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Recommended Audio CD's THE MUST HAVE "THE ACHIEVERS EDGE" By Peter Thompson More Great CD Programs Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Good to Great - Jim Collins Psychology of Achievement - Brian Tracy Discover Your Strengths - M Buckingham 7 Habits of Highly Effective- Stephen Covey Rich Dads Secrets - Robert Kiyosaki Maverick Mindset - John Elliot Vocal Power - Roger Love Quantum Memory - Dominic O'Brien Getting Things Done - David Allen A Short History of Nearly Everything- B Bryson
Recommended Books Good to Great - Jim Collins 7 Habits - Stephen Covey Discover you Strengths - M Buckingham Richard Branson's Auto biography Brilliant Memory - Dominic O'Brien Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Freakonomics - Stephen Levitt Getting Things Done - David Allen The Machine That Changed the World Watching the English - Kate Fox A Short History of Nearly Everything- B Bryson


Archives Can't See the Wood for the Trees Dutch Courage Talk with Relevance Milo the Greek A Boy called No Bluebird - A pint of Ale & water speed record Visualising an Argument with Alien Bowling Old Friends lead to New Thoughts Bad Driver Space Shuttle designed on a horses backside Back to the Future The Mexican Boatman & "Harvard MBA". The World in Perspective Acres of Diamonds First impressions in 30s The Two Minute Rule Noughts and Crosses Think and Grow Rich 3 Blind Men & An Elephant Someone Everyone Anyone No-one 12 Questions to High Performance The Bee Can't Fly but No-one told the bee The Maverick Mindset of Baseball Three Men and a Boat Stop Two Cannibals & a Beautiful Girl The Meaning of Life What was your name again? Two Frogs Is Common Sense Possible An Architects Vision Does Edison Turn Your Light On Other books and CDs I've mentioned can be found here There are loads of great audio programs at Nightingale Conant's ,web site here,