Akash Karia has 8 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.8★ across 13 ratings. The most-rated is TED Talks Storytelling.
TED Talks Storytelling
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Master the one thing all great TED talks have in common! What is the secret to delivering a great TED talk? What is the magic ingredient that makes a TED talk captivating? And more importantly, how can you use those secrets to make your presentations more powerful, dynamic, and engaging? To try to answer these questions, I studied over 200 of the best TED talks. I broke each TED talk down in terms of structure, message, and delivery. Here's what I discovered: After studying over 200 TED talks, the one commonality among all the great TED talks is that they contain stories. Utilize advanced storytelling techniques to inject life into your presentations! Essentially, the best speakers on the TED stage were the ones who had mastered the art of storytelling. They had mastered how to craft and present their stories in a way that allowed them to share their message with the world without seeming like they were lecturing their audience. Discover the 23 storytelling secrets of the best TED talks! In this short, but powerful, guide you're going to learn how to use stories to make your presentations engaging and entertaining. Using case studies drawn from TED talks by Sir Ken Robinson, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Susan Cain, Leslie Morgan Steiner, Mike Rowe, and Malcom Gladwell, you'll learn how to craft stories that keep your audience mesmerized.
©2015 Akash Karia (P)2015 Akash Karia
Ready, Set...PROCRASTINATE!
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DISCOVER how to Stop Procrastinating & Start Getting Things Done Do you find yourself often putting things off till "tomorrow"? That book you wanted to write? "Tomorrow". That email you're supposed to send? "Tomorrow". That project you said you'd start yesterday? "Tomorrow". Packed with 23 tools on how to stop procrastinating, get motivated and start getting things done, Ready, Set, Procrastinate! will prove to be an indispensible resource for those who want to get the most out life. DEVELOP THE "NOW" HABIT If you want to stop dreaming and start doing, you must develop the "now" habit. This book will show you how to do just that. In it, you will learn how to: Tackle any task using the solar-flaring technique. Complete large, complex tasks using the Lego block technique. Trick yourself into working on any project using the five-minute technique. Eliminate procrastinator-talk using a simple eight-step method. Instantly increase your motivation using two simple words. Tackle perfectionist thoughts that cause you to procrastinate. Beat procrastination using Dan Ariely's simple trick. Make inherently boring tasks more interesting. Create positive new habits using the Seinfeld calendar. Stop conveniently "forgetting" painful tasks. Instantly eliminate disguised procrastination using the Pareto principle. Dramatically cut how much time you waste online. Use the ‘if-then’ technique to triple your chances of success.
©2014 Akash Karia (P)2014 Akash Karia
Small Talk Hacks
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Do you ever feel intimidated or out of place in social situations? Do you want to learn how to master the fine art of small talk? Do you want to develop a magnetic personality? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book was designed for you. Based on intensive scientific research, you will discover: 1 - Five foolproof techniques for creating a stellar first impression. How quickly do you make judgments about people? We'd like to think that we don't judge people until we get to know them. But the truth is it only takes a 10th of a second to make an accurate judgment about someone you meet or see. 2 - What your non-verbals are saying about you. How you hold yourself says a lot about how you feel, even though this may be an unconscious message. What is your body language saying about you? Find out inside.... 3 - Seven tools to break through fear and break the ice. One of the hardest parts of getting to know someone new is that crucial moment when you have to break the ice. It can be incredibly difficult to walk up to a total stranger and get acquainted. The seven tools you pick up in chapter two will help you smash through your approach anxiety and start a fun and engaging conversation. 4 - Six strategies to seal a memorable verbal impression in 30 seconds. Your nonverbal cues can definitely make an instant first impression, but what you say also has the power to do so. So how do you make sure that you give a great first impression in the first 30 seconds of meeting someone new? 5 - How to make your personality shine. No matter what your personality, you can become someone with a shining personality that attracts others to it. You may not think of yourself as very charismatic. But don't let those feelings of inadequacy get in the way of making your personality shine.
©2015 Akash Karia (P)2015 Akash Karia
The Habit Project
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Discover the scientific way to build habits - and supercharge your productivity, health, wealth and happiness. What if you could hack into the circuitry of your brain and install new habits that could transform your life in just 10 minutes a day? What if these habits could make you more productive? Happier? Healthier? More successful? Whether you want to exercise more, eat healthier, read more or take control of your finances - the key lies in understanding and utilizing the science of habit formation. If you can make desired behaviors automatic - then you can change your business, your relationship and your life. Filled with practical, actionable tools based on science, this book shows you how... In this book, you will discover how to: Kick-start personal change using small habits Create big changes in your life by harnessing the power of keystone habits Keep yourself motivated using big-picture thinking Hack your psychology and set yourself up for success by becoming a realistic optimist Use an if-then strategy to triple your chances of success (based on research by Peter Gollwitzer) Create a chain for ensuring you stick to your habits Be more productive, improve your health, take control of your finances and transform every area of your life. That may sound like a big promise to make, but it's one that we'll keep. By the end of this book, in addition to gaining a whole new understanding of habits, you'll be able to use them effectively to spark personal change.
©2016 Akash Karia (P)2016 Akash Karia
How to Design TED Worthy Presentation Slides: Presentation Design Principles from the Best TED Talks
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How to Design TED-Worthy Presentation Slides is your secret to designing sexy presentations. How to Design (and Deliver) TED-Worthy Presentation Slides is a short, practical and step-by-step guide to creating sexy slides. It is based on an extensive analysis of some of the best TED speakers, such as Brene Brown, Daniel Pink, Amy Cuddy, Larry Lessig, Seth Godin, Bill Gates and many, many more. Included in the book are sample sexy slides from TED talks, as well as from across the web, to help you master the art of presentation design. Learn how to breathe life into your slides, instead of draining it out of your audience. By the end of this guide, you too will be able to create sexy presentation slides that keep your audiences mesmerized. More importantly, you will be able to design presentations that breathe life into your slides, instead of draining it out of your audience. Not convinced yet? Here's just a taste of what you'll learn inside the book: The most common mistake most presenters make - and how you can avoid it The one principle that will make you better than 90% of most speakers How to quickly create a presentation storyboard Bill Gates' trick for transforming his slides from dull to dashing The Seth Godin presentation formula The importance of contrast Locating and using sexy fonts Spicing up your presentations with video Displaying data without being dull Ensuring consistency between slides How to deliver a great TED talk (or any other speech or presentation) And much, much more If you're ready to create sexy, mesmerizing slides, then scroll up and buy the book to get started...
©2014 Akash Karia (P)2014 Akash Karia
7 Things Emotionally Resilient People Do Differently
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Master the One Skill All Peak Performers Have in Common What is the one skill that the world's most successful leaders, athletes, and businesspeople have in common? And, more importantly, how can you harness this skill to achieve greater success, fulfillment, and well-being in your business and personal lives? New research reveals that resilience - more than IQ - is a key factor in determining your success and well-being at work as well as in your relationships. In fact studies show that people with higher levels of resilience have higher productivity, better health, greater morale, higher job satisfaction, and lower stress. Discover Seven Science-Backed Tools That Make the Difference When It Counts In this book you will discover the seven things resilient people do differently...and how to apply them in your own life so that you can: Persevere through adversity Quickly bounce back from disappointments Break negative emotional patterns by taking control of your self-talk and inner movies Instantly shift your emotional state using the power of physiology Create greater drive and ambition by mastering the use of self-directed questions Supercharge your energy levels at a moment's notice Experience even greater excitement, passion, happiness, and fulfillment in every area of your life Using the seven habits of resilient people discussed in this book, you will be able to handle the vulnerabilities of intimate relationships, the risks and failures of business, and the ups and downs of life.
©2016 Akash Karia (P)2016 Akash Karia
How Successful People Think Differently
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Why is it that some people are able to achieve so much success - in their personal, professional, social lives - whereas so many others are struggling? For example, when two people commit to a goal - say, to go to the gym and lose weight, why does one of them manage to follow through, and the other one doesn't? What are successful people doing differently from the failures? How are successful people thinking differently from the failures? Are successful people wired differently from the rest of us? Is success simply encoded in their DNA? Or is it something else? And the more important question is: How can we get access to the magic ingredient that successful people have and add it to our own lives so that we too may experience more success in our lives? Learn how successful men and women think differently - and how you can too. This short and practical guide will inspire you to rethink how you set and achieve your goals. In How Successful People Think Differently you will learn: Why successful people say “I don't” instead of “I can't” Why successful people never suppress their desires - and what they do instead How successful people think smart The “if-then” strategy that triples your chances of achieving success The type of thinking that makes successful people successful in the first place Why the secret is setting you up for failure The wrong (and the right) way to visualize your goals (this alone will be worth the price of the book!) The right (and the wrong) type of thinking that either sets up you up for success or failure Simple, and sometimes surprising, success principles to help you achieve your goals And a lot more...
©2014 Akash Karia (P)2014 Akash Karia
How to Deliver a Great TED Talk
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How to Deliver a Great TED Talk is a complete public speaking system for delivering highly effective presentations and speeches. If you’ve watched TED videos before, you’ve no doubt been inspired and electrified by speeches by figures such as Sir Ken Robinson, Jill Bolte Taylor, Simon Sinek and Dan Pink. What makes these TED talks so inspiring? What is the secret formula for creating a successful TED talk? And how can you use this formula to deliver your own powerful TED talk (or any other presentation or speech, for that matter)? If you follow the guidelines and tools in this audiobook, I guarantee that your audience will have no choice but to be wrapped up in your speeches and presentations. Based on extensive analysis of the best TED talks I studied more than 200 of the most inspiring TED talks, analyzed each one line by line and discovered the common elements that make them successful. This audiobook is the result of my intensive research. In it, you’ll discover tools that will help make you twice the speaker you are today in half the time. This audiobook is also based on the work of best-selling authors Chip and Dan Heath. In their groundbreaking book, Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath revealed six simple principles for creating memorable messages. In this audiobook, I have taken Chip and Dan’s work and applied it to creating powerfully persuasive presentations. I use their success framework and draw on examples from TED talks to show how the success principles can be applied to public speaking.
©2013, 2014 Akash Karia (P)2014 Archangel Ink