Book Recommendations
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E-Myth Revisited:
Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
By Michael Gerber
A foundational book about "business systems."THE book on systems and their use in building a business.
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The World is Flat
By Thomas L. Friedman
A shocking read as to where our world is going and what our (collective and individual) place will be in it.
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A Whole New Mind
By Daniel H. Pink
A book about how right brainers will rule the future and how jobs that we once considered very secure are being outsourced and forcing us to rethink our future.
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Freakonomics:
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
By Steven D. Levitt
An economic book for everyone which demonstrates the economic interaction we all have with each other and how the seemingly-insignificant factors really influence us. |
Good to Great:
Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't
By Jim Collins
A study of seven characteristics that moved a variety of companies from "good" status to "great." THE book on greatness. |
Who Moved My Cheese?:
An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
By Spencer Johnson and Kenneth H. Blanchard
An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. |
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent
By Gary Keller
A book about real estate basics: leads, listings and leverage! |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad:
What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not
By Robert Kiyosaki
A book that identifies the characteristics that differentiate the poor from the rich. |
The Cashflow Quadrant:
Rich Dads Guide to Financial Freedom
By Robert Kiyosaki
A book that lets people determine their true financial worth. |
| Rapport / Trust / Negotiating Books |
You’ve Only Got Three Seconds:
How to Make the Right Impression in Your Business and Social Life
By Camille Lavington
A great, simple-to-understand book about rapport building. |
Smart Negotiating:
How To Make Good Deals in the Real World
By James C. Freund
A great and easy-to-follow book about the fundamentals of negotiating. |
You Can Negotiate Anything
By Herb Cohen
An encouragement to negotiate the price of everything, everywhere. |
The Tipping Point:
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Malcolm Gladwell
A book that demonstrates what has to happen for a "market" to make a paradigm shift into a new way of acting. |
Never Eat Alone:
And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
By Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
A somewhat lengthy but eye-opening book about masterful self promotion and bold personal marketing. |
Purple Cow:
Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
By Seth Godin
About significantly transforming your business by being remarkable. |
Raving Fans:
A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service
By Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
Isn’t this what every marketer desires? And how to get them. |
The New New Thing:
A Silicon Valley Story
By Michael Lewis
The amazing story of Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics, then Netscape and then Healtheon. The only person in the world who founded 3 companies that were each worth and sold for more than one billion dollars. |
Presence:
An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society
By Peter M. Senge
A book about the place where everyone wants the other person to be. And you can be there too! |
Building the Bridge as You Walk On It
By Robert E. Quinn
A book about leadership being transformed by the internal transformation of the leader. |
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
By Patrick Lencioni
A must-read book for every person who is involved with working with a team in any way, shape or form – especially if he or she wants to effectively lead one. |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey
A study of what effective people do that makes them successful. |
One Minute Millionaire:
The Enlightened Way to Wealth
By Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen
A lengthy but interesting book about generating a million dollar idea every minute told for everyone from a right brain and a left brain point of view! |
The Five Temptations of a CEO:
A Leadership Fable
By Patrick M. Lencioni
A follow-up book from Lencioni that greatly simplifies the mistakes that a team leader cam make when leading a "team." |
Unlimited Power:
The New Science of Personal Achievement
By Tony Robbins and Joseph McClendon
The fundamental book by Robins. |
Buffettology
By Mary Buffett
The inside Warren Buffett story by his daughter Mary. |
Think and Grow Rich
By Napoleon Hill
A book that many people have read a number of times. |
Acres of Diamonds
By Russell H. Conwell
A lecture and article that is often quoted but no longer in print. |
Awaken the Giant Within:
How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial
By Tony Robbins
How to take Immediate control of your mental, emotional, physical, and financial destiny. |
The Millionaire Next Door:
The Surprising Secrets of Americas Wealthy
By Thomas Stanley and William Danko |
The Warren Buffet Way:
Investment Strategies of the World's Greatest Investor
By Robert Hagstrom |
First Things First
By Stephen R. Covey |
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The Power of Now
By Eckhart Tolle
A must read (or even better yet - audio) book explaining how to live in the Now! |
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