The First Ten Books Every Person, Every Entrepreneur in Business And Sales Should Read before they do Anything.
I like books (and of course libraries), so much so, started my own web site.
Here: are books that I feel will interest most people, they interested myself and I hope you too, note also you do not have to be business orientated to get the best out of these books, they contain stuff; hidden gems and advice, that will be useful for everyone throughout their life.
Here: are books that I feel will interest most people, they interested myself and I hope you too, note also you do not have to be business orientated to get the best out of these books, they contain stuff; hidden gems and advice, that will be useful for everyone throughout their life.
Why did I pick theses books to be in my top ten? That’s easy ( or is it?);
The first book is the Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason.
This is basically telling people how to gain and increase wealth, with
advice that some more so called experience people could do well to take
on board. Sometimes financial lessons are learned the hard way; in your
pocket.
Lots of people may think they know how to spend money and save it, but
do they?, by that I mean, spend money on products and services that will
bring a return on investment, not just hedonist pleasure.
People may
think they do not need to know about financial management of their own
money unfortunately that’s not true for most people. This book is from
the thirty’s nevertheless it has solid financial suggestions and
principles, that if followed, will help you keep and increase wealth or
if in debt, will show you the principles on how to recover from and
repay that debt.
Read my book review about The Richest Man In Babylon here
The next book is Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
This book like the Richest Man in Babylon set standards and principle
that other books emulate or other authors take principles and put a spin
on and build upon them to make their own versions of the key concepts
or principles from this book.
Napoleon
Hill took twenty five years of research in to writing this book and all
though the successful and wealth people interviewed are either icons of
history or names now long forgotten the key principles remain. Trends
come and go yet the books core principles are that based on the human
traits that are the same as in the past, now the present and will be in
the future for the human psychology behavior and understanding.
The
key requirements are your belief and ability to then put that belief
into action as is your ability to think. To think for yourself
independent of following what society, television, and group thinks and
to be able to develop your own thoughts to be one head of the trends or
to know what the demands of people are and sell that demand to them, is a
key aspect of every entrepreneur.
Read my blog about it Here.
Again principles in this book have themselves been used by other authors to build upon for their books and a little twist added to give it a new look.
The next book is; How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
Again principles in this book have themselves been used by other authors to build upon for their books and a little twist added to give it a new look.
The key
principle in this book are such they stand the test of time again about
people behavior that regardless of what century you were born in, they
stand you in good stead be used by everyone who wants to do as the title
suggests. The book is endorsed by the Sage of Omaha; non-other than
Warren Buffet and the one and only training course he took in his adult
life.
Nobody
has a complete understanding of how to drive and develop a business (or
even a friendship) network. And in this book, you are given some great
advice on principles, you should adopt, the advice told through stories, that
make the retention of the principles easier for the reader to assimilate and remember.
Read my blog about it Here
The next book was; Sell or be sold by Grant Cardone.
The book is more than a sales book. In fact I have done quite a few
blogs on it!
It's about how to get your way in business and life too. Your
selling all the time; often your selling yourself, your firm, your
product, so you need to know how to get it right as often you only get
one go at pitching.
Grant
goes through a number of key concepts that made him what he is today,
you’re getting thirty years of sales experience in a book, at the end of
each chapter has revision exercise so you understand the key
principles. I highly recommend it.
Read my blog about it Here.
The next book was The Ten x Rule by
Grant Cardone: this is a discipline and Grant develops the core
principles of them throughout the book, a lot of reviews have been written about
the premise (massive action needed to fulfill the desired outcomes),
the action needs to be ten times what you need or what you thought you
needed to do the task, and yes, I too, have done a review too.
This
really does make you aware, if you are going to make it, you have got to
have ten times more energy and put ten times more action into getting
results that will achieve your desired outcome and goals. As with his
other books, there are revision excises at the end of each chapter to
see if you have comprehended the chapters key points.
I have done a book review and summary on this book at my website Here
The next book is ; If You’re not first your last by Grant Cardone , yes more of Grant Cardone!
I am big fan of Grants and have bought all his books. My book review on it Here.
This is what Grant, Himself says about the book: During economic contractions, it becomes much more difficult to sell your products, maintain your customer base, and gain market share. Mistakes become more costly, and failure becomes a real possibility for all those who are not able to make the transition.
If You re Not First, You re Last is about how to sell your products and services despite the economy and provides the reader with ways to capitalize regardless of their product, service, or idea. Grant shares his proven strategies that will allow you to not just continue to sell, but create new products, increase margins, gain market share and much more.
Key concepts in If You re Not First, You re Last include:
- Converting the Unsold to Sold
- The Power Schedule to Maximize Sales
- Your Freedom Financial Plan
- The Unreasonable Selling Attitude
My book review and summary is here.
The next book was; Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
This book does is give you the reality of what the financial situation
is for many people but they don’t know or appreciate what is going on
all round them financially as they are busy working to pay the bills and
not generating residual income.
This is about acquiring wealth and not just livening day to day, and
Robert use the analogy of having two dads (his real dad and another
person who was a dad like person to him), both dads had different
incomes and he explains why and how you can live on residual income and
not have to work just to pay the bills.
Here is what Robert says himself : Rich Dad Poor Dad, the #1 Personal Finance book of all time, tells the story of Robert Kiyosaki and his two dads--his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad--and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.
You will find a vast amount of videos on YouTube about Robert, including his Tedx talk
The next book is the One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.
The point with any business is you have got to manage people, other
than being self-employed; there will be a time when you have to employ
people to buy you the time to do other things for your business.
What the Author says:
The One Minute Manager also includes information on several studies in medicine and in the behavioural sciences, which help readers understand why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. The book is brief, the language is simple, and best of all … it works.
The next book is Who Moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson.
This book has been a massive success motivation book based on a fable of how two mice and two little humans Hem and Haw adapt to change. This is basically a story of how to handle change in business and life.
This is what the author says: It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.
In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change in their search for the cheese. One of them eventually deals with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze walls for you to discover. You'll learn how to anticipate, adapt to and enjoy change and be ready to change quickly whenever you need to.
Discover the secret of the writing on the wall for yourself and enjoy less stress and more success in your work and life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights will last a lifetime.
This book and its concepts are not without its critics, it is often given to employees to show them how to handle change, that organisations will or may go through, in order to adapt to the ever changing global, socioeconomic and strategic change which all business can be affected by, and which ultimately affect the employee. And this book shows the basic scenario’s of the two mice and little two humans who adapt or don't adapt to change. Thus employees will be one of these mice or the humans that do or don't adapt and hopefully YOU will be the right one, that does.
The next book is the Chimp Paradox
by Prof Steve Peters.
My book review and summary Here
This is a self improvement book about the Chimp, the Human and the computer which are the names given to represent the parts of the human brain and how these parts live within everyone and how you can learn to control and use these areas of the brain to understand yourself and help you change and improve your life.
This book gives you guidance on how to go about obtaining a mind management programme for confidence, success and happiness.
I have a 2000 word book review and summary of the Chimp Paradox on the website Here.
Well that’s my top ten books ( I have a list of 100 books ) If you feel that theses are the same old books everyone picks or some are and some are not, well some books stand the test of time and everyone choice is or can be different, nevertheless,YOU should read them, they are amazing books and worth the small cost of the purchase.
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