Books Every Entrepreneur Should Be Reading
To truly grow a striving business, nourishing your mind is a must. I particularly love reading and learning about other successful entrepreneurs journeys, successes and failures. What better way to be better prepared than to learn from the people whose had hands-on experience right? Here are 5 books I think should be on every entrepreneur’s reading list:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity--principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, or earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.
Think and Grow Rich
Considered by many to be the most inspirational and authentic self-help book of its kind. This book was the culmination of a project that took Hill over 20 years to complete and included the study of many of the most successful business men and women of his time. The book continues to inspire, and it remains an all-time bestseller due to both the universality and the timelessness of its message.
The Four Steps to the Epiphany
The bestselling classic that launched 10,000 startups and new corporate ventures - The Four Steps to the Epiphany is one of the most influential and practical business books of all time.
The Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup approach to new ventures. It was the first book to offer that startups are not smaller versions of large companies and that new ventures are different than existing ones. Startups search for business models while existing companies execute them.
The Power of Broke
The instant New York Times bestseller from Shark Tank star and Fubu Founder Daymond John on why starting a business on a limited budget can be an entrepreneur's greatest competitive advantage.
Daymond John has been practicing the power of broke ever since he started selling his home-sewn t-shirts on the streets of Queens. With a $40 budget, Daymond had to strategize out-of-the-box ways to promote his products. Luckily, desperation breeds innovation, and so he hatched an idea for a creative campaign that eventually launched the FUBU brand into a $6 billion dollar global phenomenon. But it might not have happened if he hadn’t started out broke - with nothing but hope and a ferocious drive to succeed by any means possible.
As summer draws to a close, it's the perfect time to pause, reflect, and realign your goals for the rest of the year. Summer often brings relaxation, adventures, and new experiences, but as the days grow shorter, it's a natural point to evaluate what you’ve accomplished and where you want to go next.