My book recommendations are below. I’ve read many others, but these are worth the time investment because they have given me huge results.
Books I read in my teens and 20s:
- The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber
- The Toyota Way Handbook by Jeffrey Liker
- The 21 Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
- The Clipper Ship Strategy by Richard J. Maybury
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard J. Maybury
- Whatever Happened to Justice by Richard J. Maybury
- You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen
- The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
Books from my 30’s:
- The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey
- The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
- The Snowball (about Warren Buffet) by Alice Schroeder
- Ask by Ryan Levesque
- The First 20 Hours (how to learn anything fast) by Josh Kaufman
- Scalia’s Court by Antonin Scalia
- Ghengis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
- The Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker (Warning: the beginning is EXTREMELY GRAPHIC but if you can handle it, it’s worth it.)
- Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff
- The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
- Genome by Matt Ridley
- The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger
- The Coaching Habit by Bungay Stanier Michael
- Zen to Done by Leo Babauta
- Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
- Predictable Revenue by Aaron Ross
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- The Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim
- Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson
- Expert Secrets by Russel Brunson
- Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller
- The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone
- Be Obsessed or Be Average by Grant Cardone
- The Hero’s Two Journeys by Michael Hauge
- The Idea Factory by John Gertner
- Give and Take by Adam Grant
- Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull
- Joy at Work by Dennis W. Bakke
- Delivering Happiness (about Zappos) by Tony Hsieh
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries
- Unshakable by Tony Robbins
- Money Master the Game by Tony Robbie
- Millionaire Fast Lane by MJ Demarco
- The Power of Habit by Katherine Curtis
- How Children Succeed by Paul Tough (this lead me to teach my son how to play chess, and I went from a 400 ranking on chess dot com to an 850 in 4 months)
- Influence by Robert Cialdini
- Positioning, The Battle for your Mind by Jack Trout
- Scaling Lean by Ash Maurya
- The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyner
- The Referral Engine by John Jantsch
- Spin Selling by Neil Rackham
- The Art of the Steal by Christopher Mason
- Catch me if You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
- Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore
- Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Aexander
- Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemonglu
- Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
- How to Win at the Sport of Business by Mark Cuban
- Close that Sale by Brian Tracy
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
- I have read every single one of Malcolm Gladwell‘s books
- The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall
- The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky
- Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland
- The Automatic Customer by John Warrillow
- The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
- The Dip by Seth Godin
- All Marketers are Liars by Seth Godin
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
- Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John Maxwell
- Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss
- This is Marketing by Seth Godin
- Choose by Ryan Levesque
- Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza
- Overdeliver by Brian Kurtz
- How The Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Mini Habits by Stephen Guise
- The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
- Giftology by John Ruhlin
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- The Wizard of Ads By Roy H. Williams
- Moonwalking With Einstein By Joshua Foer
- Everybody Lies By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- Fanatical Prospecting By Jeb Blount
- What Every BODY Is Saying By Joe Navarro
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
- The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz
- The Long Walk to Freedom By Nelson Mandela
- The World as It Is By Ben Rhodes
- Traction By Gino Wickman
- Stealing Fire By Steven Kotler
- The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler
- Dreams of My Father By Barack Obama
That’s all I can think of right now. I may add more as I remember.
I personally track how much I make after reading a book, and it averages out to about $50,000 extra over the next six months after I read it.
I hope this is helpful!