Top 5 Books That Need To Be On Every Business Owners Christmas List
For this week’s Top 5, I am giving a run down of books that are an absolute MUST READ for all entrepreneuers and prospective entrepreneurs.
1. The 4 hour Workweek – By Tim Ferriss
This is a book that has the power to shift paradigms like no other I have read in recent year. Tim Ferriss, an Ivy League guy by pedigree, left the corporate world to start his own business. He subsequently developed systems and methodologies that enabled him to automate his business to the point of allowing him to travel the world, do more of what he wants to do and still maintain a profitable business.
Needless to say, given the title of the book, Tim Ferriss generated a lot of controversy with this work. A particular high point of controversy was a debate that he had with Donny Deutsch on the Today Show with Matt Lauer moderating.
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Read this book and have your eyes opened! Check out Tim Ferriss’ blog http://fourhourworkweek.com/blog/.
2. The World is Flat – By Thomas L. Friedman
The World is Flat was first published in 2004. It has been through several updates since then, and all of them add more value to this great work. Friedman gives a great account of the changes that globalization has brought forth in the last 10 years, the catalysts of those changes and how companies and individuals all over the world are benefiting from it. Friedman is also careful to talk about the human factor of globalization; the job losses, income shifts and environmental impact.
For every entrepreneur out there, this book will help you better understand the trends taking place with regard to outsourcing, in-sourcing, supply chaining and a lot of other things that may just be buzzwords to you.
Check out Thomas L Friedman’s website http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/. He has written some other good books as well, such as The Lexus and the Olive Tree.
3. Made to Stick – By Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Made to stick has a lot of great case studies and research that shows what makes good ideas stick. The concepts and research from this book can be used and implemented in your business and in other aspects of your life.
Check out the made to stick blog at: http://www.madetostick.com/blog/. You will get a lot of great information here.
4. The Age of Turbulence – By Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan’s autobiography, The Age of Turbulence takes the reader through his illustrious career as an economist. From his early days working with the Nixon administration to becoming Federal Reserve Chairman before the 1987 stock market crash to his dealings as Fed Chairman with President George W. Bush, this book contains so much history, insight and information, that I encourage anyone to read it through a second time.
You will learn about a great deal of macroeconomic, political and financial market detail that you would never get from anywhere else, unless you personally know somebody on the inside, like a member of the Fed. The most interesting parts of the book is when Greenspan expounds on his experiences in dealing with the end of the cold war and his inner dealings with each White House administration.
I highly recommend grabbing this book and sitting down for a great look through the eyes of a brilliant economist and politician.
5. No B.S. Wealth Attraction for Entrepreneurs– By Dan Kennedy
Admittedly, Dan Kennedy is one of my favorite authors on material for the entrepreneur and small business owner. Dan Kennedy’s writing is very straight forward (hence the ‘No B.S.’ in the title) and easy to read. No B.S. Wealth Attraction will show you how many entrepreneurs limit the wealth they create for themselves by how they think about money.
No B.S. Wealth Attraction is full of practical steps and inspirational analogies and a few stories that will show you that just changing your thoughts and actions can make a huge difference in the amount of wealth you bring into your life.
I encourage everybody to check out Dan Kennedy’s blog: http://www.dankennedy.com/cblog/ and to get on his No B.S. Marketing Newsletter list. This is one newsletter you won’t regret being on!
So, there it is! Grab these books and watch your business and intellect go to the next level.
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