My Bookshelf

Inspirational Books

Most of us can do with a little inspiration every now and then to keep us moving forward. The stories of those that have had great achievements are a great place to start.

Anyone Can Do It by Duncan Bannatyne

From an ice cream van to Dragons’ Den – the autobiography of self-made multi-millionaire Duncan Bannatyne.
At 30, Duncan had no money. He saw a story of someone who had made himself a millionaire, and decided to do the same. Five years later he had done it, at the time of publication, he was worth £168 million.

Instant Motivation: The surprising truth behind what really drives top performance by Chantal Burns

This book will change how you think about what drives you to succeed. Compelling evidence combined with inspiring stories and insights will unlock a powerful new mindset that will instantly boost your performance and open your eyes to what it really takes to excel.

It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden

This uplifting and humorous little book provides a unique insight into the world of advertising and is a quirky compilation of quotes, facts, pictures, wit and wisdom – all packed into easy-to-digest, bite-sized spreads.

It’s Not What You Think by Chris Evans

The number one Sunday Times bestseller – the witty and energetically written autobiography of Chris Evans.
The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived – just about – to tell the tale…

Memoirs Of A Fruitcake by Chris Evans

Sunday Times Celebrity Book of the Year 2010.
This carries on Chris’ story right where he left off in his first book, It’s Not What You Think. He was rich, famous, and now the owner of his own radio station and media company. What could possibly go wrong?

Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson

The number 1 international bestselling autobiography of entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.
Losing My Virginity is one of my favourite autobiographies. It’s a fun account of how Richard started his first business and grew it into the multinational corporation we know today. Plus all of the excitement in between…

Screw It, Let’s Do It by Richard Branson

In Screw It, Let’s Do It, Richard shares the secrets of his success and the invaluable lessons he has learned over the course of his remarkable career. He also looks to the future and shares his plans for taking his business and his ideas to the next level.

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight

“A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like … It’s an amazing tale” ~ Bill Gates
A great read, you will not be disappointed.

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.
Bestselling author Walter Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs’ professional and personal life.

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho

This is one of my favourite fiction books.
The story follows Santiago, a young shepherd, on a journey to realise his “Personal Legend”. It’s a beautiful parable that’s inspired people all over the world to live their dreams.

The Art of Being Brilliant: Transform Your Life by Doing What Works For You by Andy Cope

Being brilliant, successful and happy isn’t about dramatic change, it’s about finding out what really works for you and doing more of it! The authors lay down their six common-sense principles that will ensure you focus on what you’re good at and become super brilliant both at work and at home.

The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power by Brendon Burchard

The Motivation Manifesto is a pulsing, articulate, ferocious call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom.

The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage by Ryan Holiday

If you’re feeling frustrated, demoralized, or stuck in a rut, this book can help you turn your problems into your biggest advantages. And along the way, it will inspire you with dozens of true stories of the greats from every age and era.

What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography by Alan Sugar

Alan Sugar was born in 1947 and brought up on a council estate in Hackney. As a kid he watched his dad struggle to support the family. It had a huge impact on him, fuelling a drive to succeed that was to earn him a personal fortune.
Like the man himself, this autobiography is forthright, funny and sometimes controversial.

Your Ultimate Calling: 365 Ways To Bring Inspiration Into Your Life by Dr Wayne W. Dyer

Daily inspiration for each day of the year (or when you need it).

Entrepreneurship Books

So you think you’ve got what it takes to start a new business? These books will provide you with direction so you know what steps to take to not only get your business started, but also grow it into a success.

24 Assets: Create a digital, scalable, valuable and fun business that will thrive in a fast changing world by Daniel Priestley

This book sets out a method for building a business that becomes a valuable asset. It focuses you on transforming your organisation into something scalable, digital, fun and capable of making an impact. It’s time to, stand out, scale up and build a business that has a life of its own.

6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd

Most Entrepreneurs struggle with inconsistent income, low productivity, and don’t have enough time in a day to get everything they want done. Peter shows you the fastest and most effective ways to maximize your income, get bigger things done in less time, and helps you create your ideal lifestyle.

Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers

In this book, the author tells you everything he learned from starting, growing, and selling CD Baby. All compressed into an entertaining and useful one-hour read.

Business Adventures by John Brooks

“The best business book I’ve ever read” ~ Bill Gates
This business classic written by longtime New Yorker contributor John Brooks is an insightful and engaging look into corporate and financial life in America.

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses.
By the end of this book, you will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, Crush It! is the ultimate driver’s manual for modern business.

Dear Entrepreneur: Letters from Those That Have Made it And Are Making It Happen by Danny Bailey

Do you want to leave your 9-5? Do you want to be your own boss? Are you an entrepreneur?
Dear Entrepreneur is an unmissable collection of candid and inspiring letters from business founders who have been there and done it or who are building successful businesses right now.

Entrepreneur Revolution: How to develop your entrepreneurial mindset and start a business that works by Daniel Priestley

Entrepreneur Revolution is a master class in gaining an entrepreneurial mind-set, showing you how to change the way you think, the way you network, and the way you make a living. Successful entrepreneur Daniel Priestley will show you how to embrace the Entrepreneur Revolution and thrive in the new age.

Evil Plans: Escape the Rat Race and Start Doing Something You Love by Hugh MacLeod

Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN. Everybody needs that crazy, out-there idea that allows them to ACTUALLY start doing something they love, doing something that matters. Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN that gets them the hell out of the Rat Race, away from lousy bosses, away from boring, dead-end jobs that they hate. Life is short.

Evolved Enterprises: An Illustrated Guide Re-Think, Re-Image and Re-Invent Your Business to Deliver Meaningful Impact & Even Greater Profits by Yanik Silver

How to shift your company beyond being transactional to truly transform and even transcend business…forever. Evolved Enterprise is an illustrated journey for 21st century entrepreneurs ready to explore how greater purpose, joy and meaningful impact create fierce brand loyalty, marketplace leadership and deliver exceptional profits.

Get Off Your Arse by Brad Burton

Need more appointments? Need more sales? Need more motivation? Need no-nonsense advice? Read this book.
Brad Burton takes us on a personal rollercoaster ride, from telling his employer to shove his job up his arse, £25,000 in debt and no income, to MD of a fast-growing national business.

Go it Alone: The Streetwise Secrets of Self-employment by Geoff Burch

This book provides essential information for anyone who wants to get out of the rat race to work as a free agent or start their own business. From the ins and outs of writing a business plan, to how to win customer loyalty, Geoff Burch in his usual provocative and anecdotal style gives the common sense advice you’ve been waiting for.

Growing A Business by Paul Hawken

A common sense approach to growing a business.

How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis

“Making money is a knack, a knack that can be acquired. And if someone like me can become rich, then so can you – no matter what your present circumstances. Here is how I did it and what I learned along the way.” So writes Felix Dennis. He believes anyone of reasonable intelligence can become rich, given sufficient motivation and application.

How To Win At The Sport Of Business by Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban provides a catalogue of insider knowledge on what it takes to become a thriving entrepreneur. He tells his own rags-to-riches story of how he went from selling powdered milk and sleeping on friends’ couches to owning his own company and becoming a multi-billion dollar success story.

I Don’t Work Fridays – Proven strategies to scale your business and not be a slave to it by Martin Norbury

This book shares a story of successful start-ups, multi-million-pound rescues and family tragedy before focusing on the practical ‘how-to’ for you so you can take the steps needed to take your business from where it is now into multiples of profit.

Maverick Startup by Yanik Silver

Shattering the myth that you need money to make money, serial entrepreneur and millionaire Yanik Silver reveals the 11 X-Factors to turn your big idea into even bigger profits—without taking on debt, partnering with outside investors, or even writing a business plan.

Multiple Streams Of Internet Income by Robert G. Allen

This book features the original seven powerful methods that average people can use to make money on the Internet, and covers such topics as taking offline products online, niche marketing, successful Web-based business models, information marketing, affiliate programs, and more.

Poke the Box by Seth Godin

Why has Poke the Box become a cult classic?
Because it’s a book that dares readers to do something they’re afraid of. It could be what you need, too.
“A one-two punch! Half kick in the ass, half cheerleading encouragement.” ~ Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

Ready, Aim, Fire by Michael Masterson

Ready, Fire, Aim has what you need to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavors.
Self-made multimillionaire and bestselling author Masterson outlines a focused strategy for guiding a small business through the four stages of entrepreneurial growth.

Resilience: How to conquer the fear and challenges of self-employment by Fraser J. Hay

Many self-employed individuals work in isolation without help, guidance or support on how to conquer the many fears, issues and challenges that self-employment can present. Fraser shares his journey in self-employment and the many challenges he embraced and conquered in the early days of working for himself.

Rework: Change the Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own.
“If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.” ~ Mark Cuban, co-founder HDNet, owner of the Dallas Mavericks

The $100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better To Live More by Chris Guillebeau

You no longer need to work nine-to-five in a big company to pay the mortgage, send your kids to school and afford that yearly holiday. You can quit the rat race and start up on your own – and you don’t need an MBA or a huge investment to do it.

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss

“The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!” ~ Michael E. Gerber

The 7 Day Startup: You Don’t Learn Until You Launch by Dan Norris

From generating ideas to gaining your first paying customers, The 7 Day Startup is the bootstrapper’s bible for launching your next product.

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

Gerber walks you through the life of a business from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective: the guiding light of all businesses that succeed. Most importantly, he draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business.

The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs – in companies of all sizes – a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.

The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by MJ DeMarco

If you want to create the type of wealth that will change your life (I’m talking about $100,000+/per month here, not the typical guru swan song “make 10K a month” crap) you truly have to ditch the freaking 9-5, tear up the old plan, and get kicking on a new roadmap. I call it “Fastlane Entrepreneurship”. ~ M.J. DeMarco

The Millionaire Master Plan: Your Personalized Path to Financial Success by Roger James Hamilton

The Millionaire Master Plan is a unique and fresh approach as to how you can not only get a sense of where you stand on the spectrum of personal wealth, but more importantly, how you can learn to ascend from your present state to a higher level.

The Millionaire Messenger by Brendon Burchard

The Millionaire Messenger reveals how everyday people can share their life’s lessons and advice with others and earn a fortune in the process. Author Brendon Burchard reveals a 10-step plan for making an impact and an income with what you know.

The Mindful Entrepreneur: How to rapidly grow your business while staying sane, focused and fulfilled by Joel Gerschman

If you feel like a slave to your business rather than master of it, The Mindful Entrepreneur is for you.
Fusing proven, cutting-edge business strategy with powerful mindfulness practices, you’ll learn an immediately practical, holistic approach to achieving business success and personal fulfilment.

The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy by Lewis Howes

A framework for personal development, you’ll discover the tools, knowledge, and resources you need to reach your potential. Howes anchors each chapter with a specific lesson he culled from his greatness “professors” and his own experiences to teach you how to create a vision, develop hustle, and use dedication to reach your goals.

Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action by Simon Sinek

Why do we do what we do? Why do we exist? Learning to ask these questions can unlock the secret to inspirational business. Sinek explains what it truly takes to lead and inspire and how anyone can learn how to do it.

Tycoon by Peter Jones

In Tycoon, Peter offers his personal insight into the qualities and skills he believes every successful entrepreneur possesses. His Ten Golden Rules provide key building blocks for turning your ideas into successful businesses.

Unlabel – Selling You Without Selling Out by Marc Ecko

As instructive as it is innovative, Unlabel will empower you to channel your creativity, find the courage to defy convention and summon the confidence to act and compete in any environment. It’s a bold and honest approach to building an authentic personal brand, and a roadmap for growing a start-up into a sustainable business.

Your Move: The Underdog’s Guide to Building Your Business by Ramit Sethi

This no-nonsense guide distills the most important lessons Sethi learned building his dorm room blog into an 8-figure-a-year company.
If you want to build a business that makes you an extra 5-figures a month, this book will show you how.

Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters

The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. It starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.

Strategy Books

If you want your business to continue to grow, you must work on the business, not just in the business. That’s where strategy comes into play.

90 Days To Profit: A Proven System to Transform Your Business by Erlend Bakke

Discover the 7-steps to profits…
In 90 Days To Profit turnaround experts, Erlend Bakke and Steve Shoulder teach you how to transform a struggling business from zero to profit in record time.

Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne

Based on over a decade-long study of 150 key strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and thirty industries. Discover a systematic approach to making the competition irrelevant, outlining principles and tools any organization can use to create and capture their own “blue oceans” – untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters by Richard Rumelt

If you want a book on strategy, this is the one I recommend.
Learn not just how to develop an effective or “good” strategy, but, just as important, how to recognize when you have implemented a bad strategy.

Branding Books

In short, branding is the way your customer perceives you. It goes way beyond a memorable logo. Good branding increases the value of your company, makes customer acquisition easier, and provides your employees with direction and motivation. With strong branding, you will set business apart from the competition.

Build A Brand In 30 Days by Simon Middleton

Simon Middleton shows you how to create, manage and communicate your brand profoundly and effectively, in just 30 days, by following 30 clear exercises. How you work through the book is up to you, the result will be the same: an authentic, compelling, and highly distinctive brand that will attract and engage customers and fans.

Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug

If you’re planning to spruce-up your website to make it a more enjoyable experience for your visitors, this book by Steve Krug is a great place to start.

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries & Laura Ries

How to build a product or service into a world-class brand.
This book documents the 22 key principles of branding starting with “expansion” and “contraction” followed by “publicity” and “advertising.”

Marketing Books

If you have a great product or service then you want people to know about it. That’s what marketing is all about. These books will show you what is required for good marketing.

Ask by Ryan Levesque

Ryan walks you through exactly how he’s helped generate over $120 million dollars in revenue and 52,000 email subscribers per day in 23 different markets (and counting) using a slightly counter-intuitive methodology named the “Ask Method.” The book shows you how you can use the same process for yourself…in practically any market.

Buzz Marketing: Get People to Talk About Your Stuff by Mark Hughes

Buzzmarketing explores the six secrets of great word-of-mouth campaigns and shows how any company can thrive by pursuing a buzz-driven strategy rather than just hoping for a lucky break.

Content Machine: Use Content Marketing to Build a 7-figure Business With Zero Advertising by Dan Norris

Content Machine outlines a strategy for using content marketing to build a 7 figure business with zero advertising. By teaching the fundamentals of content marketing, how to create great content and how to stand out from the crowd, it simplifies the otherwise challenging process of creating content with impact.

Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson

DotComSecrets is a shortcut. Inside you will find the actual playbook Russell and his team created after running thousands of tests and perfecting what works online.
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Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson

“Expert Secrets Is The Map That Will Allow You To Turn Your Specialized Knowledge, Talents and Abilities Into A Business That Will Work For You! This Is One Of The Shortcuts of The New Rich” ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Click here to get this book for free.

Guerrilla Marketing: Cutting-edge strategies for the 21st century by Jay Conrad Levinson

This book has become a classic in the field of business, revolutionising marketing for small businesses all over the world and creating a new way to understand market share and how to gain it. The “Sixteen Monumental Secrets of Guerilla Marketing” make this a worthy purchase.

Guerrilla Marketing and Joint Ventures: Million Dollar Partnering Strategies for Growing ANY Business in ANY Economy by Jay Conrad Levinson

This book explains step-by-step how entrepreneurs can use smarter marketing and joint ventures to generate maximum profits from minimum investments.

How To Blog For Profit by Ruth Soukup

Whether you have been blogging for years or just a few weeks, How to Blog For Profit offers solid advice and practical action plans for creating an authentic, successful, and profitable blog.
It’s worth grabbing for the Pinterest strategy alone.

Launch by Jeff Walker

Jeff Walker, the creator of Product Launch Formula, shares his formula to sell almost anything online, build a business you love, and live the life of your dreams. Tiny home-based businesses have used this formula to produce launches that sold tens of thousands… hundreds of thousands… and even millions of dollars in just a few days.

Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You by Daniel Priestley

This book is a recipe for ensuring demand outstrips supply for your product or service, and you have scores of customers lining up to give you money. It explains how to become oversubscribed, even in a crowded marketplace and provides practical tips alongside inspiring examples to alter your mindsets and get you bursting with ideas.

Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt

If you’re serious about taking yourself, your business, or your product to the next level, you can’t succeed without a platform. This is your chance to take out the guesswork, frustration, and wasted time/money that come with building yours the wrong way. Michael shares tried and true tactics that get results.

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries & Jack Trout

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing can mean the difference between success or failure for your product or company. Learn how to avoid the danger of ego and arrogance, the need to understand trends, and many other crucial marketing lessons. This book shows how to play by the rules and become a winner in your field.

The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry by John Warrillow

Subscription is the key to increase cash flow, igniting growth and boosting the value of your company. Whether you want to transform your entire business into a recurring revenue engine or just pick up an extra 5 per cent of sales growth, The Automatic Customer will be your secret weapon.

The Power of Why: Breaking Out In a Competitive Marketplace by C. Richard Weylman

The Power Of Why will give you keen insight into what customers really want in today’s marketplace. Step-by-step Richard Weylman illustrates how to change the way you position and promote your company and its products and services so that your value is clear and your company is distinct from all others.

Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday

An eye opening book about media manipulation. Ryan explains exactly how the media really works, shares his manipulator secrets and leaves you to choose what you do with the information.

Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book by Tim Grahl

This is a system that any author can immediately put in place to start building their platform. Whether you’re a seasoned author looking to step into the new publishing landscape, or you’re a brand new author, Your First 1000 Copies will give you the tools to connect with readers and sell more books.

Sales Books

You have a great product or service. Potential customers know about it, but they’re not buying. What do you do? You learn how to sell. There books will teach you how.

How To Master The Art Of Selling by Tom Hopkins

This is a great book on selling.
After he learned the world’s best sales techniques, Tom Hopkins applied his new skills and earned more than one million dollars in just three years. In this book, Hopkins shows how you can succeed in the profession of selling.

Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff

One truly great pitch can improve your career, make you a lot of money and even change your life. Success is dependent on the method you use, not how hard you try. “Better method, more money… Much better method, much more money” says Klaff. If you want to learn how to pitch, read this book.

The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies by Chet Holmes

I believe this is one of the best sales and marketing books ever written.
The Ultimate Sales Machine shows you how to tune up virtually every part of your business by spending just an hour per week on each impact area you want to improve – sales, marketing, management, and more.

Triggers: 30 Sales Tools You Can Use to Control the Mind of Your Prospect to Motivate, Influence, and Persuade by Joseph Sugarman

Dramatically increase your ability to sell by learning how to control the mind of your prospect using 30 powerful psychological triggers to motivate, influence and persuade.

Writing Books

If you’re planning to publish content, whether it’s online, in a magazine, or even a book, your writing is a skill that can always be developed further. These books will help you to improve your writing.

Accidental Genius by Mark Levy

This is a book all about freewriting. If you struggle with writers block, this book should help.

Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

This is one of the best books on the topic of writing that I’ve come across. It’s an enjoyable read that balances both humour and personal advice about the writing process. The book’s title comes from advice that the author’s father gave to her brother, who was struggling to write a report on birds, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing is both a textbook for writers and a memoir of Stephen’s life and will. If you’ve always wondered what led him to become a writer and how he became one of the bestselling authors of all time, this answers those questions. It’s a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.

You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One) by Jeff Goins

In You Are a Writer, Jeff Goins shares his own story of self-doubt and what it took for him to become a professional writer — and how you can follow the same path. He gives you practical steps to improve your writing, get published in magazines, and build a platform that puts you in charge.

Financial Management Books

Financial Management is important. You must manage your finances to prevent overspending and to account for all expenditures. These books will help to keep you on top of your finances. After all, no one wants a nasty surprise from the tax man.

Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence by Michael Masterson

In Automatic Wealth, self–made millionaire Michael Masterson draws upon his own experience and that of experts in the fields of retirement, investing, and real estate to offer you a complete program on achieving financial independence.

Do This. Get Rich!: 12 Things You Can Do Now to Gain Financial Freedom by Jim Britt

The title of this book speaks for itself and is the promise Jim makes to the reader: Do This. Get Rich!. Follow Jim’s guidelines and you will succeed as an entrepreneur. Period! You won’t get rich doing exactly what Jim did, so there are no hard and fast rules. Rather, this book contains a compass and a very detailed map.

Low Cost High Life: Live an Affordable Life of Luxury by Mark Homer

Mark Homer became a financially free multi-millionaire businessman investor by the time he was in his early 30’s. In this unique book, he shows you in his renowned analytical, detailed and controversially sceptical nature how you can realistically achieve the low-cost high life for the long term, in the shortest possible timeframe.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Rich Dad Poor Dad 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 investing. You don’t need to earn a high income to be rich, find out the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham’s philosophy of “value investing”, which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies, has made this book the stock market bible ever since its publication in 1949.

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley

The bestselling The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in America don’t live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door.

The Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Clason

This book provides very simple but sound financial advice. If you’re struggling with your finances and want to get them under control, it’s worth a read.

Management & Leadership Books

If you want to become a better leader and your success depends upon the people you manage, these books will give you an understanding of what is required and how to get there.

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose by Tony Hsieh

Tony shares the lessons he has learned in business and life, from running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Tony shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success and how by concentrating on the happiness of those around you, you can dramatically increase your own.

Good To Great by Jim Collins

Can a good company become a great one and, if so, how? After a five-year research project, Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organization to make the leap from good to great while other organizations remain only good.

Made To Stick by Chip & Dan Heath

Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas.
It shows you the principles of successful ideas at work and how you can apply these rules to making your own messages “stick.”

Million Dollar Coach: The 9 Strategies That Drive A 7-Figure Coaching Business by Taki Moore

This book is essential reading for coaches of all experience-levels and types and is of particular value for anyone looking to start a coaching business to short cut growing pains and quickly rise to become a high-level coach.

Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo

Communications coach Carmine Gallo has broken down the top TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters to uncover the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations. Gallo provides a step-by-step method that makes it possible for anyone to deliver a TED-style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

A classic that’s well worth a read, even in our modern age. You will find that many of Sun Tzu’s principles can be applied to everyday life.

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

The Coaching Habit gives you seven questions and the tools to make them an everyday habit. Master them, and you’ll be able to work less hard and have more impact.

The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done by Peter Drucker

These 366 daily readings have been harvested from Drucker’s lifetime of work. At the bottom of each page, you will find an action point that spells out exactly how to put Drucker’s ideas into practice. It is as if the wisest and most action-oriented management consultant in the world is in the room, offering his timeless gems of advice.

The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg & John David Mann

The classic parable that started a worldwide movement.
Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a heartwarming and inspiring tale that brings new relevance to the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.”

The Ten Commandments Of Business Failure by Donald R. Keough

“Don’s commandments for business failure will teach you more about business success than a whole shelf full of books” ~ Bill Gates
Unlike most business books, this one is actually fun to read.

Tribes by Seth Godin

This book is for those who don’t want to be sheep and instead have a desire to do fresh and exciting work. If you have a passion for what you want to do and the drive to make it happen, there is a tribe of fellow employees, or customers, or readers, just waiting for you to connect them with each other and lead them where they want to go.

Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business by Chris Ducker

This book is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build a business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants.

Psychology Books

Do you think you would have an advantage if you understood human behaviour? If you knew why people make certain decisions? What if you knew the right things to say to influence a decision? That’s what you’ll learn from the following books.

Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice by Matthew Syed

The author explains why some people thrive under pressure and others choke. He weighs the value of innate ability against that of practice, hard work and will. From sex to maths, from the motivation of children to the culture of big business, Bounce shows how competition provides a master key with which to unlock the mysteries of success.

Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science by Jonathan Haidt

This is a book about ten great ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savour one idea that has been discovered by several of the world’s civilizations – to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives.

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say “yes” and how to apply these understandings. You’ll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader and how to defend yourself against them.

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. In this astounding book, behavioural economist Dan Ariely cuts to the heart of our strange behaviour, demonstrating how irrationality often supplants rational thought and that the reason for this is embedded in the very structure of our minds.

Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to achieve wealth effortlessly while others work just as hard but still struggle financially? In this fresh and original book T. Harv Eker explains how you too can master the inner game of money so that you will not only achieve financial success but keep it once you have it.

Stop Thinking, Start Living: Discover Lifelong Happiness by Richard Carlson

Learn how to manage your thoughts and discover lifelong happiness. In this book, the author demonstrates how we can change everything in our lives – earn more money, meet new friends, get a new job – yet still feel dissatisfied. Happiness, he says, is not ‘out there’ but within, a state of mind that is independent of circumstance.

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.

The How Of Happiness: A Practical Guide to Getting The Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky

The How of Happiness is a different kind of happiness book, one that offers a comprehensive guide to understanding what happiness is, and isn’t, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision for ourselves.

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz

Learn eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield

In The Success Principles, Jack Canfield helps you get from where you are to where you want to be, teaching you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions.

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

In this book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the ‘tipping point’, that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire.
Very thought provoking.

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do.

Self-Help Books

I believe that continued personal development is something that should never stop. Your competition is always improving so you should make sure that you are too. There’s a lot of books in this category. I’m sure you can find value in many of them.

52 Mondays: The One Year Path To Outrageous Success & Lifelong Happiness by Vic Johnson

Stop and think about it. If you had started something new and worked on it every week since one year ago, what might you have been able to accomplish? Twelve months, after all, is plenty of time to start accruing success. In this book, Vic Johnson takes you through 52 weeks of learning, growing and encouragement towards achieving your goals.

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

A classic short book that contains a lot of simple wisdom.
The author describes this book as “A book that will help you to help yourself”, “A pocket companion for thoughtful people”, and “A book on the power and right application of thought.”

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Joe Dispenza

You are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. You can create the reality they choose. Dr Joe Dispenza shares the knowledge to change any aspect of yourself, including the step-by-step tools to apply what you learn in order to make measurable changes in any area of your life.

Choose Yourself! by James Altucher

Inspirational and eye-opening. In every part of society, the middlemen are being pushed out of the picture. No longer is someone coming to hire you, to invest in your company, to sign you, to pick you. It’s on you to make the most important decision in your life: Choose Yourself.

Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way by Steven Pressfield

Say you’ve got a book, a screenplay or a startup in your head but you’re stuck, scared or just don’t know how to begin, how to break through or how to finish. This book takes you step-by-step from the project’s inception to its ship date, hitting each predictable “resistance point” along the way and giving techniques for overcoming each obstacle.

Get Off Your Arse Too by Brad Burton

Get Off Your Arse Too is a self-help/business book for people who don’t like self-help/business books. It’s a whole lot of honesty about some of the strokes you need to pull to get through those first few years of business… and then what to do when you get there.

How To Read A Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren

A classic that introduces and explains the various levels of reading and how to achieve them – from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. There’s instruction for the techniques that work best for reading particular genres, and reading tests you can use to measure your progress.

How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. A classic!

I Dare You! by William H. Danforth

A classic in the field of self-improvement books. William Danforth says for an individual to be healthy, four key components in life need to be in balance at all times: Physical, Mental, Social, and Spiritual. This book will motivate you to be the best you can be in all four categories.

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to drive your career and create a remarkable future by Seth Godin

A great book that may introduce a new perspective on work and life.
Learn why it’s so important to become indispensable and overcome the fears that have held you back.

Mastery by Robert Greene

Robert Greene shares the path to greatness. With this seminal text as a guide, you will learn how to unlock the passion within, become a master and start to live by your own rules.

Mindfulness: Be mindful. Live in the moment. by Gill Hasson

Too often, life just races by. You don’t fully experience what’s happening now because you’re too busy thinking about what happened yesterday or what needs doing tomorrow. Life is happening right now; mindfulness will help you live in the moment, so it doesn’t pass you by. It will help to increase your enjoyment of life.

Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

A classic and inspiring personal development book that everyone should read. Psycho-Cybernetics is a term coined by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, which means, “Steering your mind to a productive, useful goal so you can reach the greatest port in the world, peace of mind. With it, you’re somebody. Without it, you’re nothing.”

Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

If you want a fun, motivational, quick read that’s packed with practical tips to boost your productivity, Steal Like An Artist is the book for you. This is an extremely enjoyable read, with a few illustrations for good measure. Who says books with pictures are only for kids?

Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. This book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself.

Superhuman by Habit: A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time by Tynan

This book examines habit building in depth. It covers the principles and philosophies of habit building, and what’s required to implement them. The second half of the book is dedicated to specific habits in every major area of life, covering the pros and cons of each, the path to implementing them, and specific notes about each one.

The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss

Don’t be fooled by the name of this book. It isn’t just a cookbook, it’s an introduction to the world of rapid learning. Thje author uses cooking to explain “meta-learning,” a step-by-step process that can be used to master anything. That is the real “recipe” of The 4-Hour Chef.

The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

The information in this book is drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power. The text is bold and elegant and filled with fables and unique word sculptures. The 48 laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs and failures of great figures from the past who have wielded – or been victimised by – power.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

Before you read this book, you’ll need to be open to a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works, what the author calls a “paradigm shift”. You can then be introduced to the seven habits which focus on self-mastery, working with others and continuous improvement. A classic that will benefit all that study it.

The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive by Brendon Burchard

The Charge provides the keys to understanding and activating what it takes to feel alive in clear and concrete ways that will inspire and help everyone find the one thing we all are searching for: more life in our lives.

The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness by Dr Steve Peters

The Chimp Paradox is a powerful mind management model. The Chimp is the emotional machine that we all possess. It thinks independently from us and can make decisions. The purpose of this book is to help you to manage your Chimp and to harness its strength and power when it is working for you and to neutralise it when it is not.

The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living by Russ Harris

In this controversial, but empowering self-help book, Dr Russ Harries, reveals how millions of people are unwittingly caught in the “The Happiness Trap”, where the more they strive for happiness the more they suffer in the long term. He then provides a means to escape through a groundbreaking new approach based on mindfulness skills.

The Jetstream of Success by Julian Pencilliah

The Jetstream of Success has been written to help you reinvent yourself more conducive to your goals. The book was not intended to be an easy read. In fact, it was designed to challenge you to take a leap of vision and piece together an ever-fuller understanding of yourself so you can redefine your life and as a result, your future.

The Magic Of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz

A classic international bestseller.
Practical, empowering and hugely engaging, this book will not only inspire you, it will give you the tools to change your life for the better – starting from now.

The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM by Hal Elrod

What if you could wake up tomorrow and any – or every – area of your life was beginning to transform? What would you change? The Miracle Morning shows you how to wake up each day with more energy, motivation, and focus to take your life to the next level. Are you ready? It’s time to wake up to your full potential…

The Power Of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to Performance, Health and Happiness by Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz

The Power of Full Engagement is a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy more skillfully. It provides a life-changing road map to becoming more fully engaged on and off the job, meaning physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned.

The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg

Once you understand how habits work, you can transform your business, your community, and your life.
Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. He brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

The Power Of Less by Leo Babauta

A very practical and easy to follow book. With The Power of Less, you will be able to start a complete shift from wanting everything to needing nothing, be able to live your life simply without compromise, and discover that though we cannot have everything we want, we can obtain anything we will ever need.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy

This book shows how changing your thought patterns can produce dramatic improvements and turnarounds in your life. Using practical, easy-to-understand techniques and real world case studies, Joseph Murphy explains how you can apply and direct the power of your subconscious mind to attain your goals and dreams.

The Pressure Principle: Handle Stress, Harness Energy, and Perform When It Counts by Dave Alred

Pressure is a constant in all our lives. Dealing with it is a skill just like any other.
In this book the author shares his eight groundbreaking principles that will help you harness pressure and turn it to your advantage.

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

According to Wallace D. Wattles, “There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and obeyed by any man, he will get rich with mathematical certainty.” A short thought provoking read.

The Success System That Never Fails by William Clement Stone

Often the rules for success are so simple and so obvious they aren’t even seen. But when you search for them, you, too, can find them. And during the search something wonderful happens: you acquire knowledge…you gain experience…you become inspired. And then you begin to realise the necessary ingredients for success.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

This classic book is a must read (although it can be a little dull in parts). Napoleon Hill devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. He shares this information via the thirteen simple steps that constitute his formula. Learn to understand and apply these steps and you will be a step closer to achieving riches.

What To Do When It’s Your Turn (and it’s always your turn) by Seth Godin

This is a thought-provoking and motivational book that is more like a high-end magazine. Seth chose this format to be different from other authors and to increase engagement. The book is in full colour throughout and its goal is to push you to dig deep inside so you can do better work and impact the things you care about.

What To Say When You Talk To Your Self by Shad Helmstetter

You don’t have to be crazy to talk to yourself. We all talk to ourselves and unfortunately, most of what we tell ourselves is negative, counterproductive and damaging. By learning how to talk to yourself in new ways, you will notice a dramatic improvement in all areas of your life. You will feel better and accomplish more.

Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson

A 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. The maze is where you look for what you want. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving. A great little book on how to adapt to change.