The Power of Who: You Already Know Everyone You Need To Know

Written by Bob Beaudine

Narrated by Bob Beaudine

Do you know that key relationships have been specifically placed to help you in ways you never imagined? Do you realize there are special people who are not just happenstance acquaintances but strategic relationships to help you find the life of your dream? Have you missed the simplicity behind this mysterious thing called DESTINY? Perhaps the real problem of finding your dream isn't about who you don't know, but whom you've neglected.
In THE POWER OF WHO! Bob Beaudine presents a revolutionary concept that will get you moving toward your dreams and goals in ways you never imagined. This audio book challenges many widely held presumptions, including the importance of traditional networking. Instead he offers a different plan -- a time-tested, unique approach.
First Beaudine leads you to identify people within your group of friends and friends of friends who are the foundation for making connections. Then he takes you through what you want to accomplish in life and encourages you to dare to dream, to DREAM BIG!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ascent Audio
• Release date: Jan 13, 2010
• ISBN: 9781596595118

Reviews for The Power of Who

[alycesquire · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Bob Beaudine has a lot of enthusiasm for his subject material and is very excited to share his knowledge with everyone. While I'm not convinced his approach to job hunting is the best, especially if you're brand new to a field and come from a family that is not connected, it certainly reminds you that we're very interconnected as a society.I also think the book is powerful in that it forces you to socialize and get input from others. Sometimes this is the most effective way of pinpointing your skill set and how you should proceed. The passage in the book re: the woman who becomes a veterinarian resonated with me for that reason; often times, we take our strongest skills for granted. It may take another perspective to show us how unique and powerful that can be in our own lives.While I would not necessarily recommend this for a college graduate, I think it could be helpful for a person re-entering the workforce or looking for a new position. It certainly reminds us all to keep checking the rolodex for names that may have fallen off our usual field of vision!

[sarahwriter_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

"Depend on your friends, choose the right friends, show who you are not what you are..." Bob Beaudine's book is reminiscent of WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE or Barbara Sher's classic WISHCRAFT, as written by a Texas motivational guy who really likes sports. He does spend a lot of time on himself, and his admiration for George W. Bush is to gag a maggot. Still, it's far from horrible advice. I would give a young college graduate who has a big dream and needs focus to achieve it. (Translation: It probably won't stay in my library.)

[islanddave · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I'm not sure who Beaudine is targeting with this book, but it clearly is not me. My gut says this is a grand branding campaign for his recruiting and lecturing businesses. Anyone reasonably successful enough to make use of his 'Who!' concept doesn't need the low-level advice dolled out therein, and anyone who really needs a career pep talk has already heard similar versions of this crap from every know-it-all selling career snake oil, and doesn't have anything approaching the valuable 'Who!' network Beaudine assures us we already have.The book can be boiled down to 'utilize your friends and family, ask for what you want, adjust to changes, don't give up.' Aren't there enough of those books out there? The auther cries 'We're not designed to go it alone' and tells us we already have a vast network of 'Who!' people who will row our dream ships up the river for us. Hogwash. Beaudine uses exceptional stories of lucky or determined people to convince us that all of us can do the same. This is the same exact tactic that TV diet pill slingers use to convince us that their products will make us look great in a bikini or will help us hook up with the chick who looks great in a bikini. As the fine print usually echoes, 'Exceptional results. Your results may vary.' The early reference to Beaudine's discussion with George W. Bush about possibly being MLB Commish rather than running for Governor ship made me want to gag. After describing how 'Bobby Boy' (Bush's nick for the author) advised Bush that the time was not right to pursue the Commish job, and how Bush was unsure that he would be successful in his first run for Governor of Texas, Beaudine lectures the reader: "Listen, if the guy who became president almost missed the clues to his destiny, it's easy to see how we could make the same mistake." Same mistake? The mistake was not convincing that fool to do something other than run his state (and later the nation) into the ground. After swallowing my revulsion (and setting the book aside for a few days), I finished the rest and felt like my middle management boss had just given me the worst "There's no I in Team" pep talk of all time. What a waste of a couple hours.

[smilingsally · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

If you are looking for a job or know someone who is, here is a good tool to help. In fact, if you have a job but would like to pursue your Dream Job, this is a book you need to read. This hardback 5-1/2" x 8-1/4" self-help book contains anecdotal stories illustrating the author's guidelines. Chapter 8 alone is worth the price of the book.

[carlym_35 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The main idea of this book is that success and happiness come from relationships that you already have or would normally make in life--traditional networking or reaching out to strangers or acquaintances isn't necessary. I thought that the author had some excellent points: friends want to help you, so don't be embarrassed to ask for help or advice; make a specific plan to achieve what you want, and actually do something about it; and getting what you want takes hard work. I liked that the author seemed genuinely happy and enthusiastic. His style wasn't really for me, though. I would call it "sports guy" style: lots of simple metaphors, exclamation points, words in quotation marks, unnecessary terms for ordinary things, etc.

[davidpwhelan_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Bob Beaudine shares his personal principles for networking in "The Power of Who". The basic premise is that a smaller, more personal network of friends (your "Who") is more valuable personally and professionally than a large network of people with whom you may only have a weak connection. Mr. Beaudine provides a number of examples of the impact of "Who" on people with whom he has interacted. He also highlights some of the benefits of having a strong network, who can defuse negative self-talk, provide perspective, engage in reciprocity, and support self-efficacy. Unlike a more traditional networking approach, Mr. Beaudine's concept of "Who" works on the assumption that those close to you, who have a more meaningful relationship to you, will bring the power of their own "Who" network to your benefit.Frequent readers of self-help books oriented to business will recognize the writing style. The first half of the book is slow going and could have used some more editing. High points, like Chapter 3 - Your "Who" World - and Chapter 7 - Reworking You and Your "Who" - are worth the wait and Mr. Beaudine's story telling and concepts are much clearer there. Some of his tangents, into interviewing skills or kindness to strangers, are tied back to the "Who" and "What" concepts but do not seem to fit well into the overall arc of the book. The writing is made more engaging by use of anecdotes and, particularly in the last third of the book, references to other theories and writers that can help the interested reader.Mr. Beaudine talks only about strategic networks in human terms, but online networking users of sites like LinkedIn can benefit from his concepts as well. Because "Who" relies not only on your close network, but the power in the individual "Who" of each member of your network, it's clear that the lack of friction in online networking is no excuse for creating large and random networks merely because you can. His tips help you to think about who, and what, you should be focusing on from both personal and business perspectives.

[meerka_1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This review I did put off writing because I was unable to finish the book. I thought the title was interesting and the summary seemed to promote a useful book, but I found the constant sport references and the plodding nature made the book unreadable. Perhaps someday I'll try again, or pass it on to someone else in the giveaway.