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[FastLearner]

The Wolf of Wall Street and Catching the Wolf of Wall Street. Finished them both in less than a week, great read and excellent business tips if you can get past Jordan Belfort's vanity and debauchery in each chapter. Though he speaks of himself in high esteem, I was fairly hooked after the first page. Highly recommended if you didn't see the film.

 

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[Guest3722A]

Currently reading: The Lean Start Up, Thick Face Black Heat and What Rich People Know and Desperately Want to Keep Secret. half way through Rich People; 'bout a third thru Thick Face; 30 pages into Start Up. All three of these books to me at least aren't "digested" so well and I have to keep backing up to make sure I understand what I'm reading.

I recently finished cashvertising (also a tough read for me) and Choose yourself which was awesome and I flew through it

 

[Mbc]

The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle. Explains what happens in your brain when you fail and practice intensely at something and why "failure is a prerequisite of success". Dispels the idea of natural born geniuses, e.g. Mozart had 3500 hours of musical training by the time he was 7!

 

[DeletedUser394]

Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book.

Because everyone loves Grumpy Cat... except Grumpy Cat.

 

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[ColtonJD91]

"23 Anti-Procrastination Habits" by S.J Scott. Cheap Kindle Book with some powerful techniques. I adopted a self made digital version of the 43 Folders system mentioned in the book by utilizing a Google Tasks and Google Calendars. Working out great so far!

 

[ColtonJD91]

Mastery by Robert Greene
I would highly recommend it both as a business and personal read. I love it so far.

Ended up buying the Kindle edition along with the interviews companion book. I never paid much weight to Robert Green, but this has completely changed my view. I highly second it.

 

[Dos]

As a member of the Truly Rich Club I received as my Christmas gift the book

"The Abundance Formula: The Four Simple Steps That Make Good People Rich"

So right now I'm learning the 4 most essential life-transforming steps that can make anyone rich.

By the way, in short the abundance formula is: 100-10-20-70.

 

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[H. Palmer]

APE: Author Publisher Entrepreneur.

By Guy Kawasaki.

It's about how authors can leverage the web to become successful self publishers.

 

[Azharr]

all the fundamentals

 

[beatgoezon]

I'm reading Stay Poor-The Idea of Making Money. It's Secret Entourage's book , it has helped me evaluate some things I wasn't facing about being successful on the path of business.

 

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[batega]

48 laws of power -Robert Green- i go through it from time to time to see what laws apply in my own unique station
Influence: the psychology of persuasion- Robert Cialdini

 

[Chazmania]

currently reading founders at work and lovin' it. really good stuff in there.

I'm reading that one now too, so far it's great. Also reading A.P.E. from Guy Kawasaki and James Altucher's "Choose Yourself", both also good reads so far. I like to keep a few going at the same time.

 

[Chazmania]

The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle. Explains what happens in your brain when you fail and practice intensely at something and why "failure is a prerequisite of success".

I read that one. It's great to think that you could in theory, become world class at almost anything with enough work - like 10 to 20 years of focused dedicated "practice".

 

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[Allen]

My "book of the month" is The Startup Playbook by David S. Kidder. The book details the inspirations and driving forces of 41 successful entrepreneurs profiling their success. Although mostly tech-related, profiles include non-tech product entrepreneurs such as Sara Blakely (Spanx) as well as non-profits.

My favorite quote so far..."Building a startup will be the home-ownership of the next century."

 

[Vick]

David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell

 

[Yussef]

Currently reading...

The Republic of Tea - The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of the Founders.
The Words That Sell Brands, Grip Fans & Sometimes Change History

Also, ordered...

The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America's #1 Wine Brand

as recommending by @Mrs. BRKb

 

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[Yussef]

The E-Myth Revisited.

 

[LibertyForMe]

Re-reading The Millionaire Fastlane . Most of the way through Who Owns the Ice House, and for fun I am reading 4 Hour Chef. I am also reading some of the Bible.

 

[PJM]

I'm currently reading "Mind Wide Open". Recently finished "The Drunkard's Walk", "Reverse Innovation" and "The Wide Lens", I highly recommend reading all three.

 

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[mentalic]

Currently reading: The Lean Start Up

I am also reading that know and try to apply some stuff to my startup!

 

[Ryllban]

Inside the box - Drew Boyd
The 7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen R. Covey
Think and grow rich - Napoleon Hill

 

[TWR]

I am currently reading How to Win Friends and Influence People By Dale Carnegie.

Absolutely fantastic book for anyone that would like to learn more about interacting with people.
I chose this book as I was having a few very minor issues with some of my newer staff members and I knew that instead of expecting others to change wasn't getting me anywhere.

Anyway, I use the methods stated in the book on a daily basis and every new technique I learn from the book is implemented to real life situations with remarkable results.

 

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[smarty]

5 stars

 

[DeletedUser394]

'No, They Can't: Why Government Fails — But Individuals Succeed' by John Stossel

I have an epic man crush on Stossel hahaha.

 

[Bruh]

I just finished Tony Robbins' Mastering Influence course. Not exactly a book, but fantastic nonetheless.

 

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[AllenCrawley]

Recently finished The Republic of Tea - highly recommend if you'd like to get a peek behind the curtain of how that business was started. It's basically a compilation of faxes that were sent back and forth between the founders. You see the brainstorming, philosophy development, idea generation, frustrations, etc.

Just finished Peterman Rides Again - great book on the rise and fall of the J.Peterman Company and lessons learned. You'll learn the importance of great storytelling and sales copy.

Just got in the mail today Wild Company - the Untold Story of Banana Republic.

Next book to read is The Barefoot Spirit - How Hardship, Hustle and Heart Built America's #1 Wine Brand.

Can anyone connect the dots to why I'm reading what I'm am right now? @Mrs. BRKb you're not allowed to guess.

 

[Likwid24]

Reading Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fishcer-Wright. Preparing to go from a "Business" to a "Company".

Also going to pick up Lori Greiner's new book that comes out today - Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! - Even though I'm through the process, I'm sure I can get some great stuff out of it. There's also a small chance we might be mentioned in it. (Has nothing to do with getting, or not getting, a deal.)

Just finish Thick Face, Black Heart on the recommendation of many in this forum. Great Book!

And in the process of reading The Master Key System which is basically a book on Quantum Physics. I'm reading this while reading the others because it's like doing a 20 week course. One chapter a week, then do the exercise in each chapter for the week.

 

[Mevolve888]

Someone probably wrote this already but I'm Reading MIDAS touch by Kiyosaki & Trump. Good stuff.

Reading Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fishcer-Wright. Preparing to go from a "Business" to a "Company".

Also going to pick up Lori Greiner's new book that comes out today - Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! - Even though I'm through the process, I'm sure I can get some great stuff out of it. There's also a small chance we might be mentioned in it. (Has nothing to do with getting, or not getting, a deal.)

Just finish Thick Face, Black Heart on the recommendation of many in this forum. Great Book!

And in the process of reading The Master Key System which is basically a book on Quantum Physics. I'm reading this while reading the others because it's like doing a 20 week course. One chapter a week, then do the exercise in each chapter for the week.

those are good selections. so many things to read, so little time, don't know where to start.

Business books and science books drive me like a teen going crazy over a boyband.

 

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[JAJT]

Eventual Millionaire by Jaime Tardy

About 70% done.

I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the book. I REALLY loved her podcasts and her personality but so little of that comes through in the book.

I bought it on "blind faith" so it's really my fault for expecting something different than it is though. I was expecting more of a "here's what I've learned from interviewing 100+ millionaires" rather than the "how to start a business" book it actually is. I was hoping for more of a conversational read on her aggregated insights, dotted with good quotes and examples along the way.

I'll reserve final judgement until I'm done but so far it has been a rather dull read. Very little personality, very dry, and far too heavy on the "action items" that must take up easily 30% of the book. Probably a great read for someone brand new to the game, but there is very little here for someone who already has their feet wet.

I will say that it's nice to see some forum members here getting some pretty legit mentions though:

- MJ is mentioned on multiple occasions
- GlobalWealth has two or three mentions so far
- Snowbank gets a mention

Congrats you guys! Was certainly nice seeing you get some print time.

 

[beatgoezon]

Reading Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fishcer-Wright. Preparing to go from a "Business" to a "Company".

Also going to pick up Lori Greiner's new book that comes out today - Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! - Even though I'm through the process, I'm sure I can get some great stuff out of it. There's also a small chance we might be mentioned in it. (Has nothing to do with getting, or not getting, a deal.)

Just finish Thick Face, Black Heart on the recommendation of many in this forum. Great Book!

And in the process of reading The Master Key System which is basically a book on Quantum Physics. I'm reading this while reading the others because it's like doing a 20 week course. One chapter a week, then do the exercise in each chapter for the week.

It's a life changing book. I've also been reading it, currently on Part 10.

You can't help but see the world from a different prespective as you go along week by week...