-
Bold
- How to Go Big, Make Bank, and Better the World
- Narrated by: Steven Kotler
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Business & Careers, Business Development & Entrepreneurship
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $16.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Abundance
- The Future Is Better Than You Think
- By: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years.
-
-
Loved this book. Learned so much, gained hope!
- By Not Public on 08-01-21
By: Steven Kotler, and others
-
The Rise of Superman
- Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand reporting with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes like big wave legend Laird Hamilton, big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of “flow”, an optimal state of consciousness in which we perform and feel our best.
-
-
Not a very good practical guide
- By Varun on 06-13-16
By: Steven Kotler
-
Get Abundance
- Why Your Future Is Brighter Than You Think
- By: Peter Diamandis
- Narrated by: Peter Diamandis
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How would you like to be the center of a massive outpouring of wealth, innovation, success, and prosperity... the force behind a wave of abundance that rolls over your friends, family, and associates? Now you can be! Despite what the pessimists say, we live in an era of exponential growth and abundance. Astonishing new technologies are driving a new world where the unimaginable is being imagined and turned into reality.
-
-
Some powerful and some well worn ideas
- By Nigel on 05-12-15
By: Peter Diamandis
-
The Future Is Faster Than You Think
- How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives
- By: Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Peter H. Diamandis
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In their book Abundance, best-selling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that allowed the emergence of powerful new entrepreneurs. Now the best-selling authors are back with The Future Is Faster Than You Think, a blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next 10 years of rapid technological disruption.
-
-
Totally Mixed on This One
- By D. Sooley on 02-03-20
By: Peter H. Diamandis, and others
-
Mapping Cloud Nine
- Neuroscience, Flow, and the Upper Possibility Space of Human Experience
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Steven Kotler
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the intersection of flow states, mystical experiences, peak performance, and psychedelics lies a mysterious space of possibility. In Mapping Cloud Nine, best-selling author and award-winning journalist Steven Kotler takes us on a heady thrill ride through the history of human potential - and how what we’ve learned so far might unlock even greater levels of creativity, performance, and meaning in our lives. In this six-part audio program, Kotler bridges science and spirituality to explore how our understanding of peak experiences has evolved over time.
-
-
This is more of a podcast than a book
- By manrit velazquez on 12-09-19
By: Steven Kotler
-
The Art of Impossible
- A Peak Performance Primer
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers - athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs, and more - who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements?
-
-
The power of this book is IMMENSE. One of a kind.
- By TL on 01-23-21
By: Steven Kotler
-
Abundance
- The Future Is Better Than You Think
- By: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years.
-
-
Loved this book. Learned so much, gained hope!
- By Not Public on 08-01-21
By: Steven Kotler, and others
-
The Rise of Superman
- Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand reporting with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes like big wave legend Laird Hamilton, big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of “flow”, an optimal state of consciousness in which we perform and feel our best.
-
-
Not a very good practical guide
- By Varun on 06-13-16
By: Steven Kotler
-
Get Abundance
- Why Your Future Is Brighter Than You Think
- By: Peter Diamandis
- Narrated by: Peter Diamandis
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How would you like to be the center of a massive outpouring of wealth, innovation, success, and prosperity... the force behind a wave of abundance that rolls over your friends, family, and associates? Now you can be! Despite what the pessimists say, we live in an era of exponential growth and abundance. Astonishing new technologies are driving a new world where the unimaginable is being imagined and turned into reality.
-
-
Some powerful and some well worn ideas
- By Nigel on 05-12-15
By: Peter Diamandis
-
The Future Is Faster Than You Think
- How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives
- By: Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Peter H. Diamandis
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In their book Abundance, best-selling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that allowed the emergence of powerful new entrepreneurs. Now the best-selling authors are back with The Future Is Faster Than You Think, a blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next 10 years of rapid technological disruption.
-
-
Totally Mixed on This One
- By D. Sooley on 02-03-20
By: Peter H. Diamandis, and others
-
Mapping Cloud Nine
- Neuroscience, Flow, and the Upper Possibility Space of Human Experience
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Steven Kotler
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the intersection of flow states, mystical experiences, peak performance, and psychedelics lies a mysterious space of possibility. In Mapping Cloud Nine, best-selling author and award-winning journalist Steven Kotler takes us on a heady thrill ride through the history of human potential - and how what we’ve learned so far might unlock even greater levels of creativity, performance, and meaning in our lives. In this six-part audio program, Kotler bridges science and spirituality to explore how our understanding of peak experiences has evolved over time.
-
-
This is more of a podcast than a book
- By manrit velazquez on 12-09-19
By: Steven Kotler
-
The Art of Impossible
- A Peak Performance Primer
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers - athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs, and more - who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements?
-
-
The power of this book is IMMENSE. One of a kind.
- By TL on 01-23-21
By: Steven Kotler
-
Exponential Organizations
- New Organizations Are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper Than Yours (and What to Do About It)
- By: Salim Ismail, Yuri van Geest, Michael S. Malone, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In business, performance is key. In performance, how you organize can be the key to growth. In the past five years, the business world has seen the birth of a new breed of company - the Exponential Organization - that has revolutionized how a company can accelerate its growth by using technology.
-
-
Schlock, Read Weirdly
- By Kraken on 07-18-15
By: Salim Ismail, and others
-
Disrupt You!
- Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation
- By: Jay Samit
- Narrated by: Jay Samit
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In today's ever-changing and often-volatile business landscape, adaptability and creativity are more crucial than ever. It is no longer possible - or even desirable - to learn one set of job skills and work your way up the ladder. Rather, today's entrepreneurs and business leaders must anticipate change to create opportunities for professional success and personal satisfaction.
-
-
Nothing interesting, a bunch of unrelated stories
- By Kuba on 12-27-19
By: Jay Samit
-
The Inevitable
- Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
- By: Kevin Kelly
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the 12 technological imperatives that will shape the next 30 years and transform our lives. Much of what will happen in the next 30 years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives - from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture.
-
-
Predicting is hard, especially about the future
- By Michael on 02-20-17
By: Kevin Kelly
-
Life Force
- How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love
- By: Tony Robbins, Peter H. Diamandis, Robert Hariri
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Transform your life or the life of someone you love with Life Force - the newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease, and extend your health span - from Tony Robbins, author of the number one New York Times best seller Money: Master the Game.
-
-
Intresting, great information for the wealthy.
- By K. Smith on 02-19-22
By: Tony Robbins, and others
-
Stealing Fire
- How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
- By: Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving, in this groundbreaking book in the vein of Daniel Pink's Drive and Charles Duhigg's Smarter Faster Better.
-
-
Terrible Book Don’t waste your Money! It’s all filler!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-27-17
By: Steven Kotler, and others
-
The Talent Code
- Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
- By: Daniel Coyle
- Narrated by: John Farrell
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Drawing on cutting-edge neurology and firsthand research gathered on journeys to nine of the world’s talent hotbeds - from the baseball fields of the Caribbean to a classical-music academy in upstate New York - Coyle identifies the three key elements that will allow you to develop your gifts and optimize your performance in sports, art, music, math, or just about anything.
-
-
Okay read. Won’t read a second time
- By Chad J Guidry on 08-18-20
By: Daniel Coyle
-
Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- By: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrated by: Blake Masters
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them. It's easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1.
-
-
Seems Insightful Until You Think A Little Deeper
- By Mark Brandon on 10-31-14
By: Peter Thiel, and others
-
Start with Why
- How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
- By: Simon Sinek
- Narrated by: Simon Sinek
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The inspirational best seller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our why. Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time - with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the why of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever.
-
-
A book of repetitive examples
- By CLAUDIA on 10-21-20
By: Simon Sinek
-
The Lean Startup
- How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
- By: Eric Ries
- Narrated by: Eric Ries
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.
-
-
Informative, mature but not original or essential
- By Jason Comely on 02-19-13
By: Eric Ries
-
The E-Myth Revisited
- Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
- By: Michael E. Gerber
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this audio edition of the totally revised underground best seller, The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business, from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed.
-
-
A must have business book.
- By Stephanie on 06-20-05
-
Principles
- Life and Work
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Ray Dalio, Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.
-
-
Idea-meritocracy/Principles Reference
- By Patrick Eberle on 06-30-18
By: Ray Dalio
-
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the number-one New York Times best seller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes - and to offer practical advice on how to navigate them well.
-
-
Why he's betting on China and cryptocurrency
- By MP on 12-01-21
By: Ray Dalio
Publisher's Summary
Bold is a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.
Exploring the exponential technologies that are disrupting today's Fortune 500 companies and enabling upstart entrepreneurs to go from "I've got an idea" to "I run a billion-dollar company" far faster than ever before, the authors provide exceptional insight into the power of 3-D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, networks and sensors, and synthetic biology. Drawing on insights from billionaire entrepreneurs Larry Page, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Jeff Bezos, the audiobook offers the best practices that allow anyone to leverage today's hyper connected crowd like never before. The authors teach how to design and use incentive competitions, launch million-dollar crowdfunding campaigns to tap into tens of billions of dollars of capital, and build communities - armies of exponentially enabled individuals willing and able to help today's entrepreneurs make their boldest dreams come true.
Bold is both a manifesto and a manual. It is today's exponential entrepreneur's go-to resource on the use of emerging technologies, thinking at scale, and the awesome impact of crowd-powered tools.
Critic Reviews
More from the same
Narrator
What listeners say about Bold
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Eivind Hagen
- 07-03-15
Great content, mediocre narration.
This book covers exponential technologies and how to leverage them. Use of incentive prices and crowd funding pay a major role.
It's unfortunate that it's narrated by one of the authors, who has a great voice but fails to enunciate many words properly and often stops mid-sentence and thereby breaking the flow.
14 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Denis
- 07-31-15
Great book, horrific narration
Inspiring literature presented in a severely ghastly manner. Rarely have I spent this many hours in the company of a man that obviously doesn't really want to talk to me... Great book, though; Kotler should stick to writing!
29 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- SiuMoi
- 02-20-15
Great book
I no longer feel so alone in the World. Not many people I currently know have the attention span or comprehension to discuss topics in this book. When I try, the ideas get shot down and labelled "extreme". To everyone involved with this book, thank you for existing.
31 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sean
- 02-17-15
The Best Book for Exponential Entrepreneurs
Would you listen to Bold again? Why?
I have listened to it three times already. I usually alternate listening to the best books I've read to new ones by thought leaders. "Bold" not only makes bold claims, but supports these claims with real world examples and the best assortment of practical DIY implementation tips that will help anybody turn a crazy idea into an amazing breakthrough.
Every entrepreneur who wishes to succeed should strive to make "Bold" part of their DNA.
What other book might you compare Bold to and why?
I have not read or listened to one work that so completely and accurately describes the new rules for innovation in business. The closest would be a combination of "Start with Why", "Scrum", "Scaling Up", "Traction" and "The Lean Startup". I'd guess it's more like their first book "Abundance" which will be my next read, right after I launch. This is a great book to help entrepreneurs grow exponentially.
Which character – as performed by Steven Kotler – was your favorite?
(Amazon/Audible needs to create a better algorithm to to determine what questions to ask.)
However, Kotler speaking on behalf of Diamandis did provide many great examples of Innovators who went Bold. From Tesla, to Musk and Jobs to Branson, all I already knew about but were still enjoyable to listen to. Diamandis' experiences and thoughts on 3D printing, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, Xprize and Singularity University are perhaps the best.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
"Moved" no, but Motivated yes. Several times I had to stop to take notes and unlike many other great books this one not only motivates and inspires but also provides great calls to action.
Any additional comments?
If your looking for something to not only inspire you and your team to make bold moves, but to also provide great processes and strategies to execute read "Bold" today!
36 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Andrew
- 02-10-15
Great!
I loved Abundance so this was an autobuy. That book is on my top five to recommend to all entrepreneurs and pessimists. This book showed about reaching past your preconceived limits. Highly highly recommended.
12 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Bryan M.
- 02-11-15
goodbbook. painful narrator
i want to listen to it again. not sure if i can sit through it again.
15 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jorge Hoppe
- 03-20-18
Writers should only rarely record their ooks
The story and key points are damaged by the author's reading. The content is insightful otherwise.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anita Lanier
- 06-24-17
Narration detracted from a very good book
I listened to this book each spare moment thus week while driving, folding laundry, waiting between patients, and so on. Although my profession doesn't lend itself well to the reaches described in this nook, I found BOLD to be inspiring, thought-provoking and a fun, good reas (or listen, in this case ).
I realize many of the ideas and innovations have been discussed and revealed in various media over the years, but to me most of it was fresh, interesting, and integrated. This book provides a blueprint for shaking up the your industry if not the world. I truly hope the authors are working on the stories of exponential entrepreneurs who were inspired by this book.
Stylistically, I grew tired of the lists, lists, and more lists, but that was likely due to listening while driving. Easy to lose track. The other rather large issue was Steven Kotler's narration. I almost stopped listening altogether because of it. His tone is aggressive and unfriendly. I seriously hated it.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- scogre
- 02-20-15
Lofty and Practical
This book was a great mix of a lofty vision and practical application. I enjoyed the narrator and I also enjoyed how the book starts off with a grand purpose and the breaks it down into chunks of information that are doable by the reader.
I am inspired to come up with something BOLD to do with my life!
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Paul Power
- 10-26-19
Listening to this again a few years after purchase...
I looked up all these companies that Diamandis talked up, and they are all defunct due to financial issues, didn’t find a single success - I think the book might be better titled “Reckless”. This put the book “below the line of super-credibility” for me.
2 people found this helpful