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

1. Rhonda Byrne: The Secret
2. Gay Hendricks: The Big Leap
3. Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
4. David Ji – Destressify
5. Simon Sinek:
   • Start with Why
   • Leaders Eat Last
6. Greg McKeown: Essentialism
7. Amanda Owen: The Power of Receiving
8. Don Miguel Ruiz The Four Agreements
9. Robyn Benincasa: How Winning Works
10. David R Hawkins: Power vs Force
11. Joseph Murray: The Power of your Subconcious Mind
12. Og Mandino: The Greatest Salesman in the World
13. Denise Duffield Thomas: Get Rich Lucky Bitch
14. Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich
15. Tony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within
16. Jack Canfield: Success Principles
17. Jen SIncero: You are a Badass
18. Wayne Dyer:
    • The Secrets of the Power of Intention
    • The Shift
    • The Essential Collection
    • 21 Days to Master Successes
19. Jon Gordon: The Energy Bus
20. Leo Babauta: Zen Habits
21. David Schwartz: Magic of Thinking Big
22. Stuart Diamond: Getting More
23. Peter Diamondis and Steven Kolter
    • BOLD
    • Abundance
24. Tom Asacker, The Business of Belief
25. Psyco-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz
26. James Allen, Justin Hammond: As a Man Thinketh
27. Paul Getty: As I See It

Success and Productivity Books

1. Grant Cardone
   • 10X
   • If You’re Not First, You’re Last
2. Darren Hardy: The Compound Effect
3. Marcus Buckingham:
   • Now, Discover Your Strengths;
   • Find Your Strongest Life
   • The One Thing You Need to Know
4. Tom Rath: Stengths Finder 2.0
5. David Allen: Getting Things Done
6. Brian Tracy:
   • Simplify Your Life,
   • Eat That Frog,
   • No Excuses
   • The Art of Closing the Sale
   • Psychology of Selling
7. Steven Covey
   1. First Things First
   2. The 8th Habit
   3. The Speed of Trust

Sales, marketing and entrepreneurial books

1. Seth Godin
   • The Linchpin,
   • All Marketers are Liars,
   • Purple Cow,
   • Permission Marketing
   • Tribes
   • The Icarus Deception
2. Youtility, Jay Baer
3. Robert Cialdini, Influence – The Psychology of Persuassion
4. Malcom Gladwell
   • Blink
   • Outliers
   • Tipping Point
5. Byron Sharp: How Brands Grow
6. Guy Kawasaki
   • Reality Check
   • Enchangment
   • The Art of the Start
   • Rules for Revolutionaries
   • How to Drive Your Competition Crazy
7. The Obstacle Way
8. Gary Vaynerchuck
   • Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
   • The Thank You Economy
   • Crush It
9. Jason Fried and David Heinemeir: Rework
10. Richard Branson: Losing My Viriginity
11. Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese
12. Susan Scott: Fierce Conversations
13. Eric Worre: Go Pro
14. Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Getting Rich
15. Jeff Olson: The Slight Edge
16. Jenny Fenig: Get Gutsy
17. Michael Michalko: Thinkertoys
18. William Poundstone: Priceless
19. John Maxwell: Developing the Leader Within You
20. Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements
21. Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
22. Michael Lewis: Flash Boys
23. Florence Scovel Shinn: Your World is your Wand
24. Marianne Williamson: The Law of Divine Compensation
25. Steven Pressfield: The War of Art
26. Robert T. Kiyosaki :
    • Rich Dad, Poor Dad
    • Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant
27. Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown: Multipliers
28. Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins: Ultimate Sales Success
29. Jim Rohn
    • Leading an Inspired Life
    • The Art of Exceptional Living
30. Tom Hopkins
    • Master the Art of Selling
    • When Buyers say No
31. 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
32. Jim Collins
    • Good to Great
    • Built to Last
    • How the Mighty Fall
    • Great by Choice
33. Ken Segall: Insanely Simple
34. Harv Eker: Secrets of a Millionaire Mind
35. Paulo Coehlo: The Alchemist
36. Brene Brown, Daring Greatly
37. 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