Reading or listening to personal development, self-help or positive mindset books can re-energize you and create more self-confidence to get to “next” in your life. Below are a list of books that I’ve found most helpful over my career. I’ve tried my best to categorize these for you. What else would you added to this list?
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Mindset Books
- Rhonda Byrne: The Secret
- Gay Hendricks: The Big Leap
- Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
- David Ji – Destressify
- Simon Sinek:
- Greg McKeown: Essentialism
- Amanda Owen: The Power of Receiving
- Don Miguel Ruiz The Four Agreements
- Robyn Benincasa: How Winning Works
- David R Hawkins: Power vs Force
- Joseph Murray: The Power of your Subconcious Mind
- Og Mandino: The Greatest Salesman in the World
- Denise Duffield Thomas: Get Rich Lucky Bitch
- Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich
- Tony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within
- Jack Canfield: Success Principles
- Jen SIncero: You are a Badass
- Wayne Dyer:
- The Secrets of the Power of Intention
- The Shift
- The Essential Collection
- 21 Days to Master Successes
- Jon Gordon: The Energy Bus
- Leo Babauta: Zen Habits
- David Schwartz: Magic of Thinking Big
- Stuart Diamond: Getting More
- Peter Diamondis and Steven Kolter
- BOLD
- Abundance
- Tom Asacker, The Business of Belief
- Psyco-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz
- James Allen, Justin Hammond: As a Man Thinketh
- Paul Getty: As I See It
Success and Productivity Books
- Grant Cardone
- Darren Hardy: The Compound Effect
- Marcus Buckingham:
- Tom Rath: Stengths Finder 2.0
- David Allen: Getting Things Done
- Brian Tracy:
- Steven Covey
- First Things First
- The 8th Habit
- The Speed of Trust
Sales, marketing and entrepreneurial books
- Seth Godin
- Youtility, Jay Baer
- Robert Cialdini, Influence – The Psychology of Persuassion
- Malcom Gladwell
- Byron Sharp: How Brands Grow
- Guy Kawasaki
- Reality Check
- Enchangment
- The Art of the Start
- Rules for Revolutionaries
- How to Drive Your Competition Crazy
- The Obstacle Way
- Gary Vaynerchuck
- Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
- The Thank You Economy
- Crush It
- Jason Fried and David Heinemeir: Rework
- Richard Branson: Losing My Viriginity
- Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese
- Susan Scott: Fierce Conversations
- Eric Worre: Go Pro
- Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Getting Rich
- Jeff Olson: The Slight Edge
- Jenny Fenig: Get Gutsy
- Michael Michalko: Thinkertoys
- William Poundstone: Priceless
- John Maxwell: Developing the Leader Within You
- Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements
- Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
- Michael Lewis: Flash Boys
- Florence Scovel Shinn: Your World is your Wand
- Marianne Williamson: The Law of Divine Compensation
- Steven Pressfield: The War of Art
- Robert T. Kiyosaki :
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant
- Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown: Multipliers
- Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins: Ultimate Sales Success
- Jim Rohn
- Leading an Inspired Life
- The Art of Exceptional Living
- Tom Hopkins
- Master the Art of Selling
- When Buyers say No
- Zig Ziglar
- Over the Top
- Born to Win
- Create a Life You Can’t Wait to Live
- Better than Good
- Secrets of Closing the Sale
- Jim Collins
- Good to Great
- Built to Last
- How the Mighty Fall
- Great by Choice
- Ken Segall: Insanely Simple
- Harv Eker: Secrets of a Millionaire Mind
- Paulo Coehlo: The Alchemist
- Brene Brown, Daring Greatly
- Jeffery Gitomer
- The Little Red Book of Selling
- The Little Book of Leadership
- Sales Bible
- Getting Out of Your Way
- Customer Satisfaction is Worthless; Customer Loyalty is Priceless
- The Little Teal Book of Trust
- Little Platinum Book of Cha-ching
- Little Black Book of Connections