Anna Doyle has narrated 16 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.1★ across 13 ratings. The most-rated is Think in Systems.
Think in Systems
Summary
Are you stuck in a rut despite your best efforts to get out? Looking for long-term solutions to your problems? We have the best of intentions to improve our conditions, but often our solutions fall short of improving our lives. Sometimes our best efforts can result in the opposite of what we want over time. How can we avoid these unwanted results? If we apply conventional thinking to complex issues, we often maintain or increase the very problems we want to fix. There is, however, a solution to get the desired results. Think in Systems is a concise information manual offering high-level problem-solving methods for personal and global issues. The guide presents the main features of systems thinking in an understandable and everyday manner, helping you to develop this skill top analysts and world leaders use. If you thought that complex thinking is only for people who deal with complex issues like running a company or country, think again. Every issue is complex. Running out of gas is a simple problem, but I’m sure you’re dealing with much greater headaches on a daily basis. Your life is a system. Everything that is connected to your system (life) is a part of it. However, you are just a subsystem in the larger picture. Your town, country, the world, the solar system are all bigger systems you are a part of. These systems are interconnected. Whatever you do will affect the system, and whatever the system does will affect your life. Systems can have positive and negative effect on your life - or on the life of people generally. The greatest problems like hunger, war, and poverty are all failures in the system. Similarly, fights with your loved ones, being stuck in a rut at your job are also system failures. They are not only your fault. Thus they can’t be fixed with a simple cause-effect thinking. Learn to use systems thinking in your business, relationships, friendships, and general political, socio-economic, and environmental issues. Systems thinking boosts your critical thinking skills, makes you more logical, enhances your analytical abilities, and makes you more creative. Systems thinking won’t put extra pressure on your cognition. Quite the contrary, you’ll have fewer headaches knowing that you surely didn’t miss any detail when you tried to solve a problem. Identify your problems more accurately. Find solutions to your problems, don’t just treat the symptoms. Map out a strategic action plan to change your circumstances. Become more patient by understanding the world - and your place in it - better. Shift your focus from the unimportant details and focus on the real issues. Stay a learner. Apply systems thinking in your problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without the need to become a technical professional.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
Rewire Your Habits
Summary
Do you plan well but never take action? Frustrated at your lack of willpower and discipline? If you always run out of stamina before reaching your goals, the problem is in your goals. What’s could be wrong with your goals? Not motivating because they are unrealistic and unattainable Designed to make other people happy You fear judgment and rejection You lack the self-esteem and confidence to start You get bored easily by monotone actions Goals can give direction, but powerful habits will make your goals inevitable. Whatever you aim for, a healthy relationship, an emerging business, or becoming physically more active, the right habits are your keys to success. Rewire Your Habits discusses which habits one should adopt to make changes in five life areas: self-improvement, relationships, money management, health, and free time. The audiobook addresses every goal-setting, habit-building challenge in these areas and breaks them down with simplicity and ease. Zoe McKey, based on her coaching experience and backed by the scientific studies of experts, identifies the most problematic life areas that need habit changes. After long years of research, she extracted the most common goal-setting and habit-building issues her clients faced and presented their solution in this audiobook. Adopting one good habit helps you accomplish numerous goals. You will learn: How to control the changes in your life How to define and set the right goals and habits How to set achievable goals How to work towards your goal each day How to manage your energy and time Your self-sabotaging habits and how to break them Practical advice from experts on how to keep yourself healthy Key tips improve your personal relations "Well begun is half done..." said Aristotle. So don’t hesitate.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
Daily Habit Makeover
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Do you often lose focus? Convince yourself that your tasks can wait...when they can’t? Can’t follow any change in your habits more than a few weeks? And when your deadlines arrive you start panicking so badly that you won’t be able to figure even where to start your task? The time to do something about your bad habits is right now! Otherwise, you are in the danger that you will never start. Learn to identify, prioritize, and focus on your most important tasks and get them done. Unlearn bad habits and build powerful, good ones. Know the various ways to increase productivity in your life Easily learnable and executable solutions that will make your day more organized and focused Why is willpower your enemy when it comes to changes? Two valuable philosophies to help you maintain your habit changes on a long term Living on the right track depends on our day-to-day habits; the small everyday activities we aren’t always conscious about. Daily Habit Makeover will teach you how to adopt tailor-made habits into your lifestyle. Optimize your life: become more productive and less stressed. Acknowledge and start acting on procrastination Learn five+ scientifically proven ways to increase focus Quick methods to rank the importance of your tasks Why multitasking sabotages you and what’s its alternative Control your habits, own your life. Finish what you started - every time Best habits of three world leaders to enhance motivation 15+ signs that help you prevent procrastination 50 small, quickly applicable strategies to build a better life today The best apps and programs that help you stay productive Daily Habit Makeover helps you reach your maximal productivity and greatest potential by teaching you how to think in a system that excludes procrastination. Know how to identify your most important tasks following a simple mathematical formula and stay disciplined to build productivity habits.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
The Art of Minimalism
Summary
Is your life filled with valueless objects that don’t make you happy? Do you feel anxious when you buy things but you can’t control the urge? Would you like to let go of unimportant stuff with a peace of mind? Your happiness costs less than you think. You deserve a stress-free life - where the things you own serve you and help you live a well-balanced life. The Art of Minimalism will present you four minimalist techniques, the bests from around the world, to give you a perspective on how to declutter your house, your mind, and your life in general. Learn how to let go of everything that is not important in your life and find methods that give you a peace of mind and happiness instead. Keep balance at the edge of minimalism and consumerism. Try this if: You feel that stress is overwhelming your life You wish to downsize your surroundings You wish to trade spending on stuff to spending on memories You want to discover exactly how much should you simplify to meet your needs You wish to familiarize with the best decluttering, aesthetically simplifying, mental peace-giving techniques Minimalism is an inversely proportional process: the less you do, the more will you have. And the less you keep the happier you’ll be. Four easy-to-adopt minimalist methods What are those things that are worth paying for to live a fuller life? What are the things worth learning in order to live simply in a consumerist world? How to avoid being a minimalism consumerist The critical viewpoint of each minimalist practice presented to get a broader perspective on how to make the best minimalist decisions In The Art of Minimalism you’ll find the techniques and the tips of the bests in how to achieve the mess-free life you’re longing for. This book will give you a complex peek into the pros and cons of minimalism. Don’t feel obliged to believe and use everything you hear. You will succeed in creating your own best minimalist lifestyle even if you don’t adopt everything from this book. Minimalism is not a must, but a choice without any pressure or negative consequence.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
Minimalist Money Makeover
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Can't say no you see the world "SALE"? Even though you struggle with debt and have no savings? Do you wonder at the end of the month where your money went? Minimalist Money Makeover will show you a way out of bloated credit card misery and teach you how to keep a budget that covers all your needs. Finances don't have to be painful. The book presents: The main reasons behind compulsive shopping and hoarding and how to overcome them. How to downsize your expenses without depriving yourself of what you love to splurge on. This is not a "get rich in a month" book. I can promise, however, that following the tips in this book, you'll eliminate debt, learn how to save, account for all of your expenses, and never feel your accounts running low again. The budgeting techniques presented in this book are applicable to any income, and you can adjust it to your needs to serve you the best. Within a few minutes you can create a budget that keeps your financial anxiety away. My name is Michelle Moore...I have been living as a freelancer in the past few years. Even though I never knew how much I would have the next month, I was always able to have enough for my essential expenses, personal pleasures, and savings. Reset your expenses: pay yourself first, spend on what truly matters. Incorporate minimalism into your finances. Become an aware consumer. Learn the psychology behind compulsive shopping and compulsive hoarding. Control your spending impulses. Grow your financial stability every day. Learn multiple budgeting methods and choose the best for you. Start a 7-step program that grants you financial security. Financial plans to eliminate debt. Become better with numbers, calculations, projections, and analyses.
©2017 Michelle Moore (P)2017 Michelle Moore
More With Less
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Do you wish for a cleaner and cozier home? Feel overwhelmed by your possessions? If so, it's time to simplify your life! We live in a culture where more is worshiped and encouraged: more money, more stuff, more likes. In the meantime, we get disconnected from ourselves and our loved ones. This audiobook is a heartfelt guide to downsize your house and keep it practical and cozy. After returning home from a six-year world journey, Michelle Moore decided to downsize, simplify, and make her house more homely. In the process, she realized the less she had, the more she could value the things that truly matter in life: friendship, family, self-care, and coziness. More With Less is based on a rational approach to minimalism, but Miss Moore takes the idea further. It is not enough to declutter. It won’t make you happy by itself. In More With Less, the downsizing process runs parallel with ideas on how to make your living space homely. The first half of the audiobook introduces the most trending contemporary concepts of cleaning and organizing: How can you benefit the most from minimalism? The art of creating a minimal but cozy home The secrets of Swedish death cleaning Practical tips how to make each month of the year cozy and homely 10 power tools to enhance the comfort of your home instantly The second half of the audiobook discusses the hands-on practices to downsize and upgrade the comfort of your home: The best selection methods to get rid of mess quickly and effectively Folding and organizing methods from the greatest decluttering minds in the world Special tips to declutter and organize those parts of your home you wouldn’t even think of A step-by-step walk-through on how to keep the order in your home once it’s clean 20+ organizing tips to find a good spot for everything Improve your focus, concentration, and creativity in an organized environment. Get ready to sweep away the clutter, organize your belongings, and warm up your precious relationships. By doing so, you’ll feel less stressed, overwhelmed, and more safe and protected in your home.
©2017 Michelle Moore (P)2017 Michelle Moore
Crowdfunding Confidential: Raise Money for You and Your Cause
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Crowdfunding Confidential is a friendly, funny, clear, and effective guide to successfully planning, crafting, and launching a crowdfunding campaign that meets its goal for you or someone in need. Who will you help today and what are you waiting for? Grab this quick yet powerful guide and get your successful crowdfunding campaign off on the right foot so you can help others in need starting today. This easy to follow handbook, written to be conversational and accessible, will empower you to plan, create, and manage your first successful online crowdfunding campaign - even if you have no previous fundraising experience and no idea where to start. Busy working mother, college professor, and serial crowdfunder Kristen Palana has raised over $100K online for 90+ housing, health, education, and income-generation projects for needy children and their families since 2004 in her so-called spare time. This book delivers eleven years worth of her best hard-won advice and tips for successful online fundraising for a cause so that you can get started helping others in need powerfully and effectively right away.
©2015 Kristen Palana (P)2018 Kristen Palana
Anti-Aging Facial Massage
Summary
This audiobook is dedicated to all beautiful women out there who know that we do not need a lot in order to maintain our beauty, just 10-20 minutes of our time and infinite desire to stay young and healthy for as long as we all naturally can. In other words, this audiobook is designed for all of you who are willing to exercise your way to youth. This audiobook is divided into four groups that are focused on four individual areas on your face, which can be easily defined by first signs of aging: neck and chin, cheeks, eyes, and forehead. Each of those four groups consists of four different facial massage techniques that are designed to help you easily adapt them into your daily life and immediately experience the benefits of facial massage. Moreover, detailed instructions and schematic illustrations will take you through every single exercise, so you can easily master all the natural secrets of making your skin look instantly younger.
©2016 Olivia Green (P)2018 Simona Sandaraite
Are You Ready for the Yes?
Summary
Your Name is Worth Millions If you've ever wondered why the expert-next-door is getting the cash and the clients while you secretly hate from the sidelines, this is the book for you. Imagine that moment when the phone rings with the opportunity of a lifetime. Whether it's your first big client, that incredible book deal with a major publisher, or a speaking engagement at a conference in your city, your ducks need to be in a row long before the dollars show up on your doorstep. You want the visibility and the profits that come with it but are you really playing at a level that sets you up for the spotlight? In this much-anticipated book, Personal Branding and Marketing Genius Audria Richmond cracks the code to building a brand one doable and deliberate step at a time. From creating an authentic personal brand to landing the right media opportunities, Audria's transparent, in-your-face-and-in-your-bank-account approach will help you to: Develop ferocious confidence and show up on the business scene like a boss. Identify the people who need your services and demand the premium rates you deserve. Understand the 7 phases of a profitable personal brand and how to leverage each of them to become the must-meet expert in your industry. By the end of Are You Ready for the Yes?, you'll finally get out there and make some noise and make some real money at the same damn time.
©2017 Audria Richmond (P)2020 Audria Richmond
UnCloned Life
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Being liked has no place here. What if you could live in a world where you could do what you wanted to do, say what you wanted to say, and be who you wanted to be? What if you could finally release all of those broad, bold ideas that you’ve tucked away into the atmosphere? What if, from the tip of your unconventional head to the bottoms of your unrestrained feet, you could just be free - to live, love, breathe? And what if you could do it all without the gripping fear of not fitting in, with anyone, anywhere? Welcome to that UnCloned life! Beyond a book or brand, UnCloned Life is a state of being. It is a shift in mind-set, an eclectic space where acceptance is granted at the door. Here, there is no such thing as a weird person or a crazy idea. UnCloned Life is the essence of freedom, expression, and humanity. Here, we just live - however we damn well please. UnCloned Life: Seven Epic (Un)Rules for Owning Your Shit is a powerful manifesto for anyone who has ever felt excluded from the cool kids club. It’s a rallying call to the geeky, the quirky, and the quiet, questionable genius, beckoning them to come out from the shadows of self-consciousness and into the bright, beautiful light of "I don’t give a (well, you know what we mean). By the end of this book, you will: Embrace the truth of who you really are Release your reservations and inhibitions Redefine the notion of normal and stop tiptoeing around failure Shake the spirit of conformity and find the courage to just be
©2017 Audria Richmond (P)2020 Audria Richmond
Crystal Healing: A Guide to Crystal Healing, the Human Energy Field, and How to Improve Your Health with Crystals!
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Inside this audiobook, you will learn about what crystal healing is, how it works, and what ailments it can assist in treating. You will discover exactly how to use crystals to improve your life and will be provided with several methods for charging and energizing the crystals before use! Also, you’ll be provided with a comprehensive list of the different crystals commonly used, along with the associated benefits of each! Crystal healing has been used for thousands of years all around the world to help people overcome different ailments and improve their overall health and well-being. At the completion of this audiobook, you will have a good understanding of crystal healing and be ready to try it out for yourself!
©2018 Ingram Publishing (P)2018 Ingram Publishing
Cricut Projects: DIY Guide for Using Cricut Machine to Bring Cricut Project Ideas to Life
Summary
Do you enjoy unleashing your creative side in fun and rewarding ways? Creating something that is of your own making is always a fulfilling experience which can be taken to new heights by proper usage of Cricut machine. Cricut machine is a dream come true for a DIYer which allows the user to design paper crafts, vinyl lettering for t-shirts, wood plaques, walls, cars, windows, and more. I can still remember the excitement I felt when I brought my Cricut home, which was immediately followed by disappointment when I realized that I knew as much about using it as I do about a nuclear reactor. Needless to say, I haven't managed to craft my first item the same day as that cute machine isn't as simple to use as it may seem. Eventually, through the power of persistence and mostly dumb luck, I managed to crank out item after item, most of which are placed around my apartment reminding me of my effort. It wasn't simple figuring these things out, so being someone who has always enjoyed helping people, I decided to produce a guide on using Cricut machine so that you can save time and start creating sooner and not have to go through the same headaches I had to. In this book, you can expect to learn about: Proper Cricut usage Step-by-step instructions for some of my favorite projects Ways to get even more out of your machine And much more Even if you're not technology savvy, you need not to worry. I am a crafting enthusiast, and I haven't met anyone who hasn't been able to complete their first project in no time. If you're ready to gain a valuable new skill, then buy to get started today!
©2018 Sally Lorbes (P)2018 Sally Lorbes
Evolve Your Habits: Stop Self-Sabotage, Break Bad Habits, Create Lasting Behavior Change, Become Who You Want to Be
Summary
Not as patient as you think you are? Surprised by how quickly you lose your cool when someone shows you an imagined show of disrespect? All we can do in those situations is react. But why do we do what we do? How can we improve our actions? Repeated bad behavior becomes a bad habit. How can we break this vicious cycle? Often we know what’s wrong in our behavior, we even know how could we fix it, but somehow we never take action to change. Some mental triggers stay hidden from our conscious mind. This book bridges the gap between those two by introducing you to gears of human behavior. With simple language, engaging stories, and scientifically proven facts, you’ll get a full picture on how can you improve your behavior and develop better habits. Become the person who you want to be. Understand the hidden psychological pathways of your brain that prevent change Models of behavior change - from the best Create long-lasting habits How to get unstuck from the past Learn to control your behavior to achieve better results in life Evolve Your Habits examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail your behavior in everyday life. These triggers may seem relentless, omnipresent, and often out of control, but you can learn how to respond to them in a constructive way. Become more patient, compassionate, and less irritable. How to persevere when change seems hard How to gain discipline to create new habits How to tune out distractions and resist temptations How to create the person you wish to become Don’t hesitate to take action and improve your shortcomings. Create a change now in any area of your life with Evolve Your Habits. I’m sure you tried before; maybe you failed. This time will be different! Commit to the change you set yourself to. Start by creating an environment that makes your change inevitable, and with self-awareness take action.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
UnCloned Marketing
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Before an offer can be profitable, it has to be marketable. Your company can create the most innovative, jaw-dropping product or service ever seen. But if your offer is buried beneath the mass of marketing messages bombarding consumers every minute of every day, it will never make the money it should. So, what’s a business owner to do? When it comes to marketing, there is one solution. Figure out what’s never been done, put a strategy to it, and do it. From establishing a bulletproof brand that audiences love and believe in to planning your big launch, UnCloned Marketing delivers a comprehensive blueprint for creating cash-generating marketing campaigns. In her fourth book, marketing and launch strategist Audria Richmond reveals the exact proven framework that her marketing firm uses to disrupt industries and drive sales. Complete with kick-butt advice, repeatable step-by-step strategies, and proven case studies from popular brands, this book will help you to master marketing like the pros. Whether it’s just you and a laptop or you’re running a large team, by the end of this audiobook, you’ll know exactly how to: Establish yourself as an authority Create offers your audience can’t wait to buy Structure and launch an out-of-the-box marketing campaign from start to finish Wow new clients and customers after the sale to position them for their next purchase Hold on to your analytics. Your marketing game just completely changed.
©2020 Audria Richmond (P)2020 Audria Richmond
The Critical Mind
Summary
Excel at analyzing the way you think and presenting evidence for your ideas. Become a more independent, self-directed learner. If you want to become a self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinker instead of an irrational and snap-judging one, this audiobook is for you. Critical thinking skills grant you rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use, effective communication and problem solving abilities, and help to overcome egocentrism and sociocentrism. The Critical Mind offers a thorough introduction to the rules and principles of critical thinking. You will find widely usable and situation-specific advice on how to critically approach your daily life, business, friendships, opinions, and even social media. Critical thinking not only saves you time, but saves you money and helps you prevent misunderstanding and disappointment. Learn the main elements of critical thinking. The theories and practices of the best critical thinkers of the world. Tips to keep your brain in good shape and receptive to analysis. Solve your problems with critical thinking. Become a quicker and better decision maker. Critical thinking promotes creativity. The Critical Mind is a guideline for everyone who wishes to learn the basics of critical thinking. If you work in business, education, healthcare, or you study, you’ll find the audiobook equally useful. The audiobook takes a deep look into the framework of geniuses like Richard Paul and Linda Elder to give you a well-established foundation on effective thought. Become a more effective communicator having relevant argument points. How to apply critical thinking for self-reflection. Guiding questions that help you think more critically. Four types of critical thinking exercises to deepen your knowledge each day.
©2019 Zoe McKey (P)2019 Zoe McKey
Think in Systems
Summary
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." (Albert Einstein) Get out of that rut. Find long-term solution to your problems. We have the best of intentions to improve our conditions, but often, our solutions fall short of improving our lives. Our best efforts can result in the opposite of what we want over time. If we apply conventional thinking to complex issues, we often maintain or feed the very problems we want to fix. How to avoid this trap? I will tell you in this audiobook. Think in Systems is a concise information book offering high-level, strategic problem-solving methods for personal and global issues. The book presents the main features of systems thinking in an understandable everyday manner, helping you to develop the skill top analysts and world leaders use. Your life is a system. Everything that is connected to your system (life) is a part of it. Your town, country, the world, the solar system are all bigger systems you are a part of. These systems are interconnected. Whatever you do will affect the system and whatever the system does will affect your life. Systems can have positive and negative effect on your life or on the lives of people, generally. The greatest problems like hunger, war, and poverty are all failures in the system. Similarly, fights with your loved ones, being stuck in a rut at your job are also system failures. They are not only your fault. But they can’t be fixed with the help of cause-effect thinking. Systems thinking boosts your critical thinking skills, makes you more logical, enhances your analytical abilities, and makes you more creative. This audiobook will help you to: Learn the main aspects, concepts, and models of systems thinking Design models and systems maps to solve your problems Find solutions to your underlying problems, not just the symptoms Improve your mental health, wealth, and connections Learn to use systems thinking in your business, relationships, friendships, and general political, socioeconomic, and environmental issues. Widen your understanding about international economic, political, and socioeconomic affairs Manage your business better Shift your focus from the unimportant details and focus on the real issues Stay a learner Map out a strategic action plan to change your circumstances. Become more patient by understanding the world - and your place in it - better Learn to use systems thinking in your problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic-planning practices today.
©2019 Zoe McKey (P)2019 Zoe McKey