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And His Strangest Secret
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Arielle Loftis
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Benjamin Gray
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Earl Nightingale
About this listen
Hello, I'm Pamela Nightingale, daughter of the late international best-selling author and radio personality, Earl Nightingale. I'd like to share with you the true-life story of my father and the personal secrets of his life. This includes behind-the-scenes details of how he discovered the Strangest Secret.
Family stories include how my dad was abandoned by his father and went barefoot as a poor boy living in a tent city through the Great Depression. He fell in love at first sight, lied about his age to join the Marines, and miraculously was one of only a few to survive the sinking of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. Some say he lived the life of ten men. He played the radio personality of Sky King on WGN, had a talk show, started businesses, and felt the sting of scandal, heartache, and health problems. He even received a personal invitation from the Queen of England to visit her at Buckingham Palace.
This book includes the emotional tale of poverty, war, love, and scandal. There are laugh-out-loud pranks he perpetrated on co-workers while working in Chicago. Suspense and uncertainty follow when his daughter, me, almost gets kidnapped and the notorious mafia boss, Sam Giancana, calls to reassure my dad, “It won’t happen again.”
Earl traveled the globe, sometimes sailing his own yacht, speaking and teaching others how to live an abundant life. He partied with celebrities, smoking illegal Cuban cigars with the mayor and the former King of England. He dealt with PTSD, fought acromegaly, and created the largest syndicated radio program in the world—heard on every continent. But most important, Earl taught others “The Strangest Secret” because he said: “It would be cruel to tell people how much money I make, but it would be selfish not to show them how I did it.”
Many fans have asked for a book like this. There has been no written biography of Earl Nightingale—only his professional life has been briefly chronicled. Although my dad died in 1989, his work is still popular with those interested in subjects of human character development, motivation, excellence, and a meaningful existence.
In this time of uncertainty and difficulty for many, the time is right to release the inspirational example of how Earl Nightingale lived his life and overcame adversity and limitations to help others do the same. Join me and my cousins on the adventure of a lifetime as we tell The Story of Earl Nightingale and His Strangest Secret.
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- Quincy, M.E.
- 06-05-23
An eye-opener, to say the least!
Have owned and listened to Earl’s many inspiring and business motivational material, in numerous formats for over two decades; the man himself largely remained an enigma. Even owning and reading Diana Nightingale’s (his last wife) recent book left huge gaps in Earl’s story. Fascinated to come across this title - had never HEARD of it! The anecdotes here are sometimes surprising, decidedly of a “warts and all” nature - but Earl’s stellar integrity and impressive success/influence remain unsullied. Very enjoyable.
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- Kles
- 06-15-22
Marvelous
This book was fabulous! So much detail about Earl and family. Really brought me back. Reliving memories of my great grandparents was priceless!!
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- Eric
- 03-25-23
Very good book. He was flawed like all of us.
Thanks to Pamela Nightingale for giving us a picture of a great teacher who was flawed like all of us humans. He didn't live a perfect life. He grew up poor. His father abandoned the family. He divorced his first wife. His second wife divorced him. He had a temper. He suffered PTSD. Great background information. I first purchased his cassette tape (yes, cassette tape) programs in 1990. Listened to them for years Recently purchased the audio book on smart phone version. I really appreciate learning more about the human being and his real life journey. I also really liked the 20 minute 1959 version of the Strangest Secret. Upon thinking about it, Earl Nightingale was right, "I become what I think about."
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- Thomas Johnson
- 06-15-22
Best Audio Biography of The Year
After years of listening to the Strangest Secret, i've finally gotten the chance to learn about the life of this mighty man, Earl Nightingale aka The Dean Of Personal Development.
My life was changed for the better after stumbling upon Earl Nightingale's audio recordings a few years back. Now I have a deeper connection and understanding of who Mr. Nightingale was and what inspired him to become such an amazing man.
Thank you Pam and everyone who contributed towards the creation of this wonderful bio-story. It was informative, saddening, entertaining, shocking and insightful. It takes you through a roller coaster of emotions.
I strongly suggest for everyone who has picked up a personal development book, listened to an audio recording or worked with a Coach to listen to, "The Story of Earl Nightingale And His Strangest Secret".
You won't regret it!
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- Mark Cameron
- 08-12-22
An amazing man and life story
I first learned of Earl through Bob Proctor in the late 70s. Bob worked directly with Earl in the 60s. Earl was his mentor and Bob worked at Nightingale Conant with Earl and Lloyd.
Earl overcame so much and then went on to help millions of people worldwide. He changed the world.
Earl literally created the personal development industry. His work is timeless and I still listen to his great works weekly.
An amazing man and life. Thanks to all who created this audiobook.
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- Athelia
- 02-19-23
Awesome!
Awesome stories. Is it a Movie yet? Talk about a million dollar idea! Thank You guys for sharing. Was reading The Silva Method and kept hearing your dads name. Read this book and think you did GREAT! Lol
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- ElizOF
- 04-27-24
Fascinating Story with Solid Advice
I picked up this book because I'd heard of Earl's Strangest Secret for years. Not only did I want to grasp the message behind the strangest secret but, I also wanted to know more about the man behind it. This book was engaging, funny, full of surprises and its share of twists and turns. Earl lived a full and adventurous life and the message of his Secret rings true even if we choose to not heed it. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and plan to pick up more books from his writings. Terrific listen!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-16-25
The different readers and their story telling
The entire story was excellent and I learned things about Rarl that I have never heard before
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- Kelly
- 06-23-22
Earls secrets
I listened to the cassette of the greatest secret hundreds of times growing up on my fathers car and many more as an adult. Earl has helped so many and it was astounding to hear the many stories of his life that helped him become who he was and why he shared this secret with so many and in turn changed their lives for the better. I have known of him all my life but now I feel I know him. The story of his surviving the attack on the Arizona was surprising and well written , I was in tears. Highly recommend! This is a story worth hearing!
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- Joe Corbin
- 05-26-22
What a life!
This was a great read! Super interesting story, great reader, crazy life!! Growing up in a camp with no shoes and being invited to meet the Queen of England! Being blown off the deck of the USS Arizona and living to tell about it! A really good autobiography!
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