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I think you’ll agree with me when I say:

Books are a cheap, quick and easy way of improving your knowledge.

But there’s a problem…

How do you select the best books on your chosen topic? You don’t want to waste your time and money on bad books; you want to buy those that will be beneficial…

…books that will help you to achieve your goals.

Most people rely on book reviews. However, there’s a downside to this logic. In most cases, you have no idea who wrote the review.

Would you not prefer book recommendations from successful businessmen and entrepreneurs? People who have taken action and applied the knowledge they acquired from the books. People who know from experience that the information is valuable.

Well, that’s exactly what you will find below on this page. A list of must-read business books recommended by top businessmen and entrepreneurs.

I learned from Darren Hardy (CEO of Success Magazine) that you should concentrate on just one area of your life or one skill you want to improve.

Once developed and executed excellently, that skill would have the greatest impact on your career/life. It would help you accomplish your current most important goal.

Once identified, you should research the best resources to help you improve and further develop that skill, and then buy:

• • The best 5 books on that topic

• • The best 3 audio programs on that topic

• • A ticket for 1 seminar on that topic

Once you have consumed the information from your purchases, make notes and then pick out those that are most useful.

Here’s why:

You won’t be able to do everything at once.

It’s important that you take what you’ve learned and reduce it down to the best three ideas. From those ideas, pick just one and implement it immediately.

Doing must follow learning.

Knowing what to do is not the same as doing what you know. You must implement what you learn, or to put it another way:

Once confident that you have familiarised yourself with this new skill, move on to the next idea.

Now, simply repeat this process until you have attained your goal. Once that’s done, move on to your next goal.

Following this goal-setting, skill-seeking, and action-taking cycle will help you achieve great things.

High achievers share several traits. One is that they continuously strive to better themselves. They devote a lot of time and effort to personal development.

Personal development is a process that involves assessing your skills and qualities, contemplating what you want to achieve in life and then setting goals to help you get there. You need to increase self-awareness and knowledge and improve personal skills to achieve these goals.

You improve skills through practice, whereas you attain knowledge via various sources of information, i.e., text, audio, and visuals.

You can acquire information from the internet, books, audiobooks, videos, online courses, seminars, lectures, etc. Often, it’s free, but if you want the best information on a specific topic presented in an order that’s easy to follow, it’s more likely that you’ll have to pay for it.

I firmly believe that we should all strive towards continuous improvement, which is why you should invest in personal development.

If you think about it, personal development materials and coaches are essentially free. If they help you improve and as a result of that earn more money then they effectively pay for themselves.

In fact, according to Brian Tracy, an investment in personal development more than pays for itself:

If you want things to change for the better, you have to change. The best way to achieve this change?

Invest in yourself.

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If you can’t find the time to sit down and read or simply don’t like reading, audiobooks are for you.

You can make use of the in-between moments of your life by listening to a narrated version of your book. Listen on your drive to work, during a workout, or even whilst you’re preparing a meal.

Amazon is king when it comes to books, so it makes sense that they provide the service I recommend: Audible

They offer a free trial, so you have nothing to lose.

If you don’t have the time to consume an entire audiobook and just want to get to the nitty-gritty, check out the following:

Blinkist creates book summaries that they condense into engaging 15-minute audio and text. The audio is perfect for times such as your commute to and from work, when you’re busy with chores, or simply when you want to give your eyes a break.

There are currently over 5,000 bestsellers to choose from.

You’ll find many of the books listed above in the Blinkist library.

So there you have it. A list of must-read books recommended by top businessmen and entrepreneurs.

You’ve learned:

• Why it’s important to read the right book at the right time
• What to do if you don’t have enough time to read
• Why it’s important to invest in yourself

I hope this helps you grow your business and further improve your life.

If there’s a book I haven’t mentioned on this page that you think I should read, please let me know. I’d love your recommendations.

Cheers!

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