Elena Merchand
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Meet the Frugalwoods
- Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
- By: Elizabeth Willard Thames
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,081
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 956
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Story4 out of 5 stars 956
In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5 young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to become modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day - as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends - they enacted a plan to save an enormous amount of money: well over 70 percent of their joint take-home pay. Dubbing themselves the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Self-congratulatory, pollyanna garbage
- By Cecelia on 08-06-18
- Meet the Frugalwoods
- Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
- By: Elizabeth Willard Thames
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Awesome! And fun
Reviewed: 02-12-19
It took me a few chapters to get past what felt like the whining of an over privileged millennial, but I’ve heard their podcast and as a huge FIRE fan, I had to hear it. I really enjoyed how she made their true story seem like an entertaining novel. Well done and a nice change from my consumption of personal finance, business books and self development “blah blah blah” books. I’d highly recommend it.
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Set for Life, Revised Edition
- An All-Out Approach to Early Financial Freedom
- By: Scott Trench
- Narrated by: Scott Trench
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,009
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,301
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,264
Scott Trench—real estate investor, co-host of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, and CEO of BiggerPockets—demonstrates how to accumulate a lifetime of wealth over a short period of time. Even starting with zero savings, you can go from a five-figure income to six figures, from an active job to passive income, then finally to the ultimate goal of financial independence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Set for American life
- By Anonymous User on 05-11-17
- Set for Life, Revised Edition
- An All-Out Approach to Early Financial Freedom
- By: Scott Trench
- Narrated by: Scott Trench
This is awesome - l need to listen to it again
Reviewed: 09-07-18
Really helpful in creating a roadmap to your goals and just thinking outside the box. I would highly recommend it.
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Your Money or Your Life
- 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Fully Revised and Updated for 2018
- By: Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Mr. Money Mustache - foreword
- Narrated by: Vicki Robin
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,539
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,094
For more than 25 years, Your Money or Your Life has been considered the go-to book for taking back your life by changing your relationship with money. Hundreds of thousands of people have followed this nine-step program, learning to live more deliberately and meaningfully with Vicki Robin’s guidance. This fully revised and updated edition with a foreword by Mr. Money Mustache is the ultimate makeover of this best-selling classic, ensuring that its time-tested wisdom applies to people of all ages.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not A Book About Finances
- By Tristan on 09-24-18
- Your Money or Your Life
- 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Fully Revised and Updated for 2018
- By: Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Mr. Money Mustache - foreword
- Narrated by: Vicki Robin
Great to remember what you are working for!
Reviewed: 09-07-18
I'm completely fascinated now about the entire FIRE concept/ FI community. I just wish I had heard this and "Set for Life" 20 years ago. Sadly, my kids won't listen to my "self help/motivational" books.
This really is a great book, it makes you really think about why you are working, why and how you spend your money and your life energy....
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The 12 Week Year
- Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months
- By: Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
- Narrated by: Tom Pile
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,806
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,178
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,163
Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a 12-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not enough meat.
- By Steven on 12-27-15
- The 12 Week Year
- Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months
- By: Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
- Narrated by: Tom Pile
Do not waste your time
Reviewed: 09-04-17
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This was a basic quarterly time management goal/planning . Absolutely nothing new.
The worse part was the narrator had such a hypnotic tone I could barely keep my eyes open. I sometimes listen to guided meditations to help me fall asleep - I actually started listening to this book for that.
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Option B
- Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
- By: Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant
- Narrated by: Elisa Donovan
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,505
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,796
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,775
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Books is ok but completely misadvertised
- By Alex Carpenter on 10-08-17
- Option B
- Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
- By: Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant
- Narrated by: Elisa Donovan
I'm not sure how to rate this
Reviewed: 05-29-17
There are some great things in the 6 chapters I've made it through.
I'm just having a hard time listening to her comments on how employers should mandatorily support employees. I think that works if you work for Facebook - but for the countless small entrepreneurs just barely able to keep food on their own table especially after the hardships of divorce and death of spouse.
How can she be so uninformed about the hardships that business women owner deal with? Maybe it's just in California but I do feel like our government has targeted small business, the regulations, employees wages, and mandatory employee benefits and the blatant support for employees who know how to work the "system "
I think it's hard to figure out being the only person after loss and I don't discount anything she is saying. I just think her perspective is screwed by her very privileged live.
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Traction
- Get a Grip on Your Business
- By: Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,420
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,064
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you? All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations: personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated or theoretical.
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3 out of 5 stars
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this is for 50 employee companies, not small ones
- By Ryan Taft on 03-06-18
- Traction
- Get a Grip on Your Business
- By: Gino Wickman
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Really Good Content
Reviewed: 12-08-16
What did you love best about Traction?
It's like taking the best bits and pieces of about 20 other business books together and simplifying the best stuff. With a very simple (hopefully) doable process.
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The 4 Disciplines of Execution
- Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
- By: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling
- Narrated by: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,705
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,669
The 4 Disciplines of Execution provides a simple, proven formula for achieving the goals that every individual or organization needs to reach. From Marriott to the U.S. Navy, Covey and his team have worked with more than 200,000 people in hundreds of organizations to improve performance, identifying and honing four secrets of perfect execution: Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on the Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; and Create a Cadence of Accountability.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Please Remember To Tip Your Executioner?
- By Darwin8u on 02-03-15
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution
- Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
- By: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling
- Narrated by: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling
Great - a little hard to implement w small groups
Reviewed: 09-23-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Sure, especially for someone in a large corporation. It's good for small too - just may be hard for small business owners
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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind in Turbulent Times
- By: T. Harv Eker
- Narrated by: T. Harv Eker
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 409
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 406
In this incredible audio program - which combines live seminar recordings and exclusive in-studio material you won't find anywhere else - Harv will show you how to quickly and completely recondition your mind so that money and financial opportunity flow to you effortlessly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular!
- By Sam on 04-04-15
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind in Turbulent Times
- By: T. Harv Eker
- Narrated by: T. Harv Eker
Really good - but be prepared
Reviewed: 09-03-16
There is great content - but you really need to be in the mood for live seminar and a little bit of yelling at you. I really liked it
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Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life
- By: Grant Cardone
- Narrated by: Grant Cardone
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,831
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,654
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,541
Whether it's selling your company's product in the boardroom or selling yourself on eating healthy, everything in life can and should be treated as a sale. And as sales expert Grant Cardone explains, knowing the principles of selling is a prerequisite for success of any kind. In Sell or Be Sold, Cardone breaks down the techniques and approaches necessary to master the art of selling in any avenue.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't call about "The Book" Grant Mentions
- By Steve H on 11-21-14
Great Solid Information
Reviewed: 10-24-15
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Especially - if you need sell and have to make living working.
What other book might you compare Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life to and why?
Any Grant Cardone books
Which character – as performed by Grant Cardone – was your favorite?
n/a
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Getting Things Done
- The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- By: David Allen
- Narrated by: David Allen
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,602
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,927
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,891
From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done has the potential to transform the way you work - and the way you experience work. At any level of implementation, David Allen's entertaining and thought-provoking advice shows you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get the "Paper Book" instead.
- By Lucky Bee on 06-22-08
- Getting Things Done
- The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- By: David Allen
- Narrated by: David Allen
Great for the midset
Reviewed: 09-23-15
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I'd totally recommend this book, I had to buy it in digital and audio. It's very good just to get your thoughts organized and out of your head - so you can relax and become more productive.
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