Inside Apple: The Secrets Behind the Past and Future Success of Steve Jobs's Iconic Brand
By
Adam Lashinsky
Narrated by
Adam Lashinsky
3.80
(5 ratings)
In Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky provides listeners with insight on leadership and innovation. He introduces Apple business concepts, such as the 'DRI' (Apple's practice of assigning a Directly Responsible Individual to every task) and the Top 100 (an annual event at which that year's top 100 up-and-coming executives were surreptitiously transported to a secret retreat with company founder Steve Jobs).
Revealing the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve Jobs and his company to churn out hit after hit and inspire a cult-like following for its products.
Update your survival instincts
How to Predict the Weather with a Cup of Coffee and Other Techniques for Surviving the 9-5 Jungle
By
Matthew Cole
Narrated by
Rupert Holliday-Evans
3.00
(1 ratings)
Can you get served in a crowded bar? Predict the weather with a cup of coffee? Get rid of cold callers with your microwave? Harnessing the laws of science, nature and human behaviour, Matthew Cole revisits and reinvents the tricks that got us through our savage past and updates them for the 21st century.
A smart, spoof survival guide – to the 9-5. Bear Grylls' advice is all very well if you’re stuck up the Amazon without a paddle, but what about negotiating the car park at Tesco, anti-interrogation techniques at customer service desks, or navigating by electricity pylon?
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
By
Michael Lewis
Narrated by
Michael Lewis,
Jesse Boggs
4.50
(185 ratings)
The long-awaited follow-up to the global best-seller Liar's Poker, The Big Short tells a story of spectacular, epic folly. It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made him famous. His international best seller Liar's Poker exposed the greed and carnage of the City and Wall Street in the 1980s; he wrote it as a cautionary tale, but people seem to have read it as a how-to guide. Now, he wants to settle accounts.
This is a book about getting rich. It's different from any other book on the subject because Felix Dennis made himself rich. Very rich indeed. As a matter of fact, he is one of the richest self-made men in Britain. How to Get Rich doesn't pull any punches, and shows that the highway to riches is littered with pitfalls, heartbreak, and obstacles. But for those with the drive and determination to try, this book provides a witty and authoritative road map.
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
By
Steven Levy
Narrated by
L. J. Ganser
4.40
(102 ratings)
Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
By
Tony Hsieh
Narrated by
Tony Hsieh
4.50
(46 ratings)
In this, his first audiobook, Tony Hsieh - the widely admired CEO of Zappos, the online shoe retailer -explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors, and backers. Using anecdotes and stories from his own life experiences, and from other companies, Hsieh provides concrete ways that companies can achieve unprecedented success.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Written by:
Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by:
Stephen R. Covey
4.1
(299 ratings)
Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new forward and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant.
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Written by:
Eric Ries
Narrated by:
Eric Ries
4.5
(23 ratings)
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.
The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness
Written by:
Steve Peters
Narrated by:
Steve Peters
3.6
(7 ratings)
Leading consultant psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters knows more than anyone how impulsive behaviour or nagging self-doubt can impact negatively on our professional and personal lives. In this, his first book, Steve shares his phenomenally successful mind-management programme that has been used to help elite athletes and senior managers alike to conquer their fears and operate with greater control, focus and confidence.
What's Stopping You?: Why Smart People Don't Always Reach Their Potential and How You Can
Written by:
Robert Kelsey
Narrated by:
Matt Addis
Not rated yet
Do fear and doubt hinder your progress in life? Are you paralyzed at key moments by your insecurities?Millions of smart people are held back from achieving their potential by a fear of failure. Many of them don't even realize that this recognized condition is limiting their progress. Based on extensive research, recognized science, and stark reality, this book will help listeners navigate the barriers that hold them back: at work, with people, and in life.
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
Written by:
David Rock
Narrated by:
Bob Walter
4.1
(114 ratings)
Meet Emily and Paul: The parents of two young children, Emily is the newly promoted VP of marketing at a large corporation while Paul works from home or from clients' offices as an independent IT consultant. Their lives, like all of ours, are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone calls, yet more emails, meetings, projects, proposals, and plans. Just staying ahead of the storm has become a seemingly insurmountable task.
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Written by:
Tony Hsieh
Narrated by:
Tony Hsieh
4.5
(46 ratings)
In this, his first audiobook, Tony Hsieh - the widely admired CEO of Zappos, the online shoe retailer -explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors, and backers. Using anecdotes and stories from his own life experiences, and from other companies, Hsieh provides concrete ways that companies can achieve unprecedented success.
This is a book about getting rich. It's different from any other book on the subject because Felix Dennis made himself rich. Very rich indeed. As a matter of fact, he is one of the richest self-made men in Britain. How to Get Rich doesn't pull any punches, and shows that the highway to riches is littered with pitfalls, heartbreak, and obstacles. But for those with the drive and determination to try, this book provides a witty and authoritative road map.
Economics matters. But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, it's often hard to get you head around. So What do you really need to know about economics?
Inside Apple: The Secrets Behind the Past and Future Success of Steve Jobs's Iconic Brand
Written by:
Adam Lashinsky
Narrated by:
Adam Lashinsky
3.8
(5 ratings)
In Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky provides listeners with insight on leadership and innovation. He introduces Apple business concepts, such as the 'DRI' (Apple's practice of assigning a Directly Responsible Individual to every task) and the Top 100 (an annual event at which that year's top 100 up-and-coming executives were surreptitiously transported to a secret retreat with company founder Steve Jobs).
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Written by:
Steven Levy
Narrated by:
L. J. Ganser
4.4
(102 ratings)
Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.
Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
Written by:
Thomas Sowell
Narrated by:
Tom Weiner
3.9
(8 ratings)
The fourth edition of Basic Economics is both expanded and updated. A new chapter on the history of economics itself has been added, and the implications of that history examined. Among other additions throughout the book, a new section on the special role of corporations in the economy has been added to the chapter on government and big business.
Part I - Oil and Gas Operations covers oil and gas operations in the field. It includes historical and structural geology, seismic surveying, drilling a well, well logging, completions, production methods, reservoir drive mechanisms, selling oil and natural gas, and workovers. Part II - Oil and Gas Business delves deeply into the business side of oil and gas investments. Part III - 150 Questions to Consider Before You Invest - provides over 150 specific questions to ask before you invest in an oil and gas deal.
Consulting 101: 101 Tips for Success in Consulting
By
Lew Sauder
Narrated by
Jeff Porter
Not rated yet
Consulting firms hire bright people directly out of college or with industry experience to help their clients solve business problems.Consulting 101 provides you with 101 useful tips to optimize your professional performance and jump-start your consulting career with success.
101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees: A Manager's Guide to Addressing Performance, Conduct, and Discipline Challenges
By
Paul Falcone
Narrated by
Walter Dixon
Not rated yet
Inappropriate attire, lateness, sexually offensive behavior, productivity and communication issues...these are just a few of the uncomfortable topics you may have to discuss with your employees. 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees provides you with proven guidance and realistic sample dialogues you can use to facilitate clear, direct interactions with your people, helping to sidestep potential awkwardness and meet issues head on.
For centuries, we have learned what s not taught through our own experiences and the stories of others. Even today, only 3 percent of leadership development occurs due to classroom training and coursework. In fact, for most managers, the penny drops only when we are at the end of our careers. R. Gopalakrishnan, author of the best-selling The Case of the Bonsai Manager, has many stories to tell.
Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything
By
Chris Brogan
Narrated by
Chris Brogan
Not rated yet
Every week, millions more people sign up for Google+. Suddenly, it's today's hottest new social network. Google+ for Business reveals why Google+ offers business opportunities available nowhere else - and helps you grab those opportunities now, before your competitors do. Top social media professional speaker and business advisor Chris Brogan shows how to get great results fast, without wasting time - and without wasting a dime.
This program, loaded with easy to implement success strategies, geared toward helping you create a focus, sense of purpose and direction in your life, career and business, is a great way to energize you to and from work, or on the way to seeing a potential client.