The GoGetter, Peter B. Kyne
The GoGetter, Peter B. Kyne
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The Go-Getter
A Story That Tells You How to Be One

Author: Peter B. Kyne

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 1 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/01/2014


Synopsis

This classic motivational parable (over 500,000 copies sold worldwide) shows you how to make your own opportunities in life. Ever since its first printing in 1921, The Go-Getter has inspired employees and entrepreneurs to take initiative, increase their productivity, and excel against the odds. In this audiobook, Bill Peck, a war veteran and double amputee, not only fights to find employment, but continually proves himself more than competent at the many difficult tests that are thrown his way. Peck persuades Cappy Ricks, the crusty founder of the Ricks Logging & Lumbering Company, to let him prove himself with a sales assignment that everyone knows can only lead to failure. When Peck, to everyone's surprise, beats his quota, Ricks hands him the ultimate opportunity and the ultimate test: the quest for an elusive blue vase. Drawing on such classic values as honesty, determination, passion, and responsibility, Peck overcomes nearly insurmountable obstacles to find the vase and launch his career as a successful manager. In a time when jobs are tight and managers lack the time for mentoring, how can you maintain positive energy, take control of your career, and prepare yourself to ace the tests that come your way? By applying the timeless lessons in this wonderfully read parable, employees at all levels will learn to rekindle the go-getter in themselves.

About Peter B. Kyne

A native of San Francisco, Peter B. Kyne was a prolific screenwriter and the author of the 1920 bestseller Kindred of the Dust. His stories of Cappy Ricks and the Rick's Logging & Lumbering Company were serialized in The Saturday Evening Post and William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan magazine. He died in 1957.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on December 10, 2012

For anyone who doesn't wish to buy the (audio)book, you can download this off librivox.org (volunteers who make public domain versions of audiobooks of books that have since passed into the public domain..) or the full text off Google books. This was a very nice short story about tireless persistence......more

Goodreads review by Esteffany on December 26, 2022

Muy buen mensaje... deberíamos tomarnos 15 min y leer este librito. Podemos lograr nuestros objetivos si somos perseverantes.......more

Goodreads review by Ron on May 04, 2024

It shall be done is the motto of the story......more

Goodreads review by Christine on September 21, 2023

This is a parable about tenacity. Very quick read.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on February 19, 2016

I added this book when Chris Hogen on EntreLeadership Podcast was doing their "Must Read" segment early 2014. The premise is about doing what ever is needed to reach your goals. This hour long audiobook is entertaining, but is difficult at first as it is written with very "old-school" language. This......more