Them Lead is a fast-paced, feel-good book that leaders of all kinds can embrace to motivate their teams to work harder, work together, and take responsibility for their own success. -
An Anatomy of Pain
- By: Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen
- Narrator: Russell Bentley
- Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.59(266 ratings)
3.59(266 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDAn illuminating, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the fascinating science behind pain that “combines a career’s worth of expertise with a long history of pain treatment” (GQ)–from one of the internationally leadingAn illuminating, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the fascinating science behind pain that “combines a career’s worth of expertise with a long history of pain treatment” (GQ)–from one of the internationally leading doctors in pain management.
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Pain is a universal human experience, but we understand very little about the mechanisms behind it. We hurt ourselves, we feel pain, we seek help from a professional or learn to avoid certain behaviors that cause pain. But the story of what goes on in our body is far from simple. Even medical practitioners themselves often fail to grasp the complexities between our minds and bodies and how they interact when dealing with pain stimulus. Throughout history we’ve tried to prevent and mediate the effects of pain–which has only resulted in a highly medicated population and a booming opiates industry.
Written by a medical expert trained as an anesthesiologist, An Anatomy of Pain is the first book to clearly explain the current issues and complexities surrounding the treatment of pain and how society deals with those in pain, as well as how our bodies relate to pain. Common conception still equates pain with tissue damage but that is only a very small part of the story–the organ which produces pain is the brain. Case studies show that a woman who has undergone a c-section reports dramatically less pain than a patient who has had kidney stones removed in a similarly invasive operation. The soldier who drags himself or herself to safety after being shot deals with pain in a remarkably different way from someone suffering a similar injury on a street. The truth is that pain is a complex mix of nerve endings, psychological state, social preconceptions, and situational awareness.
Filled with case studies and medical history, this enlightening book offers a crash course in all aspects of pain, from chronic to acute, and walks us through the current landscape of pain treatments–from medication (including opioids) to electrical nerve stimulation. Whether it’s a mild ache or severe discomfort, we all encounter pain in our lives and “this splendid book–informative, empathic, and wise–about a universal experience will surely promote healing” (Booklist, starred review). -
CEO Excellence
- By: Carolyn Dewar
- Narrator: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.21(464 ratings)
4.21(464 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDNew York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller From the world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensiveNew York Times Bestseller
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Wall Street Journal Bestseller
From the world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today’s most successful corporate leaders–including chiefs at Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, and Sony.
Being a CEO at any of the world’s largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business. Billions, and even trillions, are at stake–and the fates of tens of thousands of employees often hang in the balance. Yet, even when “can’t miss” high-achievers win the top job, very few excel. Thirty percent of Fortune 500 CEOs last fewer than three years, and two out of five new CEOs are perceived to be failing within eighteen months.
For those who shoulder the burden of being the one on whom everyone counts, a manual for excellence is sorely needed.
To identify the 21st century’s best CEOs, the authors of CEO Excellence started with a pool of over 2400 public company CEOs. Extensive screening distilled that group into an elite corps, sixty-seven of whom agreed to in-depth, multi-hour interviews. Among those sharing their views: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Kazuo Hirai (Sony), Ken Chenault (American Express), Mary Barra (GM), and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestle).
What came out of those frank, no-holds-barred conversations is a rich array of mindsets and actions that deliver outsized performance. Compelling, practical, and unprecedented in scope, CEO Excellence is a treasure trove of wisdom from today’s most elite business leaders. -
How To Win Friends And Influence People
- By: Dale Carnegie
- Narrator: Andrew Macmillan
- Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1998
- Language: English
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4.22(789658 ratings)
4.22(789658 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.95 USDUpdated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.One of the best-knownUpdated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.
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One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated into almost every known language, and has helped countless people succeed.
Originally published during the depths of the Great Depression—and equally valuable during booming economies or hard times—Carnegie’s rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder of success in their professional and personal lives.
How to Win Friends and Influence People teaches you:
-How to communicate effectively
-How to make people like you
-How to increase your ability to get things done
-How to get others to see your side
-How to become a more effective leader
-How to successfully navigate almost any social situation
-And so much more!
Achieve your maximum potential with this updated version of a classic—a must-read for the 21st century. -
The Devil Never Sleeps
- By: Juliette Kayyem
- Narrator: Juliette Kayyem
- Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 29, 2022
- Language: English
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3.91(173 ratings)
3.91(173 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAn urgent, transformative guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management.The future may still be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of constant, consistent catastrophe,An urgent, transformative guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management.
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The future may still be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of constant, consistent catastrophe, where things more often go wrong than they go right. So why do we still fumble when disaster hits? Why are we always one step behind?
In The Devil Never Sleeps, Juliette Kayyem lays the groundwork for a new approach to dealing with disasters. Presenting the basic themes of crisis management, Kayyem amends the principles we rely on far too easily. Instead, she offers us a new framework to anticipate the “devil’s” inevitable return, highlighting the leadership deficiencies we need to overcome and the forward thinking we need to harness. It’s no longer about preventing a disaster from occurring, but learning how to use the tools at our disposal to minimize the consequences when it does.
Filled with personal anecdotes and real-life examples from natural disasters like the California wildfires to man-made ones like the Boeing 737 MAX crisis, The Devil Never Sleeps is a guide for governments, businesses, and individuals alike on how to alter our thinking so that we can develop effective strategies in the face of perpetual catastrophe. -
Deep Work
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrator: Jeff Bottoms
- Length: 7 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 05, 2016
- Language: English
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4.19(107769 ratings)
4.19(107769 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDMaster one of our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this “exciting” book (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York Times Book Review).Deep work is the ability to focusMaster one of our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this “exciting” book (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York Times Book Review).... Read more
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep Work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there’s a better way.
In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four “rules,” for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.
1. Work Deeply
2. Embrace Boredom
3. Quit Social Media
4. Drain the Shallows
A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.
An Amazon Best Book of 2016 Pick in Business & Leadership
Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller
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How Children Succeed
- By: Paul Tough
- Narrator: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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3.89(20338 ratings)
3.89(20338 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDWhy do some children succeed while others fail?The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.But in How Children Succeed,Why do some children succeed while others fail?
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The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.
But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control.
How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators who, for the first time, are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories—and the stories of the children they are trying to help—Tough traces the links between childhood stress and life success. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do—and do not—prepare their children for adulthood. And he provides us with new insights into how to help children growing up in poverty.
Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children’s lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well. But now educators and doctors around the country are using that knowledge to develop innovative interventions that allow children to overcome the constraints of poverty. And with the help of these new strategies, as Tough’s extraordinary reporting makes clear, children who grow up in the most painful circumstances can go on to achieve amazing things.
This provocative and profoundly hopeful book has the potential to change how we raise our children, how we run our schools, and how we construct our social safety net. It will not only inspire and engage readers, it will also change our understanding of childhood itself. -
The Procrastination Equation
- By: Piers Steel
- Narrator: Pete Larkin
- Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 28, 2010
- Language: English
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3.69(2460 ratings)
3.69(2460 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USD“The Procrastination Equation will teach you how to bust the excuses that are preventing you from doing your best work and living your best life….So don’t put it off any longer. Read this book. Today.” –Daniel H. Pink,“The Procrastination Equation will teach you how to bust the excuses that are preventing you from doing your best work and living your best life….So don’t put it off any longer. Read this book. Today.”
–Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind“Illuminating….Piers Steel shows us the secrets of procrastination, how it affects us and how we will, one day, be able to prevail.”
–Dan Ariely, author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably IrrationalUsing a mix of psychology, evolutionary biology, self-help, and more than a decade of research, Dr. Piers Steel, the world’s foremost authority on procrastination, offers a tried and true method helping us to identify, understand, and break free of our self-destructive bad habits and create more positive lives for ourselves.
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Stop Whining, Start Living
- By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Narrator: Lily LoBianco
- Length: 5 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 11, 2008
- Language: English
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3.79(553 ratings)
3.79(553 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDBestselling author and popular national radio host Dr. Laura offers tough-love advice to help us all lead active and more positive lives. Dr. Laura Schelssinger has helped millions to nurture and cherish their relationships and their partners. Now,Bestselling author and popular national radio host Dr. Laura offers tough-love advice to help us all lead active and more positive lives.
Dr. Laura Schelssinger has helped millions to nurture and cherish their relationships and their partners. Now, she turns her piercing insight and no-nonsense approach to each and every one of us, offering advice and information for becoming better people in more control of our lives.
Using real-life situations, Dr. Laura provides solutions that will inform our lives and relationships with parents, siblings, spouses, colleagues, and the others we interact with every day. With Stop Whining, Start Living, readers will learn to act instead of react in their path toward living a positive life.
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You Need a Budget
- By: Jesse Mecham
- Narrator: Jesse Mecham
- Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 26, 2017
- Language: English
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4.09(5000 ratings)
4.09(5000 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.003.99 USDFor most people, budgeting conjures up the same feelings as, say, prison and dieting. But your initial instinct couldn’t be further from the truth. You just haven’t budgeted the right way. You Need A Budget will teach you four simpleFor most people, budgeting conjures up the same feelings as, say, prison and dieting. But your initial instinct couldn’t be further from the truth. You just haven’t budgeted the right way.
You Need A Budget will teach you four simple rules to completely revolutionize the way you think about managing your money. With a budget, you’ll break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. A liberating, enabling, empowering budget will actually make you feel more free, not more restricted. The YNAB philosophy is centered around these four rules:
- Give every dollar a job. Take your cash, checking, and saving accounts and assign jobs to that money. Begin now with what you have on hand. Then follow your plan. Pick your priorities, and make sure your dollars are helping you move closer to the things you care about most.
- Embrace your true expenses. Look ahead and identify the larger, less frequent expenses that tend to sneak up on you. Break those expenses into manageable monthly amounts. Consider insurance premiums, birthdays, holidays, charitable giving, car repairs, etc. This practice evens out your cash outflows, decreases your stress, and helps you make better decisions.
- Roll with the punches. Accept the fact that life always changes and you’ll likely always go over budget somewhere. If an unexpected expense comes up and you need to change your budget, just change it. The YNAB philosophy not only tolerates changing your budget, but rather encourages it.
- Age your money. The goal of this rule is to increase the time between the moment you earn money, and the moment you spend that money. In other words, if you’re going to break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, you need to learn to live on money you earned a month or two months or even three months ago.
YNAB’s four rules are the pillars of a tried-and-true system that gets you to engage with your money every day. It helps you change your behavior so that you’re proactive and in control of your finances. It’s not about stressing over last month’s statement; instead, you’re looking ahead and actively deciding how you want-and need to build a life of meaning not stress.
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Roadside MBA
- By: Michael Mazzeo
- Narrator: Michael Mazzeo
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 10, 2014
- Language: English
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3.54(182 ratings)
3.54(182 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDIn this “refreshingly different” high-toned business book, three leading business school professors take to America’s back roads in search of offbeat small businesses–enterprises that hold valuable lessons for executives andIn this “refreshingly different” high-toned business book, three leading business school professors take to America’s back roads in search of offbeat small businesses–enterprises that hold valuable lessons for executives and entrepreneurs everywhere (Bloomberg Businessweek).
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While playing hooky from a conference in Boston a few years back, three former colleagues from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management hopped in a car and embarked on a life-changing road trip. They pulled into a shoe store in Maine and noticed that the sales help was unusually pushy. After a few questions, they discovered the store had a “secret shopper” program, in which employees would be marked down if they were not sufficiently aggressive with customers. A lightbulb went off.
Instead of teaching the tried-and-true case studies involving GE and Microsoft, these three men decided to pull their heads out of their ivory towers and search for insights about product differentiation, pricing, brand management, building a team, and a host of other topics. Why take your cues on employee compensation from Wall Street when you can learn from a Main Street company like Couer D’Alene’s best crime-scene cleaner? Want to learn about scaling a business? Come meet Dr. Burris, the flying orthodontist, who operates multiple, profitable practices in rural Arkansas.
Spiced with vehicular mishaps and unexpected finds, this is one business book you won’t want to miss. -
Mastering Civility
- By: Christine Porath
- Narrator: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 27, 2016
- Language: English
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3.74(414 ratings)
3.74(414 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USD“The most useful, well-written, and emotionally compelling business book I have read in years. I couldn’t put it down.” — Robert I. Sutton, Stanford Professor and author of The No Asshole Rule “A must-read for every“The most useful, well-written, and emotionally compelling business book I have read in years. I couldn’t put it down.” — Robert I. Sutton, Stanford Professor and author of The No Asshole Rule... Read more“A must-read for every leader in their field.” — Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of To Sell is Human
Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights, insensitivities, and rude behaviors can cut deeply. Moreover, incivility hijacks focus. Even if people want to perform well, they can’t. Customers too are less likely to buy from a company with an employee who is perceived as rude. Ultimately, incivility cuts the bottom line.
In Mastering Civility, Christine Porath shows how people can enhance their influence and effectiveness with civility. Combining scientific research with fascinating evidence from popular culture and fields such as neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, this book provides managers and employers with a much-needed wake-up call, while also reminding them of what they can do right now to improve the quality of their workplaces.
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The E-Myth Revisited
- By: Michael E. Gerber
- Narrator: Michael E. Gerber
- Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 29, 2005
- Language: English
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4.05(74905 ratings)
4.05(74905 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDIn this compact disc edition of the totally revised underground bestseller — The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. HeIn this compact disc edition of the totally revised underground bestseller — The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business — from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed — and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Finally, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business. After you have listened to The E-Myth Revisited, you will truly be able to grow your business in a predictable and productive way.
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Leading From Anywhere
- By: David Burkus
- Narrator: David Burkus
- Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 05, 2021
- Language: English
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3.77(247 ratings)
3.77(247 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USD“Leading from Anywhere is the best book on remote work I’ve ever read—incisive, original, and eminently practical. Read it—and take notes!”—Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human The ultimate“Leading from Anywhere is the best book on remote work I’ve ever read—incisive, original, and eminently practical. Read it—and take notes!”—Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human
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The ultimate guide to leading remote teams, tackling the key challenges that managers face—from hiring and onboarding new members from afar to building culture remotely, tracking productivity, communicating speedily, and avoiding burnout
It’s undeniable that we’re entering a new era of remote work. While many leaders seek to run business as usual, why settle for the usual when remote teams allow us to work even better? The research shows that employees are more productive and engaged when they have the freedom to work from anywhere.
Which means leaders need the skills to lead from anywhere.
In this meticulously researched, refreshingly practical book, top business thought leader David Burkus provides managers with the field guide to leading remotely, packed with everyday examples and illuminating insights. Structured around the life cycle of working on a team, Burkus tackles the key inflection points and challenges that remote managers face, from taking the team remote and adding new members to communicating effectively and quickly, managing performance, keeping the team engaged, and even helping them strike the right balance between work and life.
Leading from Anywhere provides everything you’ll need to survive and thrive as the leader of a remote team—something all leaders will need to consider themselves from now on. -
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrator: Dave Mallow
- Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 18, 2012
- Language: English
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4.08(31970 ratings)
4.08(31970 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDIn an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers.In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers.... Read more
Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers.Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.
With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to “be so good they can’t ignore you,” Cal Newport’s clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.
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The Roaring Lambs
- By: Sreedhar Bevara
- Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins India
- Publish date: May 05, 2021
- Language: English
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4.39(153 ratings)
4.39(153 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USD‘How many were killed in the attack today?’ asked Fursa, the senior sheep. He was surveying the bloodstained East African grassland where the lions had gone on a rampage, now scattered with the shattered bones of his friends and‘How many were killed in the attack today?’ asked Fursa, the senior sheep. He was surveying the bloodstained East African grassland where the lions had gone on a rampage, now scattered with the shattered bones of his friends and families. Despair hung thick in the air.’
Welcome to the jungle. Here, the survival of the fittest is the ultimate truth. The weaker animal gets eaten in what is considered a natural food chain. But some have been tampering with the organic arrangement for selfish gains and resorting to mass murder.
In the Mau Forest in East Africa, the mighty lion king Kaizaar’s autocratic ways are wreaking havoc on his subjects. Known to be the longest-serving ruler of the pride, he is ministered by the shrewd Shaka – the former leader of the lambs who betrayed his flock for the stronger lions. With their defences exposed, the lambs are backed into a corner.
How do the lambs stop the carnage and find refuge?
Will they be able to reverse the fate of their species and restore the Law of the Jungle?
Can a bunch of fearful lambs learn to roar?
What emerges is an illuminating leadership fable. The politics of the jungle and the strategies that aid survival are lessons of lasting value that will not only inspire but also help find the leader within you.
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The Heart of Leadership
- By: Mark Miller
- Narrator: Jim Manchester
- Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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4.13(996 ratings)
4.13(996 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDIn this short, easy-to-read fable, bestselling author Mark Miller reveals five habits that underlie leadership character and that determine a leader’s success–and he teaches leaders how to develop these habits. Like Miller’sIn this short, easy-to-read fable, bestselling author Mark Miller reveals five habits that underlie leadership character and that determine a leader’s success–and he teaches leaders how to develop these habits.
Like Miller’s previous books, this one follows the life, learning, and influence of Debbie Bruster. Here she finds herself mentoring Blake Brown, the son of her former mentor. Rather than answer Blake’s questions about leadership directly, Debbie introduces him to other leaders, each of whom shares a unique perspective on what really makes a leader successful. As Blake puts the pieces together, he discovers his problem is not one of skills but of character–that leadership is more about the heart of the leader than the head or hands. In fact, Miller summarized these traits with the acronym HEART: Hunger for Wisdom, Expect the Best, Accept Responsibility, Respond with Courage, and Think Others First. With the help of his new friends and mentors, Blake is able to build a plan to transform his heart.
The good news is that leadership is not just the purview of the few–it is within reach for millions of aspiring leaders around the world. This book is the road map they need to get their lives and careers on track.
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How to Not Always Be Working
- By: Marlee Grace
- Narrator: Marlee Grace
- Length: 1 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 23, 2018
- Language: English
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3.38(1135 ratings)
3.38(1135 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDThis book is a quiet revolution, a guide filled with practical advice to help you curb your obsessions and build boundaries between your work, your job, and your life. From business anecdotes about fulfilling orders to more personal stories aboutThis book is a quiet revolution, a guide filled with practical advice to help you curb your obsessions and build boundaries between your work, your job, and your life. From business anecdotes about fulfilling orders to more personal stories about Marlee Grace’s recovery from divorce and addiction, this book is full of wisdom and resilience, with plenty of discussion about ritual and routine as ways to create effective and positive creative life change.
In her workshops on healing and creative process, Grace helps people acknowledge their blocks and address them by setting distinct parameters that change their behavior. Now, she brings her methods and ideas to the wider world, offering all of us concrete ways to break free from our devices and focus on what’s really important–our own aliveness.
Part workbook, part advice manual, part love letter, How to Not Always Be Working ventures into the space where phone meets life, helping readers to define their work–what they do out of sense of purpose; their job–what they do to make money; and their breaks–what they do to recharge, and to feel connected to themselves and the people who matter to them. Grace addresses complex issues such as what to do if your work and your job are connected, provides insights to help you figure out how much is too much, and offers suggestions for making the best use of your time.
Essential for everyone who feels overwhelmed and anxious about our hyper-connected world–whether you’re a corporate lawyer, a student, a sales person, or a yoga instructor–How to Not Always Be Working includes practical suggestions and thoughtful musings that prompt you to honestly examine your behavior–how you burn yourself out and why you’re doing it. A creative manifesto for living better, it shows you how to carve sacred space in your life.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Choose Possibility
- By: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
- Narrator: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
- Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 17, 2021
- Language: English
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4.01(212 ratings)
4.01(212 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDWall Street Journal bestseller | An indispensable guide to decision-making and risk-taking for anyone who finds themselves afraid of making a wrong choice in their career. This fresh, new approach comes from one of the most highly regarded andWall Street Journal bestseller | An indispensable guide to decision-making and risk-taking for anyone who finds themselves afraid of making a wrong choice in their career. This fresh, new approach comes from one of the most highly regarded and well-respected female tech executives in Silicon Valley, who made many wrong choices in her career, but learned how to turn those down moments into successes.
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Life is made up of a series of choices. What do you do if one of those choices turns out poorly, especially if it was carefully considered? How do you trust your instinctive decision-making skills and make the next right choice? How do you continue to take risks when, suddenly, your risks are not working out?
 
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is one of the most highly regarded and well-respected female tech executives in Silicon Valley, but she’ll be the first to admit that her path to success has been far from linear. She started three companies that have done exceedingly well, including theBoardlist (an organization designed to promote and place women onto corporate boards), and she just served as president of StubHub, which sold earlier this year for $4 billion.
 
But she’s also encountered plenty of poor choices, misfires, unexpected headwinds, and all other types of pitfalls that she had to learn how to confront, analyze, navigate, and incorporate into her new path forward. From her own experience, she knows that personal success does not come from making one singular “correct” or “big” decision. Rather, long-range success comes from tackling numerous choices that are aimed to optimize future possibilities.
 
Singh Cassidy’s “seven myths of success,” as well as her advice on how to make FOMO into your friend, multiply your “bets” in life, and understand why you shouldn’t be blinded by “passion bias,” all provide an entirely new way to approach risk-taking and achieve lasting success. -
The Real-Life MBA
- By: Jack Welch
- Narrator: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 14, 2015
- Language: English
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3.64(847 ratings)
3.64(847 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDYou can talk about theories, concepts, and ideologies all you want, but when it gets right down to it, winning in business is all about mastering the gritty, inescapable, make-or-break, real-life dilemmas that define the new economy, the oldYou can talk about theories, concepts, and ideologies all you want, but when it gets right down to it, winning in business is all about mastering the gritty, inescapable, make-or-break, real-life dilemmas that define the new economy, the old economy, and everything in between. My boss is driving me nuts. I’m stuck in career purgatory. My team has lost its mojo. IT is holding us hostage. Our strategy is outdated the day we make it. We don’t know what our Chinese partners are talking about. We’re just not growing. This is the real stuff of work today. In the decade since their blockbuster international best-seller Winning was published, Jack and Suzy Welch have dug deeper into business than ever in their careers, traveling the world consulting to businesses of every size and in every industry, working closely with entrepreneurs from Mumbai to Silicon Valley, starting their own company, and owning and managing more than 40 companies through private equity. Coupled with Jack’s 20 years of iconic leadership at GE and Suzy’s tenure as editor of the Harvard Business Review, their new database of knowledge will infuse The Real-Life MBA with fresh, relevant stories and equally powerful solutions.
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Think Like a Freak
- By: Steven D. Levitt
- Narrator: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 12, 2014
- Language: English
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3.85(41407 ratings)
3.85(41407 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThe New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more. Now, with Think Like a Freak,The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.
Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally–to think, that is, like a Freak.
Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria.
Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak:
- First, put away your moral compass–because it’s hard to see a problem clearly if you’ve already decided what to do about it.
- Learn to say “I don’t know”–for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to.
- Think like a child–because you’ll come up with better ideas and ask better questions.
- Take a master class in incentives–because for better or worse, incentives rule our world.
- Learn to persuade people who don’t want to be persuaded–because being right is rarely enough to carry the day.
- Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting–because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud.
Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing–and so much fun to read.
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The Intelligent Investor
- By: Benjamin Graham
- Narrator: Bill McGowan
- Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 21, 2005
- Language: English
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4.25(107378 ratings)
4.25(107378 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USD“By far the best book on investing ever written.” –Warren Buffett The definitive book on value investing, this hardcover edition feature’s Benjamin Graham’s original wisdom from 1949 and includes a foreword by John C.“By far the best book on investing ever written.” –Warren Buffett
The definitive book on value investing, this hardcover edition feature’s Benjamin Graham’s original wisdom from 1949 and includes a foreword by John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group
The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham’s philosophy of “value investing”–which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies–has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication.
Vital and indispensable, The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.
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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
- By: Jason Fried
- Narrator: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 02, 2018
- Language: English
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4.01(8357 ratings)
4.01(8357 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDIn this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and “whatever it takes” are required to run a successful business today. In Rework,In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and “whatever it takes” are required to run a successful business today.
In Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson introduced a new path to working effectively. Now, they build on their message with a bold, iconoclastic strategy for creating the ideal company culture–what they call “the calm company.” Their approach directly attack the chaos, anxiety, and stress that plagues millions of workplaces and hampers billions of workers every day.
Long hours, an excessive workload, and a lack of sleep have become a badge of honor for modern professionals. But it should be a mark of stupidity, the authors argue. Sadly, this isn’t just a problem for large organizations–individuals, contractors, and solopreneurs are burning themselves out the same way. The answer to better productivity isn’t more hours–it’s less waste and fewer things that induce distraction and persistent stress.
It’s time to stop celebrating Crazy, and start celebrating Calm, Fried and Hansson assert.
Fried and Hansson have the proof to back up their argument. “Calm” has been the cornerstone of their company’s culture since Basecamp began twenty years ago. Destined to become the management guide for the next generation, It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work is a practical and inspiring distillation of their insights and experiences. It isn’t a book telling you what to do. It’s a book showing you what they’ve done–and how any manager or executive no matter the industry or size of the company, can do it too.
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House of Lies
- By: Martin Kihn
- Narrator: Johnny Heller
- Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 09, 2012
- Language: English
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3.39(543 ratings)
3.39(543 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.98 USDIn the bestselling tradition of Liar’s Poker comes a devastatingly accurate and darkly hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the wonderful world of management consulting. -
Crossing the Chasm
- By: Geoffrey A. Moore
- Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 11, 2012
- Language: English
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4.01(24617 ratings)
4.01(24617 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDHere is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for brining cutting-edge products to progressively larger markets. This revised and updated edition providesHere is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for brining cutting-edge products to progressively larger markets. This revised and updated edition provides new insights into the realities of high-tech marketing, with special emphasis on the Internet. It’s essential reading for anyone with a stake in the world’s most exciting marketplace.
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Hanger Management
- By: Susan Albers
- Narrator: Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
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3.66(121 ratings)
3.66(121 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe complete program for mastering your “hanger,” from mindful-eating pioneer Dr. Susan Albers — with 45 tips to turn hanger into happiness. It happens to all of us. One minute you’re happily going about your day, and a fewThe complete program for mastering your “hanger,” from mindful-eating pioneer Dr. Susan Albers — with 45 tips to turn hanger into happiness.
It happens to all of us. One minute you’re happily going about your day, and a few seconds later you’re a snappy, illogical version of yourself. The culprit? Hanger.We’re living busier lives than ever before, and when we forget to eat — or accidentally overeat — hunger can make us angry, unreasonable, and dull, with big impacts on our emotional and psychological well being. And hanger can become a cycle. When we get too hungry, we’re more likely to make food decisions we regret, which sets us up for another hanger crash later on.The good news: when we make better decisions about food, we think more clearly, connect better in our relationships, and improve our performance. Hanger Management is the book that can help you break this cycle and create healthy habits that fuel and empower you.In Hanger Management, New York Times bestselling author and clinical psychologist Susan Albers sheds light on the causes of hanger, and shares 45 of her best tips for managing it well. By learning to stay on top of your hunger cues, cultivating a better understanding of your appetite, and creating a better overall relationship with food, you’ll become happier — and healthier — for life.... Read more -
John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrator: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2001
- Language: English
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4.06(342836 ratings)
4.06(342836 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.95 USDThe Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.In this powerful, epic biography,The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.
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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as “out of his senses”; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history.
This is history on a grand scale—a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.
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