Sunday, February 12, 2012

100 Must Read Business Books

What Types of Books Are In
The 100 Must Reads?

Well, here's a sample of 15 books that I include and what you will discover:

Change Your Questions Change Your Life by Marilee G. Adams PhD - transform your work, your relationships, and your life.

  • Failing Forward Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success by John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson – What is the best way to respond to failure?
  • Influence by Robert Cialdini – Discover the sales techniques top marketers use to get you to say “yes”, and how to protect yourself from succumbing to these techniques
  • Winning by Jack Welch – CEO of GE gives answers to the most difficult questions people face both on and off the job
  • The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen – discover how to hit your business personal and financial targets consistently
  • The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz - find out how to manage your energy, not your time, more skillfully both on and off the job.
  • Socratic Selling How to Ask the Questions that Get the Sale By Kevin Daley and Emmett Wolfe - How to sell the most with questions rather than talking too much
  • The Likeability Factor by Tim Sanders - The more you are liked – or the higher your likeability factor – the happier your life will be. This book will show you how to raise your likeability factor.
  • Fierce Conversations Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott - be prepared to engage in ongoing, groundbreaking conversations that will profoundly change your life.
  • Drive The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink – discover the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose – and how to put them into action.
  • Confronting Reality Doing What Matters Most to Get Things Right by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan - connect the big picture of the new era of business with the nitty –gritty of what to do about it.
  • Love is the Killer App How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim Sanders – find out how by helping others grow to become the best people they can be, you are being loving – and you grow, too.
  • The 4 Hour Workweek Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich By Tim Ferriss – go from ‘living to work’ to working (as little, but effectively as possible) and making life as big as possible
  • The E Myth by Michael E. Gerber - how commonplace assumptions can get in your way of running a business, and how to take the steps to succeed
  • The Upside of the Downturn by Geoff Colvin – how to see the recession as a rich opportunity to reinvent your business and lay the groundwork for future growth.
  • and many more...