“So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa
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Career
Advice is for Winners
Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level
The First 90 Days
When Can You Start: How To Ace the Interview and Win the Job
Entrepreneurship
Business Techniques in Troubled Times: A Toolbox for Small Business Success
businessThink: Rules for Getting It Right—Now and No Matter What!
Squirrels, Boats, and Thoroughbreds
The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results
The Power of Starting Something Stupid
The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power
Happiness
10 Steps to Finding Your Happy Place
Interpersonal Skills
The Complete Guide on How To Negotiate
Leadership
42 Rules for Your New Leadership Role
It’s Already Inside: Nurturing Your Innate Leadership for Business and Life Success
Intelligent Leadership
Leadership on the Line
Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams
The Leader’s Guide to Speaking with Presence
The Leader’s Pocket Guide
The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus
What Keeps Leaders Up at Night
Life Hacks
One Year Lived
The Real Rules of Life
Management
Green Beans and Ice Cream: The Remarkable Power of Positive Reinforcement
Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You
Stories that Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations
StoryBranding: Creating Standout Brands Through the Power of Story
The Disney Way
Money
Mind
Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes
The Undefeated Mind
Personal Development
Fearless Speaking
Living Space: Simple Steps to Transform Your Home
One Year Lived
Personal Development for Smart People
Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future
The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive
The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership
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The Undefeated Mind
by Dr. Alex Lickerman
Defeat comes not from failing, but from giving up. An undefeated mind is one that never feels discouraged or despairing; it’s one that continues on in spite of it. One way to stand strong is to have a personal mission you believe in because a personal mission gives you strength and, while a strategy might fail, you can always find another way to continue your mission.
The First 90 Days
by Michael Watkins
The goal in a transition is to build momentum by building momentum, buidling credibility, and avoiding cycles that damage credibility. The root causes of transition failure are always in the interaction between the situation and the individual. The key is to better manage opportunities and pitfalls of a situation, while playing to your strengths and being aware of your vulnerabilities.
The Charge
by Brendon Burchard
You were born for something more. Do what makes your soul sing and bring out your best in all arenas of your life. Your inspiration and zest for life comes down to embracing 3 questions: “Did I live?”, “Did I love?”, “Did I matter?”
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Books I Recommend
My Book Recommendations are hand-crafted indexes of the books that I’ve found to be the most useful.
I have more books than most people I know. In fact, there have been several periods in my life where I’ve spent a few hundred dollars on books each month.
I’d go into the store just to check something out, but then walk out with an overflowing bag of books.
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