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Publisher: HarperAudio 
Release Date: October 21, 2003 
ISBN: 0060572256  
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Format Reviewed: Audio CD / Unabridged Business / humor 
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Genre: Nonfiction / Business Advice
Reviewed: 2003
Reviewer: Brenda Weeaks 
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The Big Bing
Black Holes of Time Management, Gaseous Executive Bodies, Exploding Careers, and Other Theories on the Origins of the Business Universe
By Stanley Bing 

     When I received The Big Bing, I had not heard of Mr. Bing or read any of his previous works. I did know this was a business audio book and took the subtitle as a play on words. I also knew this book was about one man's climb up the corporate ladder. I expected it to be all work and no play, so when I popped the first CD in the player, I worried that it would put my husband to sleep - we had a long drive ahead of us. Needless to say at the end of a round trip, we were laughing at a man's plights in the white collar corporate jungle and nodding at his sound advice.

     Bing certainly tells his story in a male voice ("Protecting Your Turf," "Going for the Jocular," "In the Zone," "YOU DA MAN!"), but his advice is gender neutral. Not all of it is humorous storytelling; some of it is downright good advice aimed at all levels of business. For instance, "Giving Good Phone," where he shows that a phone voice is important, but how to get the most of out of one's phone habits is priceless. The Big Bing is a humorous survival guide for those heading into that monstrous jungle called the business world. Don't leave home without it.