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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn to develop the skills you need to reach your maximum potential and attain whatever goals you set.
What drives a person toward success? There are many factors that motivate people. Some are extrinsic—external motivators like money, fame, food. Some are intrinsic motivators within us—psychological and emotional concepts like curiosity, passion, meaning, and purpose. As the external motivations get weaker as we meet our basic needs, the intrinsic...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn about setting and achieving personal and professional goals.
Setting goals is admirable, but it can be challenging to make the leap from setting goals to achieving them. Where to start? This audio-only course from Blinkist gives you a step-by-step guide to setting and achieving personal and professional goals. Learn how to reflect on where you are in life, reflect on your priorities, and assess your wheel of life. Explore the process of setting...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover the strategies of the most successful people and businesses. This audiobook summary provides tips to help you become more fulfilled at work and inspire those around you.
What do most great leaders and captains of industry have in common? They center their approach around a compelling "why." And by clearly communicating their distinct purpose, they successfully rally people together and motivate them to take action. In Simon Sinek's 2009...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Leverage the power of positive organizational scholarship in your organization. In this audiobook summary, get research-backed insights on empowering and motivating your employees.
The field of positive organizational behavior examines the measurable ways that leaders can encourage and empower employees—and, in turn, boost productivity. In their 2014 book, How to Be a Positive Leader, organizational scientists Jane E. Dutton and Gretchen M. Spreitzer...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Effective sellers don't push—they persuade. In this audiobook summary, learn how to make the sale by convincing buyers that your idea was their idea.
Your customers don't want to be pushed into making a deal; they want to make their own decisions on their own timelines. In his 2019 book Flip the Script, Oren Klaff explains how to close more deals by convincing buyers that your idea was their idea. This audiobook summary distills key lessons from...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to live, lead, and tune out distractions in times when nobody can focus.
Information overload can wreak havoc on our ability to think. Is there a way to counter it? Absolutely! This audio-only course from Blinkist is an antidote to our distracted times. Learn how to tune out the world’s distractions and manage the overload. Explore ways to handle divided attention, manage your awareness, and tune in to what’s paramount. Discover how...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how habits control and influence your life, and how to change them for the better.
Whether they’re good or bad, you probably don’t notice the many habits you have. That’s why they’re habits—they operate below the level of conscious thought. You wake up and brush your teeth, or you sit down and eat a bag of chips, or you check your email constantly—all without thinking about these actions. This is why changing habits can be so daunting....
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover strategies for overcoming distraction, regaining focus, and working smarter all day long.
Your Brain At Work explores the inner workings of the human brain and provides methods to optimize your thinking. Drawing upon thousands of neuropsychological studies conducted in the last 25 years, the book presents strategies to overcome distraction and become more focused. In this audio-only summary, you can review key ideas from the book in just...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn to use authority, warmth, and energy to get exceptional results.
Do you often feel like something is keeping you from reaching your full potential? Sometimes, your lack of success can be hard to pin down. You can have all the right skills, credentials, education, and network, but the impression you give people—particularly that crucial first impression—may be what is holding you back. If you come across as timid or flat, or if you don’t...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to overcome resistance, stop procrastinating, and get out of your own way.
Steven Pressfield's popular book Do the Work outlines ways to help you conquer your fears, stop procrastinating, and accomplish the things you've long desired. This concise audio-only course summarizes key ideas from the book, from identifying your barriers to overcoming creative blocks and handling setbacks. Take ten minutes to learn about the many ways you can...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Embrace boredom to enhance your innate creativity. In this audiobook summary, learn how altering your digital habits can help you become more productive and innovative.
Being bored is something of a novelty in the age of smartphones. And in his 2017 book, Bored and Brilliant, Manoush Zomorodi posits that this lack of boredom in our lives can actually zap us of our creativity. In this audiobook summary, get bite-sized tips that can help you alter...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Embrace essentialism. Learn to eliminate the excess that's keeping you from being truly productive and fulfilled in this audiobook summary.
Essentialism by Greg McKeown teaches you how to do better by doing less. By offering practical solutions for how to get your priorities straight, Essentialism helps you to eliminate the excess that’s keeping you from being truly productive and fulfilled. In this audio-only summary, you can review the key ideas...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to lead a remote team, build a team culture, manage performance, and run virtual meetings. The course also covers some benefits of remote work.
The shift to remote work has created a need for new management skills. Remote work is here to stay. In this audio-only course, find out how to lead effectively from anywhere. Learn how to develop a shared team purpose, build a team culture of respect and trust, manage your team members’ performance...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Refine your organization's mission and goals by asking the right questions. Tune into this audiobook summary for tips on how to boost your company's chances of success.
What kind of impact is your business trying to make? In this audiobook summary, discover how to refine your organization's mission—and boost your company's chances of success—by asking the right questions. Learn how to assess your organization's purpose, identify your primary...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to achieve hyperfocus to increase your productivity and creativity.
Multitasking may seem like a necessity in the modern work environment, but in reality it can often lead to less productivity. If you can focus on one task, while also avoiding the temptations of your usual daily distractions, you can get in the zone of an engaged, undistracted, and incisive mind. In other words, you can be hyperfocused. This audiobook summary of Hyperfocus...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn the people skills you need to achieve outstanding results, in this audio-only summary of Anthony Mersino's book.
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers builds on the writings of Daniel Goleman, who developed principles of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is crucial in many aspects of life, and author Anthony Mersino tailors Goleman’s principles specifically to the needs of project managers. Discover how to develop skills...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explore the foundational elements of successful groups. In this audiobook summary, get research-backed strategies for cultivating team purpose and a positive company culture.
How can you get the best performance out of a group? In his 2018 book, The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle delves into this topic, sharing research and personal insights that managers and employees can leverage to better understand group dynamics. This audiobook summary distills...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Create smarter, more digitally connected solutions. Tune into this audiobook summary to learn how to rethink and digitize traditional products and workflows.
The business landscape is shifting towards smarter, more digitally connected solutions. In their 2019 book, Reinventing the Product, Eric Schaeffer and David Sovie detail why businesses with more traditional products and workflows should embrace new technologies such as the Internet of Things...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover the science of flawless timing. Learn about research-backed techniques for strategically planning your day based on emotional patterns, taking well-timed breaks, and more.
Is perfect timing something you have to leave up to fate? In his 2018 book, When, Daniel H. Pink reveals how much science can tell us about how to make smarter, timelier decisions. This audiobook summary distills When into a series of bite-sized (and research-backed) techniques...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn useful techniques to get your procrastination habit under control.
Procrastination becomes a problem when it becomes a habit. This audio-only course examines why we are drawn to procrastination and what we can do to move past it. Explore some reasons why you might be procrastinating, as well as advice on getting started quickly and gaining momentum. Find out how to prioritize your to-do list and achieve more, then learn the best ways to use...
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