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The Secret
- Narrated by: Rhonda Byrne
- Series: The Secret
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 11-17-06
- Linguistic communication: English
- 4.5 out of 5 stars 25,614 ratings
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- This audiobook is beloved in the motivational genre and has even been recommended by some of the virtually impressive celebrity tastemakers in the globe (similar Oprah!). Afterward just a few minutes of listening, you're sure to be a believer too. Author Rhonda Byrne performs her own text, which focuses on our internal power to manifest change with mindfulness and intentionality, making for the perfect guide on the journey to self-empowerment. Since the idea that only visualizing a goal can help bring about its achievement can sound a bit far-fetched, Byrne is sure to include examples, research, and testimonials interwoven throughout her narrative to support the legitimacy of the Police force of Allure. She is also joined by the voices of contributors who collectively make this mind feel similar an encouraging conversation instead of a how-to transmission.
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- The Japanese Fine art of Decluttering and Organizing
- By: Marie Kondo
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Serial: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Book ane
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release appointment: 01-06-fifteen
- Language: English
- 4.5 out of 5 stars 30,957 ratings
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- Past now, most of us are familiar with organization sensation Marie Kondo and her passion for turning messes into opportunities for growth and reflection. In The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo's trademark zeal for taming one's space is exactly what listeners can await to hear. The straightforward construction of the audiobook, its relatively brusk audio time, and the careful, clear narration make this listening feel feel similar meditation. Though much of Kondo's communication is practical, Emily Woo Zeller's excellent performance helps the author'south words nearly treating your space, your items, and yourself with dignity feel both advisory and inspirational. By the stop of the audiobook, it might be hard non to immediately
Marie Kondo
everything in your home.
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Getting Things Done
- The Fine art of Stress-Gratuitous Productivity
- By: David Allen
- Narrated by: David Allen
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 02-23-16
- Language: English
- iv.v out of 5 stars 5,357 ratings
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- The starting time edition of Getting Things Done has been a cornerstone of the motivational genre for years, and in this updated version, David Allen has expanded his already foolproof method to account for more modern challenges that the era of technology presents. Productivity, Allen asserts, is simply about organizing your to-dos in the proper way so you don't overwhelm your encephalon. Once you've done that, it's possible to reach the e'er-elusive inbox zero—both in your literal email server and the rest of your life. Allen narrates this audiobook with the comforting tone of someone who is a truthful expert in his field. Listening to his anecdotes about how he developed his method is like listening to a particularly bang-up academy lecture—whether you make up one's mind to take notes or not is upwards to you.
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The 10X Rule
- The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
- By: Grant Cardone
- Narrated by: Grant Cardone
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 07-19-11
- Linguistic communication: English
- 4.five out of 5 stars 42,305 ratings
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- When was the last fourth dimension y'all really considered your limits and whether you're pushing yourself to achieve all that'due south possible in life? This audiobook packs a motivational punch—information technology doesn't beat around the bush, but instead teaches y'all how to wake up and exercise the work necessary to get what you lot desire. Narrating his own work with an infectious passion for life and success, Cardone lays out his 31 tenets of success, nearly of which hinge on the notion that being successful takes high rates of activity (10x our normal rate, to be specific). Pushing ourselves into overdrive, Cardone says, gives you the ability to reach for bigger and better in all areas of your life—better personal relationships, stronger moral ethics, bigger risks, and all-out delivery to your dreams.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Arroyo to Living a Good Life
- By: Marker Manson
- Narrated past: Roger Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-thirteen-16
- Linguistic communication: English
- iv.v out of 5 stars 152,054 ratings
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- Sheer positivity can just sustain one's motivation for so long. At some point, nosotros all feel circumstances or emotions that require more than than just an upbeat attitude to deal with. In The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson speaks straight and honestly to listeners about how to deal with the f*cked up earth around them, without losing their motivation to do swell things. The content within is just as unique (and blunt) as the title, with intentionally provocative affiliate titles, similar
Happiness Is a Problem
and Yous're Wrong nigh Everything (But So Am I).
It's clear from every chemical element of the audiobook that Manson is not your everyday motivational guru—and that's what sets him apart. Onetime Air Strength broadcaster Roger Wayne narrates this listen; his friendly yet authoritative tone and perfect pacing remainder out Manson'south no-nonsense instructions for muscling through the tougher parts of life. This is an excellent selection for anyone, but an especially bully option for cocky-help skeptics who may otherwise reject the optimistic outlook of the self-dev genre.
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Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
- Living the Wisdom of the Tao
- By: Dr. Wayne West. Dyer
- Narrated by: Dr. Wayne Westward. Dyer
- Length: ix hrs and 9 mins
- Release engagement: 12-31-06
- Language: English language
- 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,166 ratings
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- Not all motivational wisdom that applies to modern life is from the mod era. Dr. Wayne Dyer has defended much of his life to parsing the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching—ancient Chinese verses dictated by a homo named Lao-tzu—and applying it to 21st-century circumstances with scholastic thoroughness. Dyer includes not only all 81 verses of the Tao, compiled by hand from 10 of the best and most enduring translations, but also 81 essays in which he interprets the lessons each verse contains and makes the ideas accessible for the modern listener. The understanding Dyer has of the Tao is impressive, supported by years of study and enquiry, and we're glad to have him every bit an interpreter of its timeless wisdom. As listeners explore the meaning behind such verses as
the way never acts yet leaves something undone,
the ancient words and Dr. Dyer's soothing vox blend seamlessly to create a listening experience that is near transcendent.
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Super Attractor
- Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release engagement: 09-24-nineteen
- Language: English language
- 4.five out of 5 stars 5,804 ratings
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- In her seventh championship, best selling author Gabrielle Bernstein allows herself to dive deep into the spirituality of her teachings on the police of attraction. For listeners familiar with Bernstein, information technology should be an enjoyable, easy leap from her past work to this new exploration, and for new listeners, all that's required to enjoy is an open mind. Super Attractor is an Audible Editors Choice and an engaging, motivating look at how being in alignment with higher forces at work in our lives can bring us the things we've always wanted.
Bernstein provides listeners with personal anecdotes virtually her manifestation practices, practical mental exercises for encouraging mental alignment, and advice for being realistic with yourself while also radically ambitious about what good things yous tin concenter. Her narration is warm and inviting, and as she draws listeners deeper into the spirituality behind her advice, this selection begins to feel like a much-needed cleansing meditation.
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The Antidote
- Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
- By: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
- Length: half dozen hrs and 13 mins
- Release appointment: 12-11-12
- Linguistic communication: English
- iv.5 out of 5 stars 2,718 ratings
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- For every fan of motivational literature, there are just as many skeptics of the genre, and that'due south understandable—it can be tough to get on the same level of enthusiasm some authors possess. Oliver Burkeman writes for exactly the type of listener who needs motivation, but hasn't the desire to digest information technology in its characteristically optimistic format. Subverting our expectations of motivational books, he delivers his thesis that positivity doesn't always work; therefore, sometimes simply the
negative path
can assist us. Listening to Burkeman tell usa, in his ain words and vocalization, that it's okay (and even powerful) to cover every inescapable, ugly fact in our lives is a powerful feel dissimilar that of any other audiobook in the genre. The Antitoxin encourages the listener to movement radically toward truth, no affair how painful, making it a standout amidst its peers.
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Crush It!
- Why Now Is the Time to Greenbacks In on Your Passion
- By: Gary Vaynerchuk
- Narrated past: Gary Vaynerchuk
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Release engagement: 01-05-10
- Language: English language
- 4.5 out of 5 stars xi,081 ratings
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- Sitting at the popular intersection between the motivational and entrepreneurship genres, this audiobook provides just equally much neat life advice as information technology does strategy for entrepreneurial success. Vaynerchuk, who energetically narrates his own work, encourages the listener not to seek out a career that fits their passions, but to find a manner to turn their passions into a career. Information technology is but in doing so, this listen argues, that you tin place the line of piece of work you have enough bulldoze to pursue aggressively to achieve success. Hearing the author tell his ain success story—ups and downs included—is every bit inspiring every bit it is helpful, and his passion for his own projection is the perfect companion to yours.
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The Happiness Hypothesis
- Past: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release engagement: 05-23-eighteen
- Language: English
- 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,692 ratings
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- This ambitious audiobook follows in the footsteps of best selling author Jonathan Haidt's beginning book, The Righteous Human being, to bring more than aboriginal wisdom to the motivational volume catechism. Here, he studies private ideas that have endured through centuries and permeated unlike cultures, examining the source of their staying ability. Listeners are encouraged to detect comfort in how blockers to happiness, though they may feel completely unique, have been universally felt past millions across times and cultures. With Haidt'southward diligent, thoughtful examination brought to life by the skillful narration of Ryan Vincent Anderson, the listening experience is simultaneously like an enthralling lecture serial and an excavation of the wisdom of past ages.
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The Magic of Thinking Large
- By: David Schwartz
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-06-15
- Linguistic communication: English
- 4.v out of 5 stars 7,409 ratings
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- To say this book is popular with listeners would be a massive understatement. Millions of people have engaged with Schwartz's classic (originally published in 1959), and millions take come away inspired and changed. Today, the wisdom inside is just as resonant—and actor Jason Culp'southward narration ensures every give-and-take has an touch. Schwartz'southward message is unproblematic: to go the big results we all dream about, we have to think big first. Once we starting time thinking big, we can act big and then, finally, achieve big. The best part of this audiobook is how easy the communication is to follow and implement—after each chapter, Schwartz recaps the most important points and applied takeaways so the message never fails to stick.
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How to Own Your Ain Mind
- Past: Napoleon Loma, Don Green - introduction
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 09-xix-17
- Language: English language
- iv.5 out of v stars iv,269 ratings
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- How to Own Your Own Mind is a unique opportunity to hear motivational communication in the original words (performed with measured, deliberate commitment by role player Robertson Dean) from one of the nigh revered and successful people in history: Andrew Carnegie. Napoleon Colina's original interview with the steel magnate provides the structure for each of the three (yep, only three) chapters of this audiobook in which Colina explores the most important steps to having a listen that works with your ambitions instead of against them. The cadence established by the question-and-answer format of this audiobook gives it a rhythmic quality that makes it particularly easy to listen to. But don't be fooled—the simple construction contains nuanced, in-depth gems of advice for diving into our own thoughts.
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See Yous at the Acme 25th Anniversary
- By: Zig Ziglar
- Narrated past: Zig Ziglar
- Series: Nightingale-Conant: Accomplishment
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-25-16
- Language: English
- five out of v stars ane,094 ratings
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- Over the years, Zig Ziglar has cultivated a band of devotees who swear past his ability to continually motivate them. The 25th ceremony edition of his smash-hit motivational plan is a cracking place to either listen to his teachings for the outset time or to re-experience his inspiring methods for a self-dev top-upwardly. The lessons within are comprehensive, touching on everything from harnessing the hidden for more than success to defending against the negative energies you interact with every twenty-four hour period. Ziglar'southward energy is unmatched and undeniable, and then listening to the live recording of the seminar where he presents his programme provides an unforgettable experience. You'll feel as if you're sitting among his other students, soaking upwardly his answers to seemingly every question and methods to combat every negative thought you lot've ever had.
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Drive
- The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Usa
- Past: Daniel H. Pink
- Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Release appointment: 12-29-09
- Language: English language
- iv.5 out of 5 stars 7,213 ratings
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- Whereas some motivational books focus on taking emotion-centered paths to changing minds and behaviors, Daniel H. Pink'southward chosen method is scientific. He uses decades worth of data and research to dive deep into the scientific discipline of what motivates human beings, connecting it with observable practices in the workplace that succeed or fail in motivating employees. This mind is short and consumable, something topical and like shooting fish in a barrel to heed to on the job or on your commute that will invite questions well-nigh the motivational framework of both your corporate community and your personal life. Coupled with an writer-narrated operation that i listener called
open and straightforward,
Bulldoze is the perfect audiobook to keep yous moving forwards.
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How Successful People Recollect
- Modify Your Thinking, Alter Your Life
- By: John C. Maxwell
- Narrated by: Chris Sorenson
- Series: Successful People
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 06-01-09
- Language: English
- 4.v out of 5 stars 1,378 ratings
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- Looking outward for examples of success can exist one of the surest ways to motivate yourself, and best selling writer John C. Maxwell provides xi different models in How Successful People Think. Maxwell lays out each type with specific details and applied applications that make his advice easy to tangibly utilize to our lives. This selection is an almost effortless listen—it's digestible, straightforward, well-structured, and actionable, making it like shooting fish in a barrel to follow along. Narration by award-winning audiobook veteran Chris Sorenson just furthers the directness of the core message, ensuring that yous'll be thinking more effectively and holistically than e'er.
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Living with a SEAL
- 31 Days Grooming with the Toughest Man on the Planet
- By: Jesse Itzler
- Narrated by: Jesse Itzler
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-03-15
- Language: English
- four.5 out of five stars xiii,431 ratings
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- You might think having a Navy SEAL every bit your roommate would bring virtually an attitude of stoicism—only when writer-narrator Jesse Itzler invited Navy SEAL David Goggins to live with him, it instead caused a boatload of unexpected shenanigans. From Goggins's scheduling a snowy run in the eye of the night to a series of unfortunate walk-ins, Itzler recounts his housemate's antics in a way that brings some much-needed sense of humour to the motivational genre. Along the winding road of Itzler'due south month with a SEAL, expect joy, friendship, and a good for you dose of serious motivation. (Afterwards all, Goggins is also an ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, and current globe-record holder for nigh push button-ups in 24 hours.) In the cease, what he offers Itzler and listeners alike is a much-needed attitude adjustment: what we think nosotros're capable of is nowhere virtually our limits
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Poke the Box
- By: Seth Godin
- Narrated by: Seth Godin
- Length: ii hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-01-eleven
- Language: English language
- four out of 5 stars 1,089 ratings
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- Writer-narrator Seth Godin thinks that achieving success in the globe as it currently stands is the concluding thing nosotros should be trying to exercise. Instead, his focus is on breaking the mold and forging our own path—creating a new reality instead of finding our place in an existing one. Poke the Box is the culmination of Godin's ideas that have been published in his other, briefer works about counter-cultural thinking and change. Assembled here, they form a cohesive guide to using subversion of the norm to achieve one's goals. You'll love this audiobook for its 1-sitting length—clocking in at just about ii hours, it'south perfect for a quick jolt of motivation—and its ability to intermission open quondam thought patterns in such a short corporeality of fourth dimension.
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The Obstacle Is the Fashion
- The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
- Past: Ryan Holiday
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release appointment: 05-06-14
- Language: English language
- iv.5 out of five stars 17,811 ratings
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- In The Obstruction Is the Fashion, author and narrator Ryan Holiday posits that successful figures throughout history were not successful in spite of their obstacles, but rather because they engaged with those obstacles and impossibilities in a specific manner. The principles and stories Holiday lays out in support of these claims are goose egg brusque of fascinating. In exploring an ancient formula for success with a tone that feels like listeners are on a field trip through time, this sound—which one listener chosen
crystal articulate and well-paced
—is sure to have y'all rethinking the fashion you lot approach every roadblock forth the way.
