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Don't Pull the Chicken Switch
- How to Maximize Willpower and Get Everything You Want out of Work and Life
- Narrated by: Kit Allowitz
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's summary
According to the American Psychological Association's Stress in America Survey, a majority of people cite lack of "willpower" as the number one reason for the inability to make the changes needed to achieve their desired outcomes in life. Who hasn't chickened out on getting something they wanted or needed?
This book is about willpower. It offers strategies to tap into self-discipline, allowing for improved follow-through on commitments and achieving what you truly want. When you don't do what you say, when you give up or just cave, that behavior is called pulling the Chicken Switch.
Rather than just offering a plethora of case studies and checklists on willpower, Don't Pull the Chicken Switch is a fun, engaging, and relevant story. The story highlights a company's executive team's personal willpower challenges, some of the most frequent human willpower challenges faced, that when identified, addressed, and then conquered propel the executive team members individual productivity and power. This then propels their respective departments and employee personnel to new willpower, productive, and effectiveness heights.
In story form, backed with factual data about willpower, explore the physiological and psychological stimuli that affect pulling the Chicken Switch. Pulling the Chicken Switch can be avoided. Sometimes we pull it knowingly, other times we trigger it subconsciously. To not pull the Chicken Switch takes willpower. If you understand that willpower is a product of what you believe, while managing your physiological and psychological systems, you can fend off pulling the Chicken Switch and get everything you want out of life.
This book is for leaders. Organizational leaders. Team leaders. Community leaders. Individual leaders. You.
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Finally, in the first productivity book by a woman in a decade, Erin Falconer will show you how to do less - a lot less. In fact, How to Get Sh*t Done will teach you how to zero in on the three areas of your life where you want to excel, and then it will show you how to offload, outsource, or just stop giving a damn about the rest. In How to Get Sh*t Done she shows how even the most perfectionistic among us can tap in to our inner free spirit and learn to feel like badasses rather than drudges.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not What I Expected
- By Justin Jones on 02-05-18
By: Erin Falconer
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LEAD . . . For God's Sake!
- A parable for finding the heart of leadership
- By: Todd G. Gongwer
- Narrated by: Brandon Batchelar
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 925
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 918
A captivating story that will help you find your purpose and leadership in life. Although he’s one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Kentucky’s history, Steve Rocker, for the first time in his life, is falling short of expectations. His players have lost their will to win, their love for their teammates, and their passion to play. Coach Rocker’s motivational methods that have always worked before - and have resulted in his success - are now failing, and he doesn’t know why.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story. Less than powerful reading.
- By Kristopher on 03-18-13
By: Todd G. Gongwer
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Magic Words
- The Science and Secrets Behind Seven Words That Motivate, Engage, and Influence
- By: Tim David
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 269
Years of experience as a magician taught Tim David that real magic is all about words, and the way they influence the minds of the audience. What sets a professional magician apart from an amateur are people skills like communication, influence, and engagement - skills that are also effective in the workplace. By applying seven "magic" words in a business setting, David offers tools for effective and persuasive communication.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very essential
- By Gerardo A Dada on 01-21-16
By: Tim David
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Useful Belief
- Because It's Better Than Positive Thinking
- By: Chris Helder
- Narrated by: Chris Helder
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Useful Belief turns the "be positive" industry upside down with a fresh and modern approach to achievement. Sometimes things in life are not positive. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. If you've had a nightmare of a year, the last thing you want to hear is "Be positive!" Instead, you need an actual strategy to dig yourself out and a truly useful guidebook to show you where to go next. This is that guidebook.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolute perfection.
- By Anonymous User on 07-28-21
By: Chris Helder
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Stop Saying You're Fine
- Discover a More Powerful You
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,607
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,364
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,364
Right now, over 100 million Americans secretly feel frustrated and bored with their lives. If you've come to regard yourself as your own worst enemy; if you constantly daydream and wonder, "Is this all there is?"; if you have a tendency, when asked how you're doing, to just say "Fine," you may be one of them. If this sounds familiar, there's clearly something missing from your life. This book will help you discover what it is, and how to win it back.
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3 out of 5 stars
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STOP and buy The Five Second Rule instead.
- By Ryan Healey on 07-19-17
By: Mel Robbins
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How to Host a Viking Funeral
- The Case for Burning Your Regrets, Chasing Your Crazy Ideas, and Becoming the Person You're Meant to Be
- By: Kyle Scheele
- Narrated by: Kyle Scheele
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story5 out of 5 stars 71
Turning 30, artist and speaker Kyle Scheele wanted to do something unusual to mark this milestone. Instead of a birthday bash, he decided to hold a funeral to memorialize the decade of his life that was ending. Building a 16-foot Viking ship out of cardboard, he invited friends to help him set it on fire—a symbolic farewell to his 20s and all the grief, regret, and mistakes that accompanied those years.
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2 out of 5 stars
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underwhelming
- By Amazon Customer on 12-11-22
By: Kyle Scheele
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Get a Grip
- An Entrepreneurial Fable - Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results
- By: Mike Paton, Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: T. David Rutherford
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,031
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,031
Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions held, but few decisions were made and even less got done. People were pointing fingers and assigning blame, but nothing happened to solve Swan’s mounting problems. It felt as though they were working harder than ever but with less impact. The company Eileen and Vic had founded and built for 10 years was a different place. It just wasn’t fun anymore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Companion Book to "Traction"
- By Mike on 07-26-17
By: Mike Paton, and others
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Instant Influence
- How to Get Anyone to Do Anything - Fast
- By: Michael V. Pantalon
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 124
What could be better than getting anyone to do anything in seven minutes…or less? Finally, a revolutionary new approach scientifically proven to create instant, effective, and lasting change in anyone—coworkers, friends, family, strangers, even yourself.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Wicked Salty Homes on 05-14-11
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The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition
- A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
- By: Bob Burg, John David Mann
- Narrated by: Bob Burg, John David Mann
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,512
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,455
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,423
The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away his goals seem to be. Desperate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to by his many devotees simply as the Chairman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nice little opener to Amway scam
- By noah britton on 06-20-20
By: Bob Burg, and others
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You've Got 8 Seconds
- Communication Secrets for a Distracted World
- By: Paul Hellman
- Narrated by: Paul Hellman
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Every day at work, people do three things: talk, listen, and pretend to listen. That's not surprising when you consider that the average attention span has dropped to 8 seconds. To break through, says high-stakes communications expert Paul Hellman, you need to focus on your audience, be slightly different, and deliver with finesse.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I gave him 7200 seconds!
- By Hyytekk on 08-02-19
By: Paul Hellman
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Love Talk
- Speak Each Other's Language Like You Never Have Before
- By: Dr. Les Parrott, Dr. Leslie Parrott
- Narrated by: Dr. Leslie Parrott, Dr. Les Parrott
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
A deep yet simple guide to revolutionizing the romance-building communication every thriving marriage needs. Love Talk is like no other communication book you've ever listened to. The fruit of years of research by two foremost relationship experts (who also happen to be husband and wife), this book forges a new path to the heart of loving conversation. You'll begin by identifying your security need and determining your personal communication style.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should Purchase the Book for Assessment Passcode
- By Terassa on 12-29-10
By: Dr. Les Parrott, and others
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Take the Stairs
- 7 Steps to Achieving True Success
- By: Rory Vaden
- Narrated by: Rory Vaden
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,478
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,138
Do you ride the escalator or do you take the stairs? No matter how you define success, it always requires one thing: self-discipline. But as popular speaker and strategist Rory Vaden explains, we live in an "escalator world", one that's filled with shortcuts, quick fixes, and distractions that make it all too easy to slide into procrastination, compromise, and mediocrity. What seems like an easier path is really much harder in the end - and, most important, it won't take you where you want to go.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Another idiotic self help book
- By Aaron B on 04-29-13
By: Rory Vaden
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The Kindness Challenge
- Thirty Days to Improve Any Relationship
- By: Shaunti Feldhahn
- Narrated by: Shaunti Feldhahn
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 240
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 236
Shaunti Feldhahn helps listeners transform any relationship by making three small changes! In a new approach for Shaunti, this book is a cross between a major research study, a self-help book, and a daily step-by-step habit-building plan. It shows listeners how to apply the surprising relationship insights revealed in her earlier million-copy best sellers, why certain actions matter so much, and a specific 30-day plan on what to do to build a very simple habit that will change any relationship for the better.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Challenge Accepted!
- By SoS1234 on 01-11-17
By: Shaunti Feldhahn
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Buy-In
- Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down
- By: John P. Kotter, Lorne A. Whitehead
- Narrated by: Tim Wheeler
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4 out of 5 stars 109
You believe in a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it, hoping for enthusiastic support. Instead, you get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets. Before you know what’s hit you, your idea is dead, shot down. It doesn’t have to be this way, say John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. In Buy-In, they reveal how to protect good ideas and win the support needed to deliver valuable results.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Practical Application
- By Kellie on 05-13-11
By: John P. Kotter, and others
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Easier Than You Think
- The Small Changes That Add Up to a World of Difference
- By: Richard Carlson Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Richard Carlson Ph.D.
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
All of us are looking for practical ways to take control of our lives, whether in our personal relationships, our families, our work, our health, or our future plans. Daily challenges have a way of overwhelming us, making life harder than it needs to be. The good news is that the answers are out there. And they are Easier Than You Think.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific, uplifting ideas to improve your life.
- By Beth on 07-18-05
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Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- The 8 Rituals of Visionary Leaders
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Leadership guru and renowned professional speaker Robin Sharma reveals a remarkable step-by-step system that will restore trust, commitment, and spirit within your organization while transforming the way you think, feel, and live in the process. With masterful insight and brilliant simplicity, Robin Sharma has distilled some of the most powerful wisdom available for both professional and personal leadership into eight immensely practical lessons that leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs can immediately apply to send morale and productivity soaring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing reading ❤️
- By sally on 09-24-18
By: Robin Sharma
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- Ryan
- 07-13-18
Great Listen
I definitely enjoyed listening to this book. It was a great reminder about important principles that I had previously learned as well as some new ideas. I plan on applying some these important principles more fully in my life.
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- 11-16-18
Poultry ‘n Emotion!
I enjoyed the book! Both easy to digest due to the story format as well as instructive with the slightly more academic and succinct conclusion chapters. The macro message as well as several smaller, helpful nuggets, I believe , can help you start on small challenges and work toward ever bigger ones. A very good book to help you get it emotionally and intellectually!
- Scott Anthony
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