Authors: Robert T. Kiyosaki. Sharon L. Lechter.
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: Time Warner Audio Books
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Edition: Abridged

Reviews :

    The "Rich Dad Poor Dad Box Set" contains four titles from the Rich Dad Poor Dad series in one boxed set. Available on cassette, the following four bestselling audio-books are included: -- "Rich Dad Poor Dad" -- the bestselling personal finance guide for the millions hoping to become masters of their money. -- The Cash Flow Quadrant -- the followup to "Rich Dad Poor Dad" reveals why some people work less and earn more, pay less taxes, and feel more financially secure than others. -- Rich Dad's Guide to Investing -- the basic rules of investing, including how to reduce investment risk and how to convert earned income into passive and portfolio income. -- Rich Dad's Rich Kid Smart Kid -- the latest in the series and the definitive guide for parents who want to teach their children how to make and manage money....

Authors: Stephen R. Covey.
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: Covey
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Edition: 4 Cassettes

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    Covey's revolutionary program, based on his national bestselling book, is designed to break patterns of self-defeating behavior and replace old patterns with a principle-centered approach to problem-solving. 4 cassettes....

    Anyone who thinks the audiocassette adaptation of Stephen Covey's bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is a shortcut to reading the book has another thing coming. As a preview, the cassette is worth every one of its 90 minutes; as a substitute for the original, it will only leave you wishing for the rest. There's a reason 7 Habits has sold more than 5 million copies and been translated into 32 languages. Serious work has obviously gone into it, and serious change can likely come out of it--but only with constant discipline and steadfast commitment. As the densely packed tape makes immediately clear, this is no quick fix for what's ailing us in our personal and professional lives.

The tape opens to the silky-smooth, overtrained voice of the female narrator, who's responsible for tying together audio clips from actual Covey seminars. Leaving aside the occasional attempts at promoting Covey and his institute, her script does a first-rate job of making sense of Covey's own intense, analogy-rich style of explaining his habits. There's nothing simple about his approach to becoming an effective person. The first three habits alone--which have to do with personal responsibility, leadership, and self-management--could take years to master. Yet the last four are unattainable, the narrator insists, if you can't acquire the personal security--the "inner core," says Covey--that presumably comes from a mastery of the foundation.

Throughout our lessons, Covey's presence is both learned and thoroughly appealing. He drops references to the likes of Socrates, T.S. Eliot, and Robert Frost with the aplomb of an English professor. And his knack for mixing everyday stories with abstract concepts manages to clarify difficult issues while respecting our intelligence. You could argue that the cassette is nothing more than a clever marketing tool for selling another few million copies of the book. But, even at that, it's worth the investment in time and concentration: in the end, we're moved to learn more about integrating all seven habits in our struggle to become better and, yes, more effective people. (Running time: 1.5 hours, one cassette) --Ann Senechal...

Authors: James A. Belasco.
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: Audio Literature
Publication Date: 1993-05


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    The author of Teaching the Elephant to Dance delivers a revolutionary model of "employee leadership" essential to American corporations in the decade ahead. 2 cassettes....

Authors: Paul B. Brown.
Audio Cassette, 1 pages
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Publication Date: 1996-03-01
Edition: Abridged

Reviews :

    Argues that the key to a business's success lies in the competence, creativity, and commitment of its people, presenting important principles of business leadership and profiles of thirty-six extraordinary leaders. ...

Authors:
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: HarperAudio
Publication Date: 1997-12-01


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    "The advice is sound, insightful, and can be used by young people just getting started, advanced investors, and everyone in between." -- Jack Kemp

As incomes shrink and the cost of living continues to rise, more and more people are searching frantically for ways to build a stable financial future.But in the crowded and volatile world of today1s financial marketplace, the sheer number of available investment options has even sophisticated investors scratching their heads.

On this audio, taken from his best-selling book, The Truth About Money, long-time financial planner and Wall Street guru Ric Edelman has created an accessible and practical approach to money management that cuts through all of the confusion and delivers an unbiased and lucid guide to selecting the right investment strategy.

Here Edelman focuses on such key topics as estate planning, tailoring investment strategies to suit income and needs, and choosing a financial advisor. He takes the guesswork out of financial planning and provides the novice and the experienced investor alike with the tips, tools, and insights they need to make their hard-earned money work for them.

Edelman's latest audiobook The New Rules of Money is also available from HarperAudio....

Authors: Ab Jackson.
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: Careertrack
Publication Date: 1996-01


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    Jackson instructs the clutter impaired how to better organize their lives by teaching them to create files that are easy to use, and to ask two questions that decide the fate of every incoming piece of paper. 2 cassettes....

Authors: Curt Coffman.
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date: 1999-07-01
Edition: Abridged

Reviews :

    In "First, Break All The Rules," Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman of the Gallup Organization present the remarkable findings of their massive in-depth study of great managers across a wide variety of situations. Some were in leadership positions. Others were front-line supervisors. Some were in Fortune 500 companies; others were key players in small, entrepreneurial companies. Whatever their situations, the managers who ultimately became the focus of Gallup's research were invariably those who excelled at turning each employee's talent into performance. In today's tight labor markets, companies compete to find and keep the best employees, using pay, benefits, promotions, and training. But these well-intentioned efforts often miss the mark. The front-line manager is the key to attracting and retaining talented employees. No matter how generous its pay or how renowned its training, the company that lacks great front-line managers will suffer. Buckingham and Coffman explain how the best managers select an employee for talent rather than for skills or experience; how they set expectations for him or her -- they define the right outcomes rather than the right steps; how they motivate people -- they build on each person's unique strengths rather than trying to fix his weaknesses; and, finally, how great managers develop people -- they find the right fit for each person, not the next rung on the ladder. This audiobook is the first to present this essential measuring stick and to prove the link between employee opinions and productivity, profit, customer satisfaction, and the rate of turnover. There are vital performance and career lessons here for managers at every level, and, bestof all, the audiobook shows you how to apply them to your own situation....

    Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman expose the fallacies of standard management thinking in First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently. In seven chapters, the two consultants for the Gallup Organization debunk some dearly held notions about management, such as "treat people as you like to be treated"; "people are capable of almost anything"; and "a manager's role is diminishing in today's economy." "Great managers are revolutionaries," the authors write. "This book will take you inside the minds of these managers to explain why they have toppled conventional wisdom and reveal the new truths they have forged in its place."

The authors have culled their observations from more than 80,000 interviews conducted by Gallup during the past 25 years. Quoting leaders such as basketball coach Phil Jackson, Buckingham and Coffman outline "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: Finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and selecting staff for talent--not just knowledge and skills. First, Break All the Rules offers specific techniques for helping people perform better on the job. For instance, the authors show ways to structure a trial period for a new worker and how to create a pay plan that rewards people for their expertise instead of how fast they climb the company ladder. "The point is to focus people toward performance," they write. "The manager is, and should be, totally responsible for this." Written in plain English and well organized, this book tells you exactly how to improve as a supervisor. --Dan Ring...

Authors:
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: HarperAudio
Publication Date: 1990-12-01


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An exciting step-by-step guide on how to painlessly liquidate debts, escalate income and improve the quality of life.

Based on the proven strategies of the national organization, Debtors Anonymous, this invaluable program offers numerous options that will enable individuals to pay off debts at a rate they can afford.

Read by the author on one cassette.

Look for his new audiobook, Making Peace With Money, coming in October 1999.

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    Millions of consumers have become trapped in a spiral of debt, but there is hope. If you wants to free yourself from the shackles of debt, this book is for you--it can help you "get out of debt, stay out of debt, and live prosperously." Jerrold Mundis writes in a friendly, engaging style, urging readers to stop the cycle of spending. Mundis knows what he's talking about--he, too, was once thousands of dollars in debt and didn't know where to turn. Anecdotes from Debtors Anonymous folks, plus multiple examples from the writer's own life and ledgers, make How to Get Out of Debt an encouraging read, not a condescending one. Once you start your program, you may want to periodically reread some chapters for inspiration--and fun....

Authors:
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date: 1992-12-01
Edition: 4 Cassette

Reviews :

    Flaming's comprehensive program is repackaged and repriced for the audiocassette retail market. Learn how to analyze your voice, diagnose any problems, modify regional dialects, get rid of annoying mannerisms, and more....

Authors: Kerry Patterson.
Audio Cassette, pages
Publisher: American Media International
Publication Date: 2003-06-25
Edition: Abridged

Reviews :

    Crucial Conversaions gives people the tools to handle life's most difficult and important conversations....