Books that blew my mind (Like getting an MBA in less than a month)

[davidil]

In the past 3-4 weeks I've read:

YOUTility
The Automatic Customer
Epic Content marketing
Predictable Revenue
Growth Hacker <<<< SHORT, every single page is gold.
Scaling up

I feel like I learned more from these books than I would doing an MBA (My Masters is in International Relations... I could wipe my you know what with that degree)

These were all MIND BLOWING. Can't recommend them enough. Amazon reviewers do it better than me so spend a few minutes on Amazon and read reviews for each.

Any other books that you recommend? I'm looking for the best one on EMAIL marketing and BRANDING.Oh and I prefer AUDIO BOOKS as I "read" books while driving.

Thanks

 

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[MoneyDoc]

Have you read The Millionaire Fastlane ?

 

[davidil]

Yes but like 4 years ago. I think I read half and it was more "inspirational" but maybe I'm wrong. I'm already on the fastlane, looking to get updated on the latest trends. I started in 2002 and kind of ran my businesses on autopilot for past 4-5 years while traveling , so now I want to get updated again about all the latest technologies and idea.

ANY recommendations?

 

[MoneyDoc]

ANY recommendations?

Yeah, read "The Millionaire Fastlane ".

 

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[Entrepreneur21]

Yes but like 4 years ago. I think I read half and it was more "inspirational" but maybe I'm wrong. I'm already on the fastlane, looking to get updated on the latest trends. I started in 2002 and kind of ran my businesses on autopilot for past 4-5 years while traveling , so now I want to get updated again about all the latest technologies and idea.

ANY recommendations?

Latest "trend" on the fastlane forum: GIVE VALUE! --> Get money

 

[thidr0]

How would you categorize the information in those books? Like sales, execution, etc.?

 

[davidil]

YOUTility - CONTENT writing.
The Automatic Customer - Subscription based models.
Epic Content marketing - CONTENT writing.
Predictable Revenue - OUTbound marking
Growth Hacker <<<< SHORT, every single page is gold. Social marketing

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

I think I read half and it was more "inspirational" but maybe I'm wrong.

Yea, CENTS is certainly inspirational.

I'm already on the fastlane

Curious how you know that? Just guessing? I certainly wouldn't call myself "XYZ" if I haven't bothered to read the very thing that defines XYZ.

Just saying.

 

[Nicoknowsbest]

Getting an MBA in less than a month... Well then. Make a course out of it.

Sounds legit.

 

[Daniel A]

ANY recommendations?

Have you read The Personal MBA (relevant to thread title, haha)? That's one of the books I'm listening to right now. I had it on Kindle, but the audiobook is great too.

 

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[AgainstAllOdds]

Have you read The Personal MBA (relevant to thread title, haha)? That's one of the books I'm listening to right now. I had it on Kindle, but the audiobook is great too.

I recommend that book, not necessarily to learn anything new, but to use it as a checklist for what you do and do not know. If there's something you don't know, then that book will serve as a great resource for pointing it out.

 

[D11FYY]

Can you give us a bit more detail of how you can already say you are in the fastlane? Sure must be great to be earning 20k-100k+ monthly

The Magic of Thinking Big .. Its dated and wrote back in the mid 1950's but has many quality chapters which can still be used today. Promotes positive thinking and focusing on the bigger picture.
Must read if you have not already!

Started Think and Grow Rich now as its been recommended to me hundreds of times now so finally getting round to it, next book after this is the 10X Rule. Has anyone read this or have any recommendations?

 

[Wizard]

YOUTility - CONTENT writing.
The Automatic Customer - Subscription based models.
Epic Content marketing - CONTENT writing.
Predictable Revenue - OUTbound marking
Growth Hacker <<<< SHORT, every single page is gold. Social marketing

Joe Pulizzi (Author of Epic Content Marketing) is doing a webinar tomorrow at 9 PST through getresponse... if anyone is interested you can just go to getresponse's blog and you'll see it on the right...

 

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[davidil]

Will download Personal MBA now. Thanks for the headsup.

I'm pretty sure I'm on the fast lane... the picture on the left of someone in a fighter jet is me

Listening now to The Everything Store about Amazon. Inspirational too.

With all honesty, the top 20-30 books (first few in each category) will give you everything you need to know to basically conquer the world .

 

[Dad2Four]

David, what would your top 20-30 list include? thx

 

[AllenCrawley]

@MJ DeMarco asks...

Curious how you know that? Just guessing? I certainly wouldn't call myself "XYZ" if I haven't bothered to read the very thing that defines XYZ.

and your answer is the following?

I'm pretty sure I'm on the fast lane... the picture on the left of someone in a fighter jet is me

Come on. You can do better than that.

 

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[benhebert]

The Automatic Customer is a fantastic read the goes into a lot of depth about valuation of companies with subscription or recurring revenue. 10/10.

 

[Wiggly0607]

10X Rule by Grant Cardone is an excellent, no-frills get-off-butt book. Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss is THE book on any sort of consulting. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande is excellent for developing processes via checklist.

 

[PedroG]

Yes but like 4 years ago. I think I read half and it was more "inspirational" but maybe I'm wrong.

Sounds like you stopped reading before getting to the most important parts of the book.

 

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