Audiobooks narrated by Danny Hughes

Writing, Presenting, and Communicating with Confidence

Communication is key. Effective communication is essential to standing out at work and excelling in your career. But when it comes to making a convincing point in a meeting, crafting the perfect email, or nailing a presentation, there's a lot to navigate. What kind of language do you use with a varied audience? Which channel is best for which message? How much do body language and Zoom backgrounds matter? And what should you not say? Writing, Presenting, and Communicating with Confidence is filled with practical advice from HBR experts that can help you answer questions such as: How can I prepare for the most difficult conversations? What can I do to improve my writing? What strategies can I use to overcome my anxiety about public speaking? How can I boost my presence and influence through persuasive communication? Writing, speaking, and communicating with confidence can be intimidating. This book gives you the tools to stand out and deliver your message more successfully.

Harvard Business Review (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Beyond Banks: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Money

How new technology is rapidly changing the nature of money and the way we pay A diverse and growing range of financial institutions and platforms—from PayPal and Venmo to WeChat, Alipay, and the brave new world of stablecoins—has harnessed new technology to disrupt the system of money and payments as we know it. Beyond Banks explains why this disruption holds out the promise of faster, cheaper, more convenient, and more secure payments, but also how it increasingly risks exposing consumers, businesses, and governments to the problem of bad money. Dan Awrey traces the origins of our current bundled system of banking, money, and payments. He explains why the problem of bad money—the result of antiquated and inadequate laws and regulation that fail to establish credible commitments to hold, transfer, or return a customer's money on demand—requires that policymakers fundamentally rethink their approach toward the design of the laws and institutions at the heart of this system. He presents ways to effectively unbundle banking from money and payments, ensure the credibility of monetary commitments, and promote the stability of this system. Awrey also envisions a more forward-looking role for policymakers in encouraging greater technological experimentation, competition, and innovation in the realm of payments.

Dan Awrey (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Real Estate Investing Made Simple: Your Guide to Building and Growing Wealth

Eric Anderson and Noelle Frieson Friedman, founders of the Center for Real Estate Education, one of the largest real estate schools on the East Coast, walk listeners through everything they need to know to make money in real estate investing—just as they've done by training over 15,000 students, changing the lives of countless prospective and current real estate investors and agents looking to build their dream career. Real Estate Investing Made Simple takes listeners through personality assessments, explains how to approach a property investment and leverage your portfolio, and so much more. In this book, you'll find techniques that the authors not only teach, but use in their own journeys to financial freedom as investors and developers. You'll also learn about important concepts such as knowing the why before you buy; finding your areas of strength and purpose; learning who you can trust for advice; building with leverage to create your portfolio; and becoming a power player. Just as the authors have done with their incredibly popular courses, this book transforms content that is typically confusing and scary into a guidebook that is practical and accessible. No matter what level of knowledge you're starting with, Real Estate Investing Made Simple is a must-have resource on any investor's journey to make money in real estate.

Eric Anderson, Noelle Frieson (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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The Credit Investor's Handbook: Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds, and Distressed Debt

The leveraged credit market is currently valued at over $4 trillion and is one of the fastest-growing asset classes, fueling demand for well-trained credit analysts. This comprehensive manual teaches the skills to succeed in the dynamic and complex credit markets. Michael Gatto brings complex case studies to life using decades of his firsthand stories and combines them with reflections from leading industry professionals. Michael's seven-step credit analysis process will prepare you for a career in credit investing at the top buy-side and sell-side firms on Wall Street by teaching you the technical skills needed to invest in the debt markets. Whether you are analyzing a loan origination in the private debt market, a new issue of a broadly syndicated loan (BSL), a high-yield bond (HY), or a secondary trade, the comprehensive knowledge gained from this book will equip you to make well-founded investment recommendations. Additionally, an entire section devoted to distressed debt investing incorporates a practitioner's perspective on the nuances of bankruptcy and restructurings to develop strategies to profit from opportunities in this opaque market. Michael explains strategies pursued by distressed companies that have led to creditor-on-creditor violence, giving you an insider's perspective on some of the least understood transactions in the distressed arena.

Michael Gatto (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Make Your Money Smile: A Personal Finance How-to-Guide to Manage, Earn, Grow, Borrow, and Protect Yo

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by your finances? Do you wish there was a clear path towards financial well-being? Look no further than Make Your Money Smile, the groundbreaking new book by bestselling author Jason Vitug, winner of the prestigious 2023 Plutus Award. Make Your Money Smile covers every essential aspect of personal finance with precision and compassion. Jason acts as your guide, sharing lessons and steps, and giving you knowledge and tools to conquer your financial challenges once and for all. In this book, you'll learn to: - Manage Money: Elevating your banking relationships and going beyond budgeting to cash flow mastery. - Earn Money: Optimizing your paycheck and discovering the many ways to multiply and diversify your income streams. - Grow Money: Making money work for you, contributing to retirement accounts, and investing for financial independence. - Borrow Money: Using credit to build wealth, enhancing your credit report and score, and eliminating debt once and for all. - Protect Money: Safeguarding your identity, insuring your most valuable assets, and protecting your wealth through tax strategy and estate planning.

Jason Vitug (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Southern Rivers: Restoring America's Freshwater Biodiversity

Southern Rivers is a thoroughly crafted exploration of the perilous state of the Southeast's rivers and the urgent need to safeguard their vitality. The region's rivers are the epicenter of North American freshwater biodiversity and are the top global hotspot for important aquatic animals, including mussels, turtles, snails, crayfish, and fish. Centuries of commercial development have impaired the region's river systems, sacrificing biodiversity and compromising the rivers' ability to provide resources essential to human life: drinking water, waste disposal, irrigation, navigation, recreation, power production, and more. Now, increased heat and drought caused by climate change are lowering water levels. As such threats increase, it may seem necessary to choose between nature conservation and human needs, but Duncan persuasively demonstrates that this is a false choice. Conservation enhances human life. Duncan explains the task of managing southeastern rivers and how river water quality affects the daily lives of the millions who hold these historic waterways dear. He shows how managing rivers wisely can meet the needs of biodiversity and humanity both. With Americans increasingly anxious about the onset of climate change and the accelerating extinction crisis, Southern Rivers illuminates actionable solutions.

R. Scot Duncan (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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The Innovative Seller: Keeping Pace in an AI and Customer-Centric World

In The Innovative Seller: Keeping Pace In an AI and Customer-Centric World, veteran sales leader and trainer Jake Dunlap delivers an expert playbook for sales that offers out-of-the-box and creative answers for the problems and questions that salespeople face every day. Fun and motivational, the book walks you through effective strategies for dealing with common challenges, like LinkedIn prospecting, sales transparency, cold calling, and others. You'll find: - Proven, grounded, and actionable techniques you can apply immediately to improve your sales performance - Instructive stories and anecdotes drawn from Dunlap's decades of sales and sales training experience - Insightful discussions of how the typical sales process and model has changed over the years and how to adapt to the new realities of the discipline An engaging and eye-opening resource for early- and mid-career sales professionals, as well as business development and customer success practitioners, The Innovative Seller will also prove invaluable to managers and executives at quickly growing companies who seek to optimize their firms' sales processes and results.

Jake Dunlap (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Ask Questions, Save Money, Make More: How to Take Control of Your Financial Life

Asking credit card companies, banks, hospitals, schools, and other businesses for better rates and discounts works. Here's how to do it. In this must-have money manual, personal finance expert Matt Schulz empowers you to ask forty-five fiscal questions in seven key areas of life: credit and debt, healthcare, housing, shopping, travel, work, and relationships. The questions feature decision trees, success stories, potential risks, and other practical tools that skillfully guide you through the pros and cons and explain the relevant data. Every request also comes with an easy-to-follow, fill-in-the-blank script. Gain the confidence to request a lower rate on your rent or mortgage, better financing for an auto loan, a higher salary, a refund on a cancelled flight, a lower phone bill, and even a fair split for that group dinner. You are the lifeblood of every company that you pay, and you have more power over your money than you realize. Put more of it in your pocket and keep it there. Sometimes all you have to do is ask.

Matt Schulz (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Eat Without Fear: Harnessing Science to Confront and Overcome Your Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are serious conditions that can be hard to treat; however, the chances of overcoming an eating disorder increase when exposure therapy is used as part of the overall treatment strategy. Exposure therapy involves confronting (rather than avoiding) challenging scenarios that evoke distress, and though this technique has typically been used mainly by psychotherapists, people struggling with eating disorders can use it on their own to reduce troubling eating behaviors. Eat Without Fear provides practical, accessible information about this innovative, scientifically-supported approach, as well as guidance on how to apply it effectively to beat an eating disorder using a 'team approach' that involves family members, friends, and other loved ones. Listeners will benefit from the use of easy-to-understand language describing the key concepts of eating disorders and how exposure therapy can help treat them. Additionally, the book guides listeners through therapeutic activities that enable them to effectively practice exposure therapy techniques on their own. Given the value of involving family members and other supportive people in the eating disorder recovery process, this book encourages collaboration between listeners and their loved ones and offers practical suggestions for how they can work together to achieve their desired goals.

Carolyn Black Becker, Glenn Waller, Nicholas R. Farrell (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship

This pioneering book explores the impact of ADHD on a couple's sex life and relationship. It explains how a better sex life will benefit your relationship (and vice versa) and why that's especially important for couples with one partner with ADHD. Grounded in innovative research, ADHD After Dark draws on data from a survey of over 3000 adults in a couple where one partner has ADHD. Written from the author's unique perspective as both an expert in ADHD and a certified sex therapist, the book describes the many effects of ADHD on couples' sex lives and happiness, covering areas such as negotiating sexual differences, performance problems, low desire, porn, making time for sex, infidelity, and more. The book outlines key principles for a great sex life for couples with ADHD and offers strategies and treatment interventions where specific issues arise. Written in an accessible and entertaining style, ADHD After Dark offers clear information on sexuality and relationships and is full of valuable advice on how to improve both. This guide will be a must-listen for adults with ADHD, as well as their partners or spouses, and therapists who work with ADHD clients and couples.

Ari Tuckman (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics 2nd Edition

Designers and managers hope their products become essential for users-integrated into their lives like Instagram, Lyft, and others have become. Such deep integration isn't accidental: it's a process of careful design and iterative learning, especially for technology companies. This guide shows you how to apply behavioral science-research that supports many products-to help your users achieve their goals using your product. In this updated edition, Stephen Wendel, head of behavioral science at Morningstar, takes you step-by-step through the process of incorporating behavioral science into product design and development. Product managers, UX and interaction designers, and data analysts will learn a simple and effective approach for identifying target users and behaviors, building the product, and gauging its effectiveness. - Learn the three main strategies to help people change behavior - Identify behaviors your target audience seeks to change-and obstacles that stand in their way - Develop effective designs that are enjoyable to use - Measure your product's impact and learn ways to improve it - Combine behavioral science with data science to pinpoint problems and test potential solutions

Stephen Wendel (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better … or Worse

Freakonomics for the law-the revolutionary behavioral science insights into how the law fails to reduce misbehavior. Why do some laws radically change behavior whereas others are consistently ignored and routinely broken? Why do we keep relying on harsh punishment against crime even though it continues to fail? Professors Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine present the first accessible analysis of behavioral jurisprudence, which will fundamentally alter how we understand the connection between law and human behavior. Drawing upon decades of research, the authors reveal the behavioral code: the root causes and hidden forces that drive human behavior and our responses to society's laws. The Behavioral Code offers a necessary and different approach to battling crime and injustice that is based in understanding the science of human misconduct-rather than relying on punishment to shape behavior. The book will show how this code affects all of us using illustrative examples like: • Park rangers in Arizona's Petrified Forest who worked with social psychologists to reduce theft-beginning by throwing out "no stealing" signs • German walls that "pee back" at public urinators • A $2.3 billion legal settlement against Pfizer that revealed how whistleblower protections fail to reduce corporate malfeasance • NYC subway ads that reduced manspreading • How Richmond, California, reduced gun violence by offering young firearm offenders $1,000 monthly rewards for good behavior Revelatory and counterintuitive, The Behavioral Code catalyzes the conversation about how the law can effectively improve human conduct and respond to some of our most pressing issues today, from police misconduct to corporate malfeasance.

Adam Fine, Benjamin Van Rooij (Author), Danny Hughes (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Danny Hughes