Stephen Martin has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.8★ across 6 ratings. The most-rated is The Cure to Laziness (This Could Change Your Life).
Messengers
Summary
A fascinating exploration of the powerful forces that shape who we choose to listen to and believe, why talented and qualified people are ignored, and how these "messengers" influence society. We live in a world where proven facts and verifiable data are freely and widely available. Why, then, are self-confident ignoramuses so often believed over thoughtful experts? And why do details such as a person's height, relative wealth, or Facebook photo influence whether or not we trust what they are saying? In this revelatory book, Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks explain how in our uncertain and ambiguous world, the messenger is the message. We frequently fail to separate the idea being communicated from the person conveying it, they argue: the status or connectedness of the messenger become more important than the message itself. Through memorable storytelling, we see how messengers influence business, politics, local communities, and our broader society. And we come to understand the forces behind the most infuriating phenomena of our modern era: why fake news is so readily believed, how presidents can hawk misinformation and flagrant lies yet remain influential, and why 17 million UK citizens were convinced by the overconfident claims of a group of self-interested Brexit campaigners.
©2019 Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks (P)2019 PublicAffairs
The Cure to Laziness (This Could Change Your Life)
Summary
You think your lack of willpower is why you always fail. You think it’s why you can’t lose weight, or succeed as an entrepreneur, and why you procrastinate and waste your day. You think if only you had willpower like other people, life would be different. Everything would change. But you are wrong. Will isn’t something you have or don’t. It’s not genetic or gifted to you. It has to be developed. Strengthened like a muscle, built like an athlete from amateur to pro. It’s not about having the “right stuff.” This is about training. Self-discipline. Self-discipline is a workout of the mind that forges a new you. Over time you build habits, gain discipline. Your will begins to grow. You go from weak to strong. Things that once were hard become much easier for you. When you were a child you had to learn to balance, how to stand. At first it seemed impossible. You fell so many times. But you practiced every day. You got better. Soon your feet carried you. You walked, you ran, and you jumped. Eventually, your legs and body worked in perfect unison. To stand was nothing. To balance was automatic. You became disciplined. You built habits out of processes that were once so hard for you. In time, and with training, surmounting the impossible became your natural response. But somewhere along the way you forgot what that was like. You forgot the hard work and effort. You forgot how many times you fell. You forgot that you couldn’t always control your muscle, and you forgot about the long hours it took to build a skill into habit. But I will remind you. Listen and you'll learn to: Rediscover what it means to have self-discipline and the secrets to build it. Train yourself to go from practically non-existent willpower to the will of a Navy Seal. Build habits of enduring the hard parts until success becomes the only response. Amass an inner sense of fortitude that kicks down walls that try to limit you. Finally remember how it feels to achieve your desires in everything you do. If that sounds like the transformation you need in your life, then listen to The Cure to Laziness right now!
©2019 Martin Ramsey (P)2019 Martin Ramsey