This list came from trolling all my mentors for their top 2-3 business books they’d discovered over the course of their career. See my post about it here (Using your mentors to make the most of your reading time) These are in no particular order, I simply posted them up as I received them. All but 4 came back as duplicate suggestions (more than one mentor suggested it)
- The Greatest Miracle in the World – Og Mandino
- The Greatest Salesman in the World – Og Mandino
- The SPEED of Trust – Stephen Covey
- The Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton Christensen
- Burn Rate – Michael Wolff
- Rich Dad’s Advisors: Guide to Investing In Gold and Silver – Michael Maloney
- The Creature from Jekyll Island – Edward Griffin
- Googled – Ken Auletta
- The Search – John Battelle
- The 4-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferriss
- Giants of Enterprise – Richard Tedlow
- The E-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber
- Game of Work – Charles Coonradt
- Peak Performers – Charles Garfield
- The Millionaire Next Door -Stanly & Danko
- The Richest Man in Babylon – George Clason
- The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success – Brian Tracy
- Good to Great – Jim Collins
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
- The Three Signs of a Miserable Job – Patrick Lencioni
- New Ideas from Dead CEOs – Todd Buchholz
- Great Work, Great Career – Stephen Covey
- Gross National Happiness – Arthur Brooks
- The Law Of Success in 16 Lessons – Napoleon Hill
- How To Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
- Stephen Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- It’s No Fun Being Poor – Marvin J Ashton (Article)
- Blink – Malcom Gladwell
- The Tipping Point – Malcom Gladwell
- Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcom Gladwell
- The Google Story – David Vise
- The Art of the Start – Guy Kawasaki
- Straight from the Gut – Jack Welch
- Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life – Victor Herman
I ordered these in hardback as often as opportunity and price would permit, because as I see it, I want to really dig into these books, and I want them to last, be loaned out, referenced, etc. It’s worth the extra few bucks imo.
And excuse the shameless plug here, but honestly, if you’re like a lot of people in my family, you consume content audibly much more efficiently than sitting down for 2 hours at a time (or maybe that fits your schedule) you can check these out on Audible.com. They have a sweet hookup – Limited Time Offer – Get Your First 3 Months at Audible for $7.49/month!
In fact, if there’s interest I can recreate this list pointing to audio versions. The important thing is that you’re actively consuming the information, so do what you gotta do.
