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The Essence of Success

By: Earl Nightingale
Narrated by: Earl Nightingale
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Discover Earl Nightingale's legendary problem-solving program.

This audiobook is divided into ten volumes. Volumes I through VI help you develop an excellent attitude, enhance your self-esteem, foster your creative genius, set and achieve goals, harness your mind's power, and explain the elements of personal growth. Volumes VII and VIII deal with critical success factors such as writing skills, public speaking skills, effective communication skills, and fostering excellent relationships. Volumes IX and X will teach you how to achieve success and happiness throughout your life. Experience the magic that started the personal and professional development industry and created Nightingale-Conant.

©1989, 2002 Earl Nightingale (P)1989, 2002 Nightingale Conant Personal Development Personal Success Inspiring
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The audio book is full of many nuggets..shared in part by other authors.
* Create a time for thinking
* Plan your day etc.
The listen was long...

Patient and persistence required

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Very thought provoking. Loads of ideas and ways to challenge yourself and become the person you want to be.
A must have if you want to improve in life.

Loved it.

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Would you listen to The Essence of Success again? Why?
Bears repeat listening, if you can find a way of converting the audio files to remove Steve Kings' annoying preambles and interruptions.

What did you like best about this story?
Episodic format

What aspect of Earl Nightinale’s performance might you have changed?
Unfortunately, Steve King, the other narrator that introduces the passages gets in the way - the original version was just Earl. You keep thinking, "Yeah-yeah, Steve, enough already, STFU!".

Steve's introductions are utterly superfluous and pad out the audiobook with preambles of each part that Earl manages to speak himself anyway about the subject with considerable more brevity, avuncular warmth and authority. Steve seems cheesy by comparison.

Nightingale-Conant in the early days messed around far less with its archive material.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
no, it is 16 hours, probably an hour of that is padding of Steve King's cheesy 'gee whizz' comments.

Any additional comments?
The original audio has been slightly sped up and the background music is entirely unnecessary.

lacks chapter markings

Not as good as the tape cassette version

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This book is a great read/listen.
I highly recommend it.
Enjoy this masterpiece. 5 stars

Earl's voice is hypnotic and a joy to listen to.

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Earl is an exceptional orator, and has wonderful ideas that enlighten and inspire. The richness of his vocabulary only adds to the experience. I highly recommend this audiobook.

A pleasure for the ears, mind, and soul.

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