Audiobooks narrated by Jim Bond

WorkSmart Series Collection: How to Become a Better Negotiator, Goal Setting, Working with Difficult

How to Become a Better Negotiator: Everything you do in life involves some sort of negotiation. You negotiate with your boss over your salary . . . with your coworkers over where to hold a meeting . . . and even with your family about where to take a vacation. When you buy a car, sell an idea, or solve any problems that involve others, your ability to negotiate is the key factor to getting what you want, and what you deserve. How to Become a Better Negotiator shows you the five basic steps of negotiation, how to avoid negotiation pitfalls and arrive at a successful conclusion. It covers important topics such as listening, assertiveness and how to deal with hostile opponents. This audiobook also teaches the common characteristics shared by all great negotiators, the different tactics for handling conflict, and how to plan and execute a successful negotiation strategy. Goal Setting: In today’s hectic work environment, the chances are that you have way too much to do and too little time to get it done. No matter how accomplished and capable you are, achieving your goals can seem almost insurmountable. Why is it that some people consistently seem to get more done than others? The answer is that they know how to set specific, achievable goals for themselves...and then follow through on them. This revised and updated audio edition of Goal Setting offers listeners practical tools and powerful techniques on how to set a goal, make a plan, and achieve an objective. The audio book teaches you how to: • act upon your objectives in a precise, targeted way • recognize obstacles and overcome them • become more assertive • change counterproductive behavior • establish priorities • make the most of your time Achieving goals takes hard work and discipline, but it can be done. Working with Difficult People: Working with difficult people can reduce your morale, threaten your productivity, deplete your energy, and waste your time. But you don’t have to be helpless in the face of other people’s craziness! Knowing how to handle coworkers’ disruptive behavior is one of the most important career skills you can have, allowing you to become a more valuable employee and a more self-reliant person. Working with Difficult People defines nine fundamental types of difficult people and gives you a complete system for opening lines of communication, resolving differences, and avoiding office headaches. This audiobook teaches you how to: •understand your own reactions to different kinds of difficult people •explore the interrelationship between yourself and the problematic employee – whether it’s a boss, fellow coworker, or someone you manage •practice healthier responses to those who make your life miserable You’ll find out how to proactively manage your relationships with those who are mean and angry, suspicious, pessimistic, shy, narcissistic, overly competitive, controlling, and more. This audio edition includes an action plan for preparing for encounters and confrontations as well as all-new verbal self-defense tips, guidance on how to master power dynamics, and ways to differentiate between situational issues and psychological ones. The worksheets and graphs found in the print and ebook editions of this book have been adapted for audio.

James G. Patterson, Kathleen Lundin, Michael S. Dobson, Richard A. Luecke, Susan B. Wilson, William Lundin, Ph.D. (Author), , Jim Bond (Narrator)

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Winners are Driven

Throughout his life, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has approached his racing career and personal life the same way-with a relentless drive to succeed. Talk to him today and he'll tell you, "I never really retired from racing, I just retired from what I was racing." This philosophy has allowed him to achieve success in business and in life, and it can help you do the same. In Winners Are Driven, racing legend Bobby Unser discusses the principles, strategies, and beliefs that have earned him prosperity, fame, and victory; and reveals how you can apply his winning formula. Blending his personal experiences from both on and off the track with some of today's most compelling business stories, Unser will help you go faster, take the lead, and win! Step-by-step, Unser details each of his tenets and discusses how you can apply them to reach your goals. He begins by explaining how the road to success should start with a burning desire to succeed at whatever you do. From here you'll discover how to visualize a clear objective, sustain mental toughness, plot a course consisting of small objectives that ultimately lead to the prize, and create a workable and flexible strategy to get there. To complete the cycle, Unser shows you how to put your plans into action, recover from failure, rely on family for support, and finish strong. But that's not all. Winners Are Driven also demonstrates how you can increase your performance while elevating the standard of those around you. You'll learn how trust and integrity as well as accountability and responsibility can play a significant role in both individual endeavors and team projects. Overcoming life's most difficult obstacles and finding the motivation to keep moving toward the checkered flag can be difficult if you're not prepared. Drawing from the experiences that made him a racing legend-from Pikes Peak Hill Climb to the Indianapolis 500-Bobby Unser will guide you on your quest for success and show you how Winners Are Driven.

Bobby Unser (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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Working with Difficult People

Working with difficult people can reduce your morale, threaten your productivity, deplete your energy, and waste your time. But you don’t have to be helpless in the face of other people’s craziness! Knowing how to handle coworkers’ disruptive behavior is one of the most important career skills you can have, allowing you to become a more valuable employee and a more self-reliant person. Working with Difficult People defines nine fundamental types of difficult people and gives you a complete system for opening lines of communication, resolving differences, and avoiding office headaches. This audiobook teaches you how to: •understand your own reactions to different kinds of difficult people •explore the interrelationship between yourself and the problematic employee – whether it’s a boss, fellow coworker, or someone you manage •practice healthier responses to those who make your life miserable You’ll find out how to proactively manage your relationships with those who are mean and angry, suspicious, pessimistic, shy, narcissistic, overly competitive, controlling, and more. This audio edition includes an action plan for preparing for encounters and confrontations as well as all-new verbal self-defense tips, guidance on how to master power dynamics, and ways to differentiate between situational issues and psychological ones. The worksheets and graphs found in the print and ebook editions of this book have been adapted for audio.

Kathleen Lundin, Michael S. Dobson, William Lundin Ph.D., William Lundin, Ph.D. (Author), Full Cast, Jim Bond, Laural Merlington, Various, Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive

In the wake of economic downturn, foreign competition, spiking oil prices, and even war, American business throughout this decade has been thrust into crisis. To improve their performance, corporations everywhere have adopted a wide range of tools and techniques, yet many continue to struggle. Going Lean points to a better way. Drawing from the lessons of a new breed of companies that have stood apart, it sets aside the notion that efficient operations and powerful innovations are possible only when business is steady and demand is growing. By using lean dynamics—based on principles from the now-famous Toyota Production System—it shows how companies everywhere can thrive across a broad range of changing conditions. In Going Lean, you will learn how to: set a critical foundation for achieving sustained excellence • identify sources of lag and create robust value streams that thrive in today’s dynamic conditions • describe the underlying techniques to maintain steady and predictable flow • create a system driven by customer demand that consistently introduces new innovation even during downturns • strive for perfection • deliver industry-leading returns The diagrams and graphs found in the print and ebook editions of this book have been adapted for audio.

Stephen A. Ruffa (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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How to Become a Better Negotiator

Everything you do in life involves some sort of negotiation. You negotiate with your boss over your salary . . . with your coworkers over where to hold a meeting . . . and even with your family about where to take a vacation. When you buy a car, sell an idea, or solve any problems that involve others, your ability to negotiate is the key factor to getting what you want, and what you deserve. How to Become a Better Negotiator shows you the five basic steps of negotiation, how to avoid negotiation pitfalls and arrive at a successful conclusion. It covers important topics such as listening, assertiveness and how to deal with hostile opponents. This audiobook also teaches the common characteristics shared by all great negotiators, the different tactics for handling conflict, and how to plan and execute a successful negotiation strategy.

James G. Patterson, Richard A. Luecke (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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Persuasion IQ: The 10 Skills You Need to Get Exactly What You Want

Research done at Kurt Mortensen’s Persuasion Institute proves that persuasion is as much a science as an art — though top persuaders universally possess certain skills that make them seem as though they have a natural ability to persuade. In as little time as it takes you to listen to Persuasion IQ, you can transform yourself into a true master of the art and science of persuasion. Through a combination of clear examples and valuable information throughout, Mortensen identifies the 10 critical persuasion skills and reveals the techniques for developing and maximizing each one. You’ll quickly realize how powerful these techniques can be in business and in your personal life. Mastering them will translate directly to: winning more clients • “reading” people more quickly and accurately • deriving more satisfaction from personal and family relationships • closing more sales • earning more than you ever dreamed. And, perhaps most important, hearing that magic word “YES!” more often. So whether you’re selling a product, an idea, a plan, or yourself, Persuasion IQ gives you the know-how, the tools, and the confidence to succeed — every time! "A terrific read and a sure-fire way to improve and enhance your powers of persuasion. This easy-to-read book reveals how you can change minds, influence others, and reach your ultimate goals!" — Larry King, Host of CNN''s Larry King Live! "As an entrepreneur my business relies on the skills learned from Kurt Mortensen in his bestselling book, Maximum Influence. In his new book, Persuasion IQ, Kurt has hit another grand slam! His ''10 obstacles that limit your persuasion success'' alone will be invaluable to your personal and business success." — G. William Barnett II, author of the bestselling Are You Dumb Enough To Be Rich? The worksheets and graphics found in the print and ebook editions of this book have been adapted for audio.

Kurt W. Mortensen (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals

In today’s hectic work environment, the chances are that you have way too much to do and too little time to get it done. No matter how accomplished and capable you are, achieving your goals can seem almost insurmountable. Why is it that some people consistently seem to get more done than others? The answer is that they know how to set specific, achievable goals for themselves...and then follow through on them. This revised and updated audio edition of Goal Setting offers listeners practical tools and powerful techniques on how to set a goal, make a plan, and achieve an objective. The audio book teaches you how to: act upon your objectives in a precise, targeted way recognize obstacles and overcome them become more assertive change counterproductive behavior establish priorities make the most of your time Achieving goals takes hard work and discipline, but it can be done.

Michael S. Dobson, Susan B. Wilson (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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The Real Book of Real Estate

In a world where too many financial advisors do not follow their own advice, here is a book written by experts who practice what they preach and who will teach you how to thrive, not merely survive, during turbulent economic times. This is the real deal...The Real Book of Real Estate. The only thing better than one real estate expert teaching you how to invest and win is twenty-two real estate experts with that same mission. Robert Kiyosaki, bestselling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has assembled an unrivaled cast of real estate wizards and trusted advisors with one purpose in mind: to share their knowledge and teach you to win in real estate. The Real Book of Real Estate will be your number one source as you decide the real estate niche that is perfect for you; as you navigate the ups, downs, and in betweens of the real estate market; and as you become the expert you know you can be. Whether you're a seasoned investor or buying your first property, this is the one audiobook you can and will listen to over and over again in an up or down real estate market. Robert Kiyosaki's team of real estate experts shows you how to: - Value a property - Lease a property and keep it leased - Find and buy foreclosures - Get financing - Entitle property - Find hidden investment opportunities - Protect your assets - Minimize taxes - Establish your own team of advisors

Robert T. Kiyosaki (Author), Bruce Reizen, Jim Bond, Joyce Bean, Mel Foster, Mikael Naramore, Sandra Burr (Narrator)

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Rich Dad's Escape the Rat Race: Learn How Money Works and Become a Rich Kid

“When I was just nine years old, I began learning how to become rich by playing the game of Monopoly®. If I’d just been lectured to about money management, financial responsibility, and investing, I doubt I would have listened and I doubt I would have achieved financial freedom early in life. Instead, I might be stuck in the Rat Race working hard, deeply in debt, and worried about keeping my job or having enough money for my retirement. But because I enjoyed learning when I was young, I wanted to learn more. I was on the road to financial intelligence.” – Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad You’re never too young to start! In Escape the Rat Race, you’ll find out: • How “working to learn, not to earn” paves the way to money-making opportunities! • The basics of making money by creating assets! • How to make money work hard for you, so that you don’t have to work so hard for money! From the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad — the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and USA TODAY bestseller

Robert T. Kiyosaki (Author), Benjamin L. Darcie, Eric Dawe, Jim Bond, Kate Rudd, Laural Merlington, Luke Daniels, Nick Podehl, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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The Death of Liberalism

America's founders risked their lives to give us a republic - and dared us to keep it. But for more than a century, an insidious force has done its worst to rip the republic asunder: a movement of elites, academes, and politicians bent on reshaping the nation in the image of Marx, Rousseau, and - somewhat comically - Mussolini. The good news for the United States? Despite its appearance, the movement, Liberalism, is by all rights dead. In this lively obituary, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., founder and editor-in-chief of the American Spectator, chronicles: - the differences between healthy, classical liberalism and twisted, modern Liberalism - the noxious fumes of Kultursmog, a pollution of our culture marked by Liberal deceits, distortions, and the suppression of all disagreement - the civil wars that gave birth to two competing Liberal camps - infantile leftists and stealth socialists - and the death throes that have engulfed them both - how harsh economic realities and Liberal overreach have turned the tide back toward common sense and founding principles While Liberalism is effectively kaput, it is up to an engaged citizenry to hammer home the final coffin nails. The citizenry must affirm timeless republican values and constitutional ideals - in our neighborhoods, workplaces, ballparks, and especially at the ballot box - to ensure that this destructive movement rests in as much peace as it deserves. "No columnist, no author, has had a greater influence upon the course of American political history over the past decade than that ribald contrarian, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Even the slain giants die laughing." - Tom Wolfe, author of I Am Charlotte Simmons and A Man in Full

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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Paintings from the Cave

Gary Paulsen was one of the kids who slipped through the cracks, until art and dogs saved him. So are Jake, Jojo, and Jamie, all twelve-year-olds who, like Gary Paulsen, had to grow up too fast. "You stop moving, you're done." -Jake "Dogs know how to love better than people." -Jojo "I'm surprised my pencil can take my hand where my mind would never go." -Jamie Gary Paulsen's three poignant novellas add up to an unforgettable book. Praise for NOTES FROM THE DOG "Paulsen writes another touching story about human kindness and humanity.... This emotional coming-of-age journey about taking responsibility for one's own happiness and making personal connections will not disappoint." -Publishers Weekly "This candid and tender tale, told with [Paulsen's] signature humor, is a salute to the bravest of the brave." -School Library Journal Praise for WOODS RUNNER "Paulsen's talent for scene-setting...is paired here with a vivid story of the American Revolution." -The New York Times Book Review *"A vivid and graphic tale of one boy caught up in a harsh war, a side of the American Revolution not often told." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred *"Illuminating and gripping." -Publishers Weekly, Starred

Gary Paulsen (Author), Jim Bond, Kevin R. Free, Nick Podehl, Sarah Grace (Narrator)

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Healing at the Speed of Sound

At this very moment, you are surrounded by sound. Pause for a minute and try to listen to it all: the chatter of a passing conversation, the gentle whoosh of air vents, noise from a nearby street, someone turning the pages of a book, birds chirping in the trees. We rarely pay attention to everything we hear, but every noise in our environment has the ability to change our mood, decrease our productivity, even affect our health. While sound can heal, both emotionally and physically, it can also hurt us. In this engaging book, bestselling author and music expert Don Campbell (The Mozart EffectÂ®) teams up with Alex Doman, a specialist in the practical application of sound, to show how we can use music and silence throughout our day to not only change how we feel but alter how we physically function. The authors delve into more than a decades' worth of research, from studies on aging to groundbreaking brain science, in order to illustrate how noise affects us for better and for worse. Walking readers through every aspect of their daily lives - from the morning commute to getting a restful night's sleep - Don and Alex provide practical advice and exercises so you can create perfect soundtracks for every task, combining music you already love with new favorites. In addition, the authors share nearly one hundred active links to music, video, and downloads in the book that help support their advice and show how others use the inspiring force of music to improve their lives. Combining the joy of music with the strength of science, Healing at the Speed of Soundâ„¢ will set you on the path to a full, rich, and truly harmonious life.

Alex Doman, Don Campbell (Author), Jim Bond (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Jim Bond