Books that Marked Me
Books are a source of ideas for me.
Book knowledge isn't enough, but it gets you started down a path.
Mindset

As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen
1903

The Richest Man in Babylon
by George Clason
1926

Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
1937

Outwitting the Devil
by Napoleon Hill
1938

Psycho Cybernetics
by Maxwell Maltz
1960

What to Say When You Talk to Yourself
by Shad Helmsetter
1986

7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey
1989

The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
1988

Steal Like an Artist
by Austin Kleon
2012

Start
by Jon Acuff
2013

Essentialism
by Greg McKeown
2014

Show Your Work
by Austin Kleon
2014

Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
2014

Selfie
by Will Storr
2017

Keep Going
by Austin Kleon
2019
Business

The Greatest Salesman in the World
by Og Mandino
1968

E-Myth Revisited
by Michael Gerber
1986

SPIN Selling
Neil Rackman
1988

Crossing the Chasm
by Geoffrey Moore
1991

The Innovator's Dilemma
by Clayton Christensen
1997

Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
1998

Running Lean
by Ash Maurya
2010

The Lean Startup
by Eric Ries
2011

Traction
by Gino Wickman
2012

Lean Entrepreneur
by Brant Cooper
2013

Startup Patterns
by Sam McAffe
2016

9 Lies about Work
by Marcus Buckingham
2019
Collaboration

Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman
1995

5 Dysfunctions of a Team
by Patrick Lencioni
2000

Free Agent Nation
by Daniel Pink
2001

Throwing the Elephant
by Stanley Bing
2004

Social Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman
2005

Drive
by Daniel Pink
2009

Multipliers
by Liz Wiseman
2010

Powers of Two
by Joshua Wolf Shenk
2014

Holocracy
by Brian Robertson
2015

Team of Teams
by General Stanley McChrystal
2015

The Ideal Team Player
by Patrick Lencioni
2016

Business Chemistry
by Kim Christfort
2018

Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
2019
Seth Godin

Permission Marketing
by Seth Godin
1999

Unleashing the Ideavirus
by Seth Godin
2000

Purple Cow
by Seth Godin
2002

The Dip
by Seth Godin
2007

Tribes
by Seth Godin
2008

Poke the Box
by Seth Godin
2011

The Icarus Deception
by Seth Godin
2012

This is Marketing
by Seth Godin
2018
John Maxwell

Developing the Leader within You
by John Maxwell
1993

Becoming a Person of Influence
by John Maxwell
1997

21 Laws of Leadership
by John Maxwell
1998

17 Laws of Teamwork
by John Maxwell
2001

How Successful People Think
by John Maxwell
2003

Winning with People
by John Maxwell
2004

Today Matters
by John Maxwell
2005

Put Your Dream to the Test
by John Maxwell
2008

Leadership Gold
by John Maxwell
2008

Everyone Communicates Few Connect
by John Maxwell
2010

5 Levels of Leadership
by John Maxwell
2011

15 Laws of Growth
by John Maxwell
2012

Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Learn
by John Maxwell
2013

Good Leaders Ask Great Questions
by John Maxwell
2014

Intentional Living
by John Maxwell
2015

The Leadership Handbook
by John Maxwell
2015

No Limits
by John Maxwell
2017

Leadershift
by John Maxwell
2019
Spiritual

The Maxwell Leadership Bible
by John Maxwell
2002

Dinner with a Perfect Stranger
by David Gregory
2011