What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

[Deri]

Coming to the end of the $100 startup and have how to win friends and influence people next.

This thread is making me buy books like mad! All good tho

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[blackbrich]

Books I'm reading now.

Quiet by Susan Cain
Brand Against the Machine by John Morgan
Trust Me I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday

Sent from my LGLS775 using Tapatalk

 

[CPisHere]

I just finished 3 Grant Cardone books... 10X Rule, Sell or Be Sold, & If You're Not First You're Last. They are good - motivating and helpful to understand the work necessary to win. But Grant totally lacks prioritization as a principle. You have to pair his books with like 80/20 Sales & Marketing or the 4 Hour Workweek to get balance.

I also just finished 'No BS Ruthless Management of People & Profits' by Dan Kennedy. And HOLY COW - I cannot recommend this book enough for anyone running a business with employees. It is truly enlightening.

I started 'Book Yourself Solid' but couldn't get through the first quarter of the book... boring if you aren't a consultant.

 

[Ronnie Bryan]

Just finished "Built to lead" by David Long

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[Ronnie Bryan]

Just finished "Built to lead" by David Long

A partial library as it keeps growing:
Advantages of Poverty~Andrew Carnegie
Change your thinking change your life~Brian Tracey
How to win friends and influence people~Dale Carnegie
Good to Great~Jim Collins
Helping people help themselves~Michael Hartmann
Price of leadership ~Charlie Jones
Re-awaken the giant within~Anthony Robbins
Succeeding with what you have~Charles Schwab
The four-hour work week~Timothy Ferris
Entrepreneurs blueprint to massive success~Peter Voogd
Six Months to Six Fiqures~Peter Voogd
7 habits of highly effective people~Stephen Covey
Psychological Self help~Clayton E.Tucker~Ladd PhD
Game Changing Superstars ~Jay Abraham
Getting everything new~Jay Abraham
The Sticking Point~Jay Abraham
The CEO who sees around corners~Jay Abraham and Carlos Dias
What color is your parachute(2012 ED)~Richard N. Bolles
5-minute communicator~Clarence Oliver
Art of barter~Karen S.Hoffman and Shera D.Dalin
Boundaries ~Dr.Henry Cloud and Dr.John Townsend
Crucial Conversations~Kerry Patterson ; Joseph Grenny; Ron Mcmillan, and Al Switzer
Destination Awesome~Aimiee Mueller
Small Talk~Debra Fine
How Successful people think~John C.Maxwell
How to write short~Roy Peter Clark
In search of excellence~Thomas Peters and Robert H. Waterman
Keep it Shut ~Karen Ehman
Miracle Morning~Hal Elrod
Know yourself like your success depends on it~Michael Stawicki
Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and madness of crowds~Charles Mackay
Philosophy for successful living~Jim Rohn
The one thing~ Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
Paradox of choice why more is less~Barry Swartz
Power of habit~Charles Duhig
Promote Yourself~Dan Schawbel
War of Art break through the blocks and win your creative battles~Steven Pressfield
Women entrepreneur revolution~Jenn Aubert
Leadership Challenge (third ed)~James kouze and Barry Posner
The gift~Lewis Hyde
The lean startup~Eric Ries
The Millionaire Fastlane ~MJ DeMarco
Twelve essential laws for becoming indispensable~Dr.Tony Zeiss

 

[TheGrind]

I stopped reading books for the most part. Instead of reading, you could be building your business. You'll learn much more by doing than by reading.

 

[Fox]

I stopped reading books for the most part. Instead of reading, you could be building your business. You'll learn much more by doing than by reading.

Instead of spending 30 minutes a day learning from the success of others you could be blindly attempting it yourself.

If your business doesn't allow you enough time to read a bit everyday then you need to read a book on that.

Watch 4:40 onwards...

http://grantcardonetv.com/video/powerplayers/richard-wilson/

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[GMSI7D]

I think if we are not strong men and women , we cannot go anywhere worthwhile in life and in business.

So i am reading stuff on power, not just business.

Because business is war against adversity. In case, you didn't know, 96 % of businesses fail within 10 years.

That's 96 % : this is serious thing to think about.

THINK about that : a start up ( yours maybe) has 96 % probability to fail before 2026 and you won't be able to be financialy free.

Do i have your attention ?

 

[Plank]

I am an Audiobook guy, "Hope to change that in the future" but right now I stay so busy all the time, that audiobooks are really my best option, but I must admit, audiobooks really limit me because I am prejudice with voices...
I found a good copy of "think and grow rich", I liked the audiobook "Crush it"
But like I say its frustrating finding voices I like, that's why I liked "The Millionaire Fastlane " The voice kicked a$$ and sounded like a guy just talking to me. With that said I Like reading books as well because I am not so prejudice with the voice in my head.

 

[seanjohn]

I stopped reading books for the most part. Instead of reading, you could be building your business. You'll learn much more by doing than by reading.

As long as you're taking action and not in "analysis paralysis" mode, reading books can save you hundreds of hours of trial and error.
Plus... ideas.

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[Vitom]

How Successful People Think - By John C. Maxwell

 

[Lex DeVille]

The Economic Singularity by Calum Chace.

 

[Thiago Machado]

I just picked up a copy of BrainScripts for Sales Success - Drew Eric Whitman

(The same guy who wrote Ca$hvertising).

Seems like a good read.

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[Ronnie Bryan]

I think if we are not strong men and women , we cannot go anywhere worthwhile in life and in business.

So i am reading stuff on power, not just business.

Because business is war against adversity. In case, you didn't know, 96 % of businesses fail within 10 years.

That's 96 % : this is serious thing to think about.

THINK about that : a start up ( yours maybe) has 96 % probability to fail before 2026 and you won't be able to be financialy free.

Do i have your attention ?

Most business fail in 2-5 years if you have a business that survives ten years your chances of survival increase,

 

[seanjohn]

I just picked up a copy of BrainScripts for Sales Success - Drew Eric Whitman

(The same guy who wrote Ca$hvertising).

Seems like a good read.

Let me know how it is ... I've read Ca$hvertising 3 times and it's a brilliant resource.

Right now I'm reading or finishing:

- Brainfluence - Roger Dooley (interesting but similar to Cialdini's Yes! 50 ways book)
- The Like Switch - Jack Schafer (the audible version is brilliant!)
- Growth Hacker Marketing - Ryan Holiday
- Decisions - Jim Treliving (great auto from a Dragon's Den member about launching the biggest restaurant chain in Canada [Boston Pizza]. Recommended.)
- Traction - Gabriel Weinberg
- Losing My Virginity - Branson (auto-bios are always stuffed to the brim with life lessons)

 

[OldFaithful]

"It's Okay to Be the Boss" by Bruce Tulgan. Quite interesting for anyone that plans to be the boss, or might be already. Checked it out from the library but liked it enough to order a copy from Amazon to keep/reread/highlight.

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[JDx]

Halfway through Losing my Virginity but I realise I'm not a big fan of autobiographies like this.
Almost finished The Definitive Book of Bodylanguage - this is amazing, definitely a recommendation to everyone.
The book covers so many points on bodylanguage, facial expressions, etc, I'm going to have to read it atleast 1 more time to try and remember all the lessons.

 

[LifeTransformer]

I've finished Altucher's Choose Yourself, Nice fast and hard hitting read. So I've swapped it out for something a bit different:

Richard Bandler's "Using your brain for a change".

I haven't looked into NLP too much, so want to try reading a few things about it to see if it is something I can add to my arsenal.

 

[jon.a]

I just finished The Option Trader’s Hedge Fund, A Business Frame Work For Trading equity And index Options
Dennis A. Chen
Mark Sebastian

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[Ankerstein17]

Where do I even begin.

• Seth Godins- All Marketers are liars/ Tell stories
• Affiliate Marketing for dummies -- the 8 in 1 book
• The $100 Startup - Chris Guillebeau
• 4 Hour work week- Timothy Ferris (trying to finish this book)

 

[jon.a]

• 4 Hour work week- Timothy Ferris (trying to finish this book)

Many of us had to force ourselves to finish it.

 

[Guest34764]

That's 96 % : this is serious thing to think about.

THINK about that : a start up ( yours maybe) has 96 % probability to fail before 2026 and you won't be able to be financialy free.

96 out of 100 businesses fail, but that doesn't mean that the 4% have the same chance of failing than the rest.

Play it smart and you'll never see that "96%" statistic knock on your door.

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[superb]

Just finished reading "The Millionaire Fastlane " for the second time and "The Secret of Selling Anything" by Harry Browne.

In the process of reading "Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got" By Jay Abraham

I'm curious, how often are books getting read a second time? I've read a lot of books in the past few years but am realizing that while I've consumed a lot of material, not all of it was digested

 

[Bigguns50]

Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins. ( Also watched the documentary on NetFlix about him...very moving ) And....a Summary of the book. This will take a while to get through because to really take advantage of it, learn, and give it a go, there are exercises and LOTS of thinking. So far...lovin' it !

 

[wiebot]

Keen to get my hands on Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

It's a really good book! Obstacle is the Way is awesome too

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[Sanj Modha]

I'm starting book #7 for 2016 - Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. Lost some time this year with my move from the UK to India but I'm making it up.

 

[Sanj Modha]

How about Robert Chialdani's Influence books?

I struggled to read that. Finished it but it took around 2 months. The small text didn't help.

I give it 2.5/5 - there are some good topics covered but just not enough depth for me.

 

[WakingUp]

Finished Lean Startup, now reading Nail It Then Scale It. It embraces similar methods to Lean Startup and has been a good read so far.

 

Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

[Stella Harvie]

I'm reading The Ultimate Success Secret by Dan Kennedy.
Six months prior:
Built to Sell by John Warrillow
The New Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
Uncensored Sales Strategies by Biddle Barrows and Dan Kennedy

 

[Stella Harvie]

I've finished Altucher's Choose Yourself, Nice fast and hard hitting read. So I've swapped it out for something a bit different:

Richard Bandler's "Using your brain for a change".

I haven't looked into NLP too much, so want to try reading a few things about it to see if it is something I can add to my arsenal.

You should watch Slight of Mouth NLP, Robert Dilts on YouTube