May 20, 2014

Quick and Dirty Tips Podcasts

We uploaded a number of podcasts from “Quick and Dirty Tips”, which feature experts providing tips on a variety of topics to help you do things better. We now have 15 podcasts from “Quick and Dirty Tips” on our site. They started back in 2006 with their most popular podcast Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing Podcast featuring Mignon Fogarty, who is the the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips. Since then they’ve expanded into many other topics including money, health & fitness, time management, nutrition, parenting, public speaking, and more. Below are all 15 of their podcasts that we feature on LearnOutLoud.com. After each podcast we’ve listed how many episodes are on the podcast feed. Enjoy hundreds of Quick and Dirty Tips!

Check out all of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcasts right here:

All Quick and Dirty Tips Podcasts

Here are the ones that we’ve recently added:

The Digital Marketer’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Growing Your Business with Digital Tools (98 Podcasts)

The Dog Trainer’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Teaching and Caring for Your Pet Podcast (215 Podcasts)

Domestic CEO’s Quick & Dirty Tips to Managing Your Home Podcast (80 Podcasts)

Everyday Einstein Podcast (71 Podcasts)

Get-Fit Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down and Shape Up Podcast (155 Podcasts)

Get-It-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More Podcast (283 Podcasts)

Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing Podcast (385 Podcasts)

The House Call Doctor’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Taking Charge of Your Health Podcast (133 Podcasts)

The Math Dude Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier Podcast (169 Podcasts)

Mighty Mom’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Practical Parenting Podcast (250 Podcasts)

Money Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for a Richer Life Podcast (329 Podcasts)

Mr. Manners’ Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Polite Life Podcast (266 Podcasts)

The Nutrition Diva’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Eating Well and Feeling Fabulous Podcast (254 Podcasts)

The Public Speaker’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Improving Your Communication Skills Podcast (222 Podcasts)

Tech Talker’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World Podcast (95 Podcasts)

May 19, 2014

Free Guided Meditations on MP3 from UCLA

Free Guided Meditations from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

Listen to and download free guided meditations offered on MP3 from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. These eight introductory guided meditations are led by Diana Winston who is the Director of Mindfulness Education at the Mindful Awareness Research Center. Try out breathing meditations, body scan meditations, and loving-kindness meditations.

And if you want to download many more guided meditations check out:

Free Meditation Podcasts at the Hammer Museum

These 30-minute guided meditation sessions are conducted weekly at UCLA’s Hammer Museum. Download over 60 of these sessions on MP3. The guided meditations cover a wide variety of meditation topics from working with equanimity, gratitude, joy, pain, and much more. They are also lead by Diana Winston.

And if you are new to mindfulness meditation or would like to watch an introduction to it, then check out this video by Diana Winston:

Introduction to Mindful Awareness

Enjoy these free mindfulness resources from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.

April 9, 2014

Audible’s Modern Vanguard Series & Free Interviews

A great series published by Audible.com is their Modern Vanguard series. With this series Audible has sought to publish unabridged recordings of some of the leading contemporary authors. The series features many works that have never before been on audio. Works included in the series are by Saul Bellow, Betty Friedan, John Cheever, Bret Easton Ellis, and many other great contemporary authors. Here are some of the authors featured in the Modern Vanguard series. You can browse all of their works in our catalog:

David Leavitt Audio Books

Philip Roth Audio Books

Donald Barthelme Audio Books

Saul Bellow Audio Books

John Cheever Audio Books

Bret Easton Ellis Audio Books

Betty Friedan Audio Books

John Irving Audio Books

William Kennedy Audio Books

Randy Shilts Audio Books

Kurt Vonnegut Audio Books

They also feature a series of free interviews with the authors or respected voices talking about the authors. You can check out these free interviews on Audible.com:

Over a Dozen Free Interview Downloads on Authors on the Modern Vanguard Series

James Atlas hosts this series of interviews. On the interviews you can hear authors Paul Auster and Bret Easton Ellis, along with authors talking about other authors such as Naomi Wolf on Betty Friedan, Gay Talese on Kurt Vonnegut, Russell Banks on William Kennedy, and many more.

These free interviews are available to download:

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Paul Auster

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Tracy Daugherty on Donald Barthelme

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Azar Nafisi on Saul Bellow

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Blake Bailey on John Cheever

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Daniel Mendelsohn on Lawrence Durrell

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Bret Easton Ellis

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with James Lee Burke on William Faulkner

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Naomi Wolf on Betty Friedan

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Elizabeth Alexander on Audre Lorde

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Judith Thurman on Philip Roth

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Russell Banks on William Kennedy

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Larry Kramer on Randy Shilts

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Gay Talese on Kurt Vonnegut

Exclusive Interview: James Atlas with Blake Bailey on Richard Yates

April 9, 2014

Audible.com’s A-List Collection Narrated by Hollywood Actors

Audible.com’s A-List Collection features great Hollywood actors narrating great works of fiction. They now feature 12 unabridged recordings of great books with more to come in the future. Listen to the recognizable voices of Hollywood’s biggest stars bring great literature to life with Audible.com’s A-List Collection. We’ve recently added these to our catalog. Here are the works you can currently download:

Being There by Jerzy Kosinski, narrated by Dustin Hoffman

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers, narrated by Susan Sarandon

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, narrated by Nicole Kidman

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, narrated by Colin Firth

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, narrated by Jennifer Connelly

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, narrated by Anne Hathaway

Therese Raquin by Emile Zola, narrated by Kate Winslet

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, narrated by Annette Bening

Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs by Caroline Knapp, narrated by Hilary Swank

The Awakening by Kate Chopin, narrated by Kim Basinger

The Human Comedy by William Saroyan, narrated by Meg Ryan

A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson

In addition to Audible.com’s A-List series they also now offer the Audible Signature Classics series. This features literature’s greatest stories, performed by accomplished actors. So far they have 7 audio books in this Signature Classics series:

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, narrated by Tim Curry

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, narrated by Tim Curry

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, narrated by Casey Affleck

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, narrated by Leelee Sobieski

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, narrated by David Hyde Pierce

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, narrated by Kenneth Branagh

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, narrated by Elijah Wood

March 31, 2014

13,000 Audio Book Downloads Added from Audible.com

At LearnOutLoud.com we’ve always tried to feature all of the best audio & video learning resources out there whether they are free or for sale. And if they are for sale and we can’t or don’t yet sell them for whatever reason, then we’re more than happy to send you to a trusted retailer that is selling the audio books.

We recently went through Audible.com’s entire catalog and added 13,000 educational titles from major audio book publishers that we didn’t yet have up on our site. If you’re not familiar with Audible.com, they are by far the largest retailer of downloadable audio book and spoken word content on the Internet boasting over 150,000 titles currently on their website. We chose the best titles you can learn from and meticulously categorized them for our site. You can now browse these in our full Catalog which now features over 40,000 audio & video learning titles. We’ve sorted the results by most recently added so these new titles will show up first:

Browse the Over 13,000 New Audio Books Added in the LearnOutLoud.com Catalog

And Audible.com is no longer just a downloadable audio book retailer. They have rapidly become the largest publisher of audio books with over 14,000 titles published! We’ve sifted through their titles to give you about 4,000 new titles that you can learn from. Also you can learn a little more about them on our publisher page for Audible.com:

Audible.com Overview on LearnOutLoud.com + 4000 Audible.com Published Titles

All of the titles feature audio samples for you to listen to. If you find a title you like, feel free to click the link over to Audible.com and purchase it a la carte. Or you may be interested in one of their membership programs to get the most bang for your buck. Here those are if you’re not familiar with them:

AudibleListener Gold Membership Consumer Offer:
Get 50% off your first 3 months of the AudibleListener Gold membership plan and receive your free audiobook credit each month. Pay only $7.49/month for 3 months, $14.95/month thereafter.

Audible Free Trial Consumer Offer:
Get your first 30 days of the AudibleListener Gold membership plan free, which includes one audiobook credit. After your 30 day trial, your membership will renew each month for just $14.95 per month so you can continue to receive one audiobook credit per month plus members-only discounts on all audio purchases.

So there’s a lot there to choose from. Now we’ll be pointing you to great titles to download on Audible.com!

Bestselling, Highly Rated Titles

Of the 13,000 titles we’ve added from Audible.com, it’s almost impossible to feature all the great titles they have to offer. But we’ve picked out some of their bestselling and most highly rated titles that we thought our audience would be interested in. So here are some of those titles which we’ve added that you might want to check out:

New Self Development Titles:

What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer

Unstuff Your Life by Andrew J. Mellen

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell

The Five Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird

The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney

The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive by Brendon Burchard

The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo

New Business Titles:

Street Smarts: An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs by Norm Brodsky, Bo Burlingham

NLP at Work: The Essence of Excellence by Sue Knight

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown

The Intelligent Entrepreneur by Bill Murphy

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy

Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie

To Sell Is Human by Daniel H. Pink

Great Titles from Other Categories:

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – but Some Don’t by Nate Silver

Mastery by Robert Greene

America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t by Stephen Colbert

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

In the future we’ll dive deeper into the Audible.com catalog to point you to some hidden gems you may have not known existed.

Great Contemporary Authors

In addition to 13,000 new titles, we’ve also added 100s of new authors to our catalog. Check out our growing full list of authors with 5 or more titles:

100s of Top Authors on LearnOutLoud.com

Audible.com and other big publishers have taken it upon themselves to publish some great contemporary literature from highly respected authors. Here are just some of the great contemporary authors that we’ve added many titles for:

Susan Sontag Audio Books

Oliver Sacks Audio Books

Kurt Vonnegut Audio Books

Jean Paul Sartre Audio Books

Vladimir Nabokov Audio Books

Woody Allen Audio Books

Joan Didion Audio Books

Philip Roth Audio Books

Saul Bellow Audio Books

Jorge Luis Borges Audio Books

Charles Bukowski Audio Books

Kahlil Gibran Audio Books

Milan Kundera Audio Books

Joyce Carol Oates Audio Books

John Steinbeck Audio Books

Hunter S. Thompson Audio Books

David Foster Wallace Audio Books

Stephen King Audio Books

Ian Fleming Audio Books

John le Carre Audio Books

And many audio books by some great science fiction writers:

Arthur C. Clarke Audio Books

Stanislaw Lem Audio Books

Robert A. Heinlein Audio Books

Ray Bradbury Audio Books

Isaac Asimov Audio Books

Philip K. Dick Audio Books

Frank Herbert Audio Books

Harlan Ellison Audio Books

Enjoy audio books by these great authors!

February 26, 2014

Famous Books and Speeches of People from Black History

To celebrate Black History Month this February, we’ve scoured the LearnOutLoud archives in search of the best free videos, audio books, speeches, and podcasts we can find as a primer on the subject. To that end, we’ve come up with a content-rich selection of historical books, important memoirs, key speeches and other resources that will give you a well-rounded introduction to African-American history. Included in this list, you’ll find material that covers the legacy of slavery in America up to the Civil Rights Movement, with special attention given to important figures such as Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X and more. We think after trying these ideas out you’ll have a great jumping off point in your exploration of a vital, evolving story that has indelibly shaped the American experience from the very beginning.

1) African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle

This course introduces the viewer to African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political thought and protest movements of the period after 1930, focusing on selected individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African-American struggles for freedom and justice. Clayborne Carson is a professor in the History Department at Stanford University.

2) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass’s most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography. Frederick Douglass was born a slave and underwent horrendous treatment at the hands of his owners. He later escaped to the north and became an outspoken abolitionist. Not only did he have a great life story to tell, his skill in telling it has long been admired. Douglass traveled throughout Europe lecturing about slavery.

After publication, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass quickly became a best seller and within three years there were over 11,000 copies published in the United States, had been reprinted nine times and had been translated into two languages (Dutch and French). The book was so well written that some argued that an ex-slave could not be as articulate as Frederick Douglass demonstrated himself to be. Of course, Douglass did write the book and it stands today as a monument to the human spirit and what may be achieved with hard work no matter where in society somebody may begin.

3) Twelve Years a Slave

Download the audio book version of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery. This book has now been adapted into the major motion picture 12 Years a Slave, and the movie has received widespread critical acclaim. Solomon Northup’s slave narrative covers the 12 years he was kept in bondage in Louisiana and provides a factual first-person account of slavery at that time. The book was a bestseller when it was published, but it fell into obscurity for almost 100 years before it was rediscovered in the 1960s. This book is read by Rob Board at Librivox.

4) Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Listen to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic American novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. One of the bestselling novels of its time, the book vividly depicts African American slavery and it had a profound influence on the abolitionist movement. This unabridged 18-hour audio book is dynamically narrated by John Greenman and available on MP3 download through LibriVox.org.

5) The Souls of Black Folk

Listen to an unabridged recording of W.E.B. Du Bois’ classic work of African-American literature The Souls of Black Folk. Published in 1903, Du Bois begins his collection of essays on race with the statement that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.” The essays that followed were instrumental to the intellectual argument for the black freedom struggle in the twentieth century.

6) American RadioWorks presents Say It Plain: A Century of Great African-American Speeches

This hour-long audio documentary from American RadioWorks is an excellent introduction to great African American speakers of the last century. In chronological order it covers speeches all the way back to Booker T. Washington’s address at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition up to Barack Obama’s recent speech at the Democratic National Convention. The hour-long documentary features excerpts of the speeches with interviews and commentary on their significance, and if you liked a particular speech American RadioWorks offers each speech individually as streaming audio so you can listen to it in its entirety. The hour-long audio documentary is free to listen to on streaming audio from the American RadioWorks site. They also have a follow up audio documentary entitled Say it Loud which highlights ideas and debates pulsing through the black freedom struggle from the 1960s to the present.

7) BMA: Black Media Archive Podcast

Listen to hundreds of podcasts from notable African and African-American speakers. The Black Media Archive Podcast has collected a wide range of multi-media including speeches, archival video, movies, music, and more. They feature speeches from Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, James Baldwin, Barbara Jordan, Ossie Davis, Langston Hughes, and dozens of other influential black leaders over the course of the past 100 years.

8) Martin Luther King Speeches and Sermons from the King Institute

Building upon the achievements of Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project, the King Research and Education Institute provides an institutional home for a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate’s life and the movements he inspired. The Institute’s endowment supports programs that serve as an enduring link between Stanford’s research resources and King’s dream of global peace with social justice. Now Stanford University’s King Research and Education Institute freely provides streaming audio of over 20 of Dr. King’s most famous speeches and sermons.

Here are the speeches you can listen to there:

1954:
28 February 1954 – Rediscovering Lost Values
1955:
5 December 1955 – Address to the first Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) Mass Meeting
1956:
4 November 1956 – “Paul’s Letter to American Christians”
1957:
7 April 1957 – The Birth of a New Nation, Sermon delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
17 May 1957 – “Give Us the Ballot,” Address at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
17 November 1957 – “Loving Your Enemies,” Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
1963:
16 April 1963 – “Letter From Birmingham Jail”
23 June 1963 – Speech at the Great March on Detroit
28 August 1963 – I Have a Dream, Address at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
18 September 1963 – Eulogy for the Martyred Children
1964:
10 December 1964 – Acceptance Speech at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
1965:
25 March 1965 – Address at the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March
4 July 1965 – “The American Dream”
1966:
5 June 1966 – “Guidelines for a Constructive Church”
1967:
4 April 1967 – Beyond Vietnam
9 April 1967 – “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life”
11 June 1967 – “A Knock at Midnight”
16 August 1967 – “Where Do We Go From Here?,” Delivered at the 11th Annual SCLC Convention
27 August 1967 – “Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool”
1968:
4 February 1968 – “The Drum Major Instinct”
3 March 1968 – “Unfulfilled Dreams”
31 March 1968 – “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution”
3 April 1968 – I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

February 12, 2014

5 Free Relationship Advice Resources

With Valentine’s Day coming up, many people are turning their hearts and minds towards that special someone. For many, this time is not only a celebration of love, but it also gives us a chance to ponder how we might further cultivate romance in our lives. We’ve decided it was a great time to collect some of our favorite videos, audiobooks and podcasts centered around the search for lasting love. Whether you are still trying to find your soul mate, need some pointers on how to communicate with your partner, want to energize your intimacy, or pine for a commitment that will last, these selections can guide you along the path to true romantic fulfillment.

1) John Gray Relationship Advice Videos

Bestselling “Mars and Venus” author John Gray presents a series of short relationship advice videos on his YouTube channel. Each segment takes on a specific topic and dissects what the basic emotional underpinnings are that might be causing trouble. Whether you are looking for advice with unrequited love, feel bored in a current relationship, or are facing a communication problem that has stopped you from growing with your significant other, Gray’s videos provide a warm outlet for guidance. In all John Gray has over 140 videos currently to choose from, all lasting about 5 to 10 minutes.

2) Understanding Conversations Between Women and Men

In this lecture linguistics professor and bestselling author Deborah Tannen describes many of the basic differences between in communication between men and women. She starts with an example she discovered when examining the conversations of kids and teenagers. Girls tended to talk to each other face to face while boys generally sat at angles or parallel and looked around the room while they talked to each other. She mentions many other general patterns of behavior in the communication habits of men and women and hopes that by becoming more aware of these differences we can become more understanding in our communication with the opposite sex.

3) This is Your Brain on Love

Helen Fisher, one of the world’s leading experts on romantic love, identifies four broad personality types, each governed by different chemical systems in the brain. Love is no longer blind, thanks to pioneering scientific research, based on her unique study of 40,000 men and women. Fisher explains each type, shows you how to identify your own type, and helps you use nature’s chemistry to find and keep your life partner.

4) The Love Language Minute Podcast with Dr. Gary Chapman

Noted relationship counselor Gary Chapman hosts these short daily insights based on his bestselling book The Five Love Languages. Each episode is under a minute and touches on the various barriers people face in the way they communicate their feelings with one another. Framed within a spiritual perspective, these podcasts offer valuable tips on how to speak more freely and love more fully.

5) Deepening Intimacy: A Free Course from Sounds True

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sounds True has launched a new FREE video event series entitled “Deepening Intimacy: Essential Insights for the Most Important Relationship of Your Life”. This 16-part series features Sounds True founder Tami Simon speaking with relationship experts like John Gray, Harville Hendrix, and many more. In the first interview which lasts about 50 minutes, Tami interviews Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen Hunt as they discuss ways to keep a relationship vital. Their emphasis is on bringing zero negativity to a marriage and the ways they worked with negativity in their own relationship. Join in on watching this 16-part video series to help you enhance your intimate relationships.

January 31, 2014

6 Ways to Improve Your Productivity

Want to improve your productivity this year? Want to boost your performance at home and at work? Check out these 6 free audio & video learning resources on ways to help you manage your time and boost your productivity. These videos, podcasts, and audio books contain a wealth of information for productivity improvement from productivity experts.

1. Time Management

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch is best known for his talk “The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” which he gave while he had terminal cancer about a year before he passed away on July 25, 2008. After that lecture he gave another great lecture at the University of Virginia in November 2007 on “Time Management”. Pausch clearly learned from the best when it came to time management and in this hour long talk he packs in advice on time management for almost every area of your life such as prioritizing tasks, managing meetings & phone calls, delegating assignments, dealing with email, and also taking time to say thank you. He ends the lecture with a poignant reminder that the more efficient you are the more you can spend time with the ones you love because some day you might wake up and find out you don’t have much time left.

2. How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Make an effort to more effectively manage your time! Listen to this short motivational audio book by British author Arnold Bennett. Written in 1910 this manual for managing your time contains ways to not only increase your productivity but also improve the quality of your daily life. Bennett addresses white-collar workers who begrudgingly work the standard 40 hours per week and see little time for anything else.

He points to ways people can take advantage of the extra time they have away from work to improve the quality of their lives. He suggests waking up earlier, reading or reflecting on the train to work (or in today’s case listening to audio books during your commute!), and taking advantage of the evenings and weekend time to improve yourself through reflection, the arts, and literature. It is a great examination on how we use our time and it’s only 1 Hr. 30 Min. long. It is well narrated by Mark F. Smith at LibriVox.org.

3. Daniel Goleman on Focus: The Secret to High Performance and Fulfillment

Daniel Goleman is the author of the bestselling books Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence, and he now has a new book out: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence. He recently gave a talk on this book at Intelligence Squared in London. In this talk Goleman speaks about our digital age and the ability of technology to continually distract us and steal our attention. He goes into the psychology of paying attention to ourselves and others, and how the ability to focus and pay attention is essential to success in our personal and professional lives. He speaks briefly on mindfulness and the importance of practicing paying attention, particularly among the technologically-obsessed youth. After his talk Goleman fields tough questions from the British audience. This talk is available on the Intelligence Squared YouTube channel.

4. David Allen: Getting Things Done

In this Google Talk David Allen introduces some of the ideas in his bestselling book and time management system Getting Things Done. He provides advice on dealing with email, creating to-do lists, and getting into the right quadrant in order to get the most done. He includes many nuggets of wisdom from the decades he has spent studying and perfecting his system of time management. This 45-minute talk is available on streaming video on YouTube.

5. Get-It-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More Podcast

The Get-It-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less Podcast offers weekly ideas on how to enhance productivity. Whether you are trying to organize your desk, want help prioritizing your workload, or need advice on how to fit in exercise time, these podcasts offer clever solutions to everyday obstacles. The host delivers his valuable insight with a snappy sense of humor and a knack for finding clear solutions that you can begin applying immediately to your work and life.

6. Authors@Google: Marci Alboher & Tim Ferriss

Work Less & Do More! In this @Google Talk Author Tim Ferriss discusses his bestselling book The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. Also featured on the talk is Marci Alboher, author of One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success. Both authors discuss the ways in which individuals can stop being overloaded with work and start doing the things they’re really passionate about.

Ferriss tells his story about how he went from working 70 hour weeks to traveling the world and becoming a world champion kickboxer and tango dancer all while keeping his job and learning to delegate his workload. Alboher talks about how she went from being an overworked lawyer to becoming a part time lawyer and part time writer while living in different parts of the world. They give tips about how they accomplished their multifaceted lives and encourage listeners to not delay pursuing their passions until retirement.