What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen A. Schwarzman and Drew Birdseye (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 3,000 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Business & Career Development shelf
260 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence is an audiobook by Stephen A. Schwarzman: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen A. Schwarzman and Drew Birdseye, released September 17, 2019, on the Business and Business & Career Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen A. Schwarzman, Drew Birdseye
- Released
- September 17, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business, Business & Career Development, Accounting & Finance
- ISBN
- 9781508279150
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence audiobook?
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence?
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence is narrated by Stephen A. Schwarzman and Drew Birdseye.
Is What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.