Willy Strohmeier

Not even close to the actual Books

Revisado: 05-15-22

This recording gives you a handful of stories. I used to own the actual books, it was six volumes. This thing doesn't even get close. When I listened to this I thought: "What? it's already over? Where's the rest of it?" Not good. Very disappointed.

Esta grabacion nos da solamente unas cuantas historias. Yo solia tener los libros, y eran seis tomos. Esta grabacion ni siquiera llega cerca. Cuando estuve escuchando pense: "Que? Ya se termino? Donde esta el resto?" No esta bien. Muy decepcionado.

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Awesome - enjoyed it beginning to end

Revisado: 04-09-19

One of those books you should listen to every year to take stock of your life, quit whining and get to it with determination. Thanks for sharing your story.

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Interesting, not captivating

Revisado: 04-25-16

What did you like best about The Virgin Way? What did you like least?

The stories are interesting, good anecdotes, good general advice, mostly for larger organizations. I had to force myself to get through it though. I listened passively for the most part, like listening to a story. For example, how valuable will it be for most folks the story of how they chose a new CEO?

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Just could not get into it

Revisado: 01-05-16

Any additional comments?

I forced myself to listen to a few chapters of this book, maybe about 2-3 hours. I skipped a few chapters looking for something interesting and with substance. This book was nothing like the 7 habits. This stuff was just too esoteric, too out there. This book is more about relationships, spiritual intelligence, becoming a balanced person, finding your own "voice" and helping others find their own voice. Not my cup of tea.

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Pleasantly Surprised

Revisado: 11-16-14

What made the experience of listening to Financial Literacy for Managers the most enjoyable?

Great information, enough detail to make it valuable, and not too involved to be cumbersome and boring.

Any additional comments?

I know I will have to listen to this audio book more than once to catch all the information. You need to download the PDF file so you can follow some of the figures, unless you are able to visualize the spoken figures and financial statements, which does require some concentration while you listen. This is definitely not a casual listen, but given the subject, I would not expect it to be.

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Too New Age for my taste

Revisado: 10-22-14

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I could not make it through the first 2 minutes of the book. The soft music added to phrases like "I'm nice to others and myself", the cosmos this, or the cosmos that... is just not my kind of thing. I'd rather print and read Zig Ziglar's affirmations card.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It may be great for some people who enjoy this type of thing. The cosmic language, and new age music are what turned me off. Maybe a more serious, matter of fact language and approach could have made this book more bearable, or even engaging.

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If you want to be motivated - This is NOT it

Revisado: 10-22-14

What disappointed you about Outliers?

This story of "success" basically works backwards. It takes successful people, then goes back to find that their success was mainly a matter of chance, good fortune, etc. Right person at the right time kind-of thing. It greatly discounts the qualities it takes to succeed. By implication, it tells us that if you are not succeeding it is probably that the culture, the system, or the cosmos have not aligned properly to allow for your success. If you want to find excuses for failure, this book will give you plenty of material. If you want to get motivated to succeed go somewhere else, like Zig Ziglar, Bryan Tracy, etc.

Would you be willing to try another one of Malcolm Gladwell’s performances?

No.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Good story telling. I skipped most of the chapters, but did listen to the one about the Air Korea and Avianca plane disasters because the story was engaging.

Any additional comments?

What annoyed me the most about the book is that one does not know what the point of the book really is. What was the author trying to say with all these stories? Only at the end (on the interview part) does he say that "no one succeeds without getting help" , which is obvious to anyone who has studied success. As Seneca said: "Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity". The author minimizes the fact that these folks were prepared, worked their tail off, and when the opportunity came, they grabbed and did not let go despite many set backs.

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Dreadful !! Huge Waste of TIME !

Revisado: 01-10-13

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Get rid of the Biographies in every chapter... I really don't care! You are wasting my time.
Each chapter goes something like this:

A paragraph about sales strategies (helpful). About 5 minutes on average
Biography of the author of the aforementioned paragraph (3 minutes).

For example:
A chapter dedicated on some sales techniques by John Doe.
The article lasts 5-8 minutes, while the Biography takes another 3-4 minutes:
The Biography reads something like this (read it out loud to yourself and realize how boring this is to listen to):
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Author: John Doe
Company: John Doe International Association
Biography: John Doe is a speaker, a teacher, a public speaker, a consultant of all types of sales things, he is the author of "amazing sales techniques", and co-author of "really amazing sales techniques". He has taught a bunch of courses in sales techniques, at the blah blah blah college and the so and so college. He is the president of john Doe International Association, and a pioneer in the art of wonderful selling.
He has worked for these companies: a, b, c, d, etc.
Winner of this and that award.
Has appeared on this and that TV show.
He focuses on this and that, and is well know for that and the other.
His clients include this and that, and this other company.
He has published articles in this and that magazine, so and so magazine, that one magazine as well, and this one too. He is also an editor at the Sales Stuff magazine.
Selling Philosophy:
1. Selling this way.
2. Selling that way.
3. Selling that other way.
4. Selling this other way.
5. Selling like this.
6. Selling like that.
Selling tip 1: This is how you sell best. Blah, blah, blah
Selling tip 2: This is also how you do a sale. Blah blah, blah
Selling tip 3: Another way to sell. Blah, blah blah.
Book 1: My way of selling (author)
Book 2: their way of selling ( co-author)
Book 3: everyone else's way of selling.
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My goodness, there are 92 chapters in this book, and you have to endure listening to a biography like this at the end of each chapter. I'm pulling my hairs out.
This type of book should be free because of the excessive plugs and self promotion.

This book's duration could be cut almost in half if you got rid of the bios. I've only made it to chapter 33 and with difficulty. It doesn't hold your attention very long. It is very disappointing.

Books by Brian Tracy, for example, have me hanging on each word and paragraph, that I cannot let a word slip by. I rewind it, and listen to it again. This book, on the other hand, is dreadful, and it is easy to lose interest and become distracted.

A real waste of time.

Has Mastering the World of Selling turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, there are really good Sales books out there, this is just not one of them.

How could the performance have been better?

Realize that my time is valuable, I'm not looking to learn about the authors. It is a waste of my time to tell me about the life and accomplishments of each author on each chapter, how many books they have written, what TV shows they have appeared on, what companies they have worked on etc, etc. This made the book so dreadful, I find it hard to get through each chapter. I have to force myself to listen to it. I tuned out every time the Bios came up. It is hard to listen to an audio book when you are tuning in and tuning out. Makes you lose interest, and I found myself being distracted even in the good parts.
I fantasized, while listening to this thing, about writing this review, and how annoying it is to listen to the Bios. That's how bad this thing is.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Mastering the World of Selling?

Get rid of the Biographies or put them at the end so I can choose not to listen to them.

Any additional comments?

This is really just a compilation of a lot of short articles. Does the author really "author" anything? Maybe as a book on the shelf that you can pull out every so often for reference it would not be bad. You could ignore the Bios at the end of each chapter. As an audio book, not so easy, unless you keep your finger on the fast forward button.

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