Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You— - Spencer Johnson Audiobook

Written by Spencer Johnson
Read by John Dossett
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You—at Work and in Life
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: February 9, 2009
Duration: 02:08:59

A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak.

At first the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better.

Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books in print, in forty-seven languages—and with today’s economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to become another Spencer Johnson classic.

John Dossett’s crisp and polished delivery is a natural fit for Johnson’s no-nonsense style of motivational storytelling. Dossett chooses to understate the pathos, projecting a tone of wistful contemplation instead of heavy drama. Both the story and the narrative within the story surround dialogue between a weary day-to-day corporate warrior and a seasoned sage who offers a broader perspective on our familiar notions of success, achievement and happiness. In light of the current economic climate, listeners will find the messages timely, even if the paradigm shifts may not seem especially original. As an added bonus, the audio book includes an interview with the author sharing how he strives to keep the public focused on his message instead of elevating him into a celebrity business guru.