Self-Improvement audiobooks

How to Capture a First-Rate Mate - Abridged

By: Leil Lowndes

Narrated by: Leil Lowndes

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Are you tired of dating the same old losers? Do you justify it by saying: "There's nobody interesting in this town. I don't meet any exciting people in my job." Or "All the good ones are taken." You know you're too good for the pool of potential partners you've been swimming in. So why do you stay? You've probably become more discriminating... Read more

How to Create Chemistry With Anyone: Spark it Fast - Abridged

By: Leil Lowndes

Narrated by: Leil Lowndes

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Why do you feel an instant attraction to one person and not another? And how can you help ensure that a connection lasts? Although chemistry affects nearly every relationship, few people understand it—what initiates it, what destroys it, and what makes it last forever. In How to Create Chemistry With Anyone, communications expert and... Read more

How To Impress Anyone - Abridged

By: Leil Lowndes

Narrated by: Leil Lowndes

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

We all want to make a good impression, whether it's in business, in love, in life. We all--regardless of money, education, looks, or personality--want to be able to meet new people and converse with confidence; be credible and charismatic in social and business situations; make friends and important contacts wherever we go; and command the... Read more

How To Instantly Connect With Anyone - Abridged

By: Leil Lowndes

Narrated by: Leil Lowndes

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

You know who they are. They're the people who, regardless of money, education, looks, or personality, make an impression wherever they go. They are master communicators, and everyone enjoys talking to them. How To Instantly Connect With Anyone shows you how to be one of those lucky few, so you, too, can meet new people and converse with... Read more

How to Make Someone Love You Forever! In 90 Minutes or Less - Abridged

By: Nicholas Boothman

Narrated by: Nicholas Boothman

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nicholas Boothman, author of How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less, brings his innovative system of forging love relationships.

It's time to stop leaving love to chance. Time to stop being too shy to meet someone, wondering why a promising first date wound up going nowhere, or realizing too late that it happened with the wrong person... Read more

How to Re-Spark and Keep Chemistry In Your Relationship Forever: Make it Last - Abridged

By: Leil Lowndes

Narrated by: Leil Lowndes

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With her ability to deliver cutting-edge information in a lighthearted style, bestselling author Leil Lowndes has made a career of teaching the secrets of successful interaction. In How to Re-Spark and Keep Chemistry In Your Relationship Forever, based on the latest findings in cognitive science, Leil teaches listeners with easy communication... Read more

How To Sell Yourself - Abridged

By: Arch Lustberg

Narrated by: Todd Licea

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How many people do you know who have a knack for connecting with others? Very few of us are born with it. The rest of us need to learn it. This audiobook explains in clear, simple, easy-to-understand, common sense terms the skills you need to develop to get your message across in any speaking situation. The secret of winning communication is... Read more

How to Spot a Liar - Abridged

By: Gregory Hartley & Maryann Karinch

Narrated by: Gregory Hartley & Maryann Karinch

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Have you ever been lied to? Of course you have, whether you knew it or not. Ever caught a spouse, business partner, parent, boss, or child brazenly lying right to your face? What if you could tell someone was lying, just by listening to them, and observing their action and behavior?How to Spot a Liar is the first book that gives you the tools... Read more

How To Talk To Anyone - Abridged

By: Leil Lowndes

Narrated by: Leil Lowndes

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You've admired successful people who seem to have it all, seen them chatting confidently at parties and being listened to in business meetings. They're the ones with the best jobs, nicest parties, and most interesting friends.

But they're not necessarily smarter than you or even better looking. What it comes down to is their more skillful way of... Read more

How To Think Like Einstein - Abridged

By: Scott Thorpe

Narrated by: Kerin McCue

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Think like Albert! Learn the techniques used by Einstein, and other great geniuses, to expand your mind and dream up the craziest, but most practical solutions of your life. Whether you're trying to develop a new product for your company, get your kids to bed on time or eliminate world hunger, this audiobook provides the tools for discovering... Read more

If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons On Your Pigtails - Abridged

By: Barbara Corcoran & Bruce Littlefield

Narrated by: Barbara Corcoran

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons On Your Pigtails Barbara shares her hilarious stories about growing up, getting into trouble, failing miserably, and then starting over again. In each chapter, she comes back to one of her mom’s unconventional lessons, and how it applies in the real world of business.

Whatever your calling, the... Read more

Innovate Like Edison - Abridged

By: Michael Gelb & Sarah Miller Caldicott

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Innovate Like Edison presents Edison’s world-changing innovation methods as a cohesive, practical, and immediately applicable system. Based on three years of research, Innovate Like Edison offers readers an in-depth view of Edison’s comprehensive innovation approach – an analysis which has never previously been documented. Readers will learn to... Read more

Phobias and How to Overcome Them - Abridged

By: James Gardner & Arthur H. Bell

Narrated by: Ron Hippe

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than half of all Americans suffer from one or more phobias at some time during their lives. This book draws upon the extraordinary wealth of current scientific and clinical research on phobias, including Dr. Gardner's own experiences with patients, to answer six pressing questions for anyone who suffers from phobias and for the friends and... Read more

Say The Magic Words - Abridged

By: Lynette Padwa

Narrated by: Matilda Novak

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It takes more than good social skills to get what you want from your child's teacher, your hairdresser, mechanic, hotel reservation agent and more. Encounters that were once simple are now like mini-excursions to a foreign land. Say The Magic Word is your passport to mastering these daily encounters. You'll find the most effective way to get... Read more

Shark Tales - Abridged

By: Barbara Corcoran & Bruce Littlefield

Narrated by: Barbara Corcoran

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Shark Tales, Barbara shares her hilarious stories about growing up, getting into trouble, failing miserably, and then starting over again. In each chapter, she comes back to one of her mom’s unconventional lessons, and how it applies in the real world of business. Whatever your calling, the homespun lessons that work for Barbara will help... Read more

Speak Without Fear - Abridged

By: Ivy Naistadt

Narrated by: Ivy Naistadt

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For many of us, public speaking is, at best, a chore marked by great anxiety; and, at worst, a potential career stopper. No matter how anxious you are about going before an audience—any audience, whether it’s 1 or 1,000—Speak Without Fear will give you the tools to speak powerfully and persuasively. You will identify the degree and type of... Read more

Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life - Abridged

By: Mike Nelson

Narrated by: David Elias

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

According to Mike Nelson, a recovering clutterer who knows first-hand what clutter can do and how it can be controlled, clutter is not just a minor annoyance or an organizational challenge.

It can hurt self-esteem and relationships, contribute to financial problems, and even lead to unemployment. Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life gives you... Read more

The 100 Year Lifestyle - Abridged

By: Dr. Eric Plasker

Narrated by: Dr. Eric Plasker

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You're probably thinking: There's no way I'm going to live to 100. I'm not sure I want to live that long, even if I could. But odds are, you will. And, while your parents and grandparents may have been blindsided by their longevity--and suffered for it--that doesn't have to happen to you. Aging can be a good thing--the opportunity to realize all... Read more

The Coward's Guide To Conflict - Abridged

By: Timothy Ursiny

Narrated by: Rolland Lopez

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What successful people know about conflict resolution centers on techniques, motivation and challenges for the person who is afraid of conflict and tends to avoid any situation that would create potential conflict with others.

Provided in a friendly guiding tone, each chapter of The Coward’s Guide To Conflict includes real-life examples, in the... Read more

The Golden Rule of Schmoozing - Abridged

By: Aye Jaye

Narrated by: Penn Jillette

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

So what is schmoozing?

According to Webster's unabridged dictionary, schmoozing is a yiddish word that means to chat or to converse idly. But today there is a common misconception, the word has come to suggest a con or trickery. It's not. Schmoozing is the Golden Rule at full throttle. It's a thrill and an art form that encourages people to... Read more

The Power of Innovative Thinking - Abridged

By: Jim Wheeler

Narrated by: Patrick Girard Lawlor

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Are myths about thinking and innovation holding you back? Are you interested in getting outside your box? Would you like to work smarter, not harder? Do you sometimes whish you could see a problem through someone else's eyes just so you could get a fresh perspective? The Power of Innovative Thinking is a practical and motivational book that... Read more

The Worry Cure - Abridged

By: Robert Leahy

Narrated by: Michael Chamberlain

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Author Robert L. Leahy presents a systematic, accessible self-help guide to gaining control over debilitating anxiety from relationships, health, money and work. Leahy is an expert in changing thought processes, and he walks worriers step-by-step through problems in the way they think, with pointers on how to change these biases. For... Read more

Throw Out Fifty Things - Abridged

By: Gail Blanke

Narrated by: Gail Blanke

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Throw Out Fifty Things" is truly an eye-opener. According to Blanke, our lives are so filled with junk from the past—from dries up tubes of crazy glue to old grudges—that it's a wonder we can get up in the morning, never mind get to work, care for our children and parents, and just put one foot in front of the other. Blanke wants to start a... Read more

Time Management In An Instant - Abridged

By: Karen Leland & Keith Bailey

Narrated by: Kate Pippinger

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In today's hurly-burly work environment, many businesspeople find it challenging to avoid distraction, stay focused, use their time and energy to maximum benefit, and gain ground on important goals and outcomes. One study by the Families and Work Institute found that one third of Americans are overworked and more than 50 percent of those... Read more