Freakonomics is adored and despised in equal measure. The book is a compilation of papers published by Steven D. Levitt, an economist known for bringing economic theory to issues that orthodox economists do not generally discuss. Levitt and Dubner examine a wide range of topics in Freakonomics, including the economics of drug trade and the impact of legalized abortion in lowering crime rates.
Goodreads Rating: 3.96/5 (615,000+ ratings)
Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators is a fascinating look at the people who invented the computer and the internet. Isaacson recounts the history of the digital revolution in the book, revealing how specific inventors and entrepreneurs transformed their visionary ideas into disruptive realities. Freakonomics is a collection of essays authored by Steven D. Levitt, who is well-known for applying economic theory to topics that professional economists do not generally explore.
Goodreads Rating: 4.08/5 (22,000+ ratings)
Smarter Faster Better explores the science of productivity and explains why some individuals and companies are so much better than others at the things they do. Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit (see #4), reveals eight key concepts — from motivation to decision making to innovation — that explain why some people and companies are more productive than others.
Like his international bestseller The Power of Habit, this book contains numerous examples and draws heavily on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology.
As the title suggests, this book will help you become smarter, faster, and better at everything you do.
Goodreads Rating: 3.89/5 (30,000+ ratings)
Grit by Angela Duckworth highlights the value of passion and perseverance in attaining long-term objectives and gives ways for developing grit to succeed in life. Duckworth demonstrates the impact of grit by combining decades of psychology study and inspiring success stories from business and sports. The book illustrates why grit is considerably more crucial for success than skill or intelligence.
Goodreads Rating: 4.07/5 (43,000+ ratings)
73. The Art of Thinking Clearly
The Art of Thinking by Rolf Dobelli Examines our most prevalent cognitive biases and shows how to overcome them using informative common sense. In 99 brief chapters, it shows the most typical blunders in judgment and how to prevent them. A fascinating study into human reasoning that is required reading for anybody who must make crucial judgments.
Goodreads Rating: 3.83/5 (16,900+ ratings)
74. So Good They Can’t Ignore You
They Can’t Ignore You in So Good, Cal Newport investigates the realities of how individuals come to love what they do. He describes alternate tactics for establishing a captivating career that are far more effective. Passion emerges after you have worked hard to become outstanding at something meaningful, not before. What you do for a living is secondary to how you do it.
Goodreads Rating: 4.07/5 (33,500+ ratings)
The blockbuster book The Big Short by Michael Lewis tells the story of four outsiders in the world of high finance who foresaw the credit and housing bubble collapse before anybody else. The film adaption is one of my all-time favorites, and it’s one I’d suggest to any entrepreneur. If you’re searching for some motivation, check out my selection of the top movies for entrepreneurs.
Goodreads Rating: 4.26/5 (147,500+ ratings)
Harvard Professor Shawn Achor argues in The Happiness Advantage that the classic paradigm of “success first, happiness second” is flawed. According to research, pleasure really boosts performance and accomplishment, giving us the “Happiness Advantage.” Achor outlines seven practical concepts for predicting success and performance. The book will assist you in developing a more optimistic attitude at work and in other parts of your life.
Goodreads Rating: 4.16/5 (18,000+ ratings)
Give and Take, Adam Grant’s latest book, contends that in order to attain greater personal achievement, generosity is equally as necessary as hard effort. Grant’s book provides a persuasive case for altruism by utilizing cutting-edge research and success examples from Hollywood to history. According to Grant, in the long term, giving is the recipe for business success.
Goodreads Rating: 4.09/5 (17,500+ ratings)
78. The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enron was an American energy, commodities, and services conglomerate that declared bankruptcy in 2001. According to reports, the company’s financial situation was the product of a systematic accounting fraud. Since then, the word Enron has been associated with deception and fraud. The extraordinary narrative of Enron’s growth and demise is told in The Smartest Guys in the Room.
Goodreads Rating: 4.18/5 (14,000+ ratings)
Switch by Chip and Dan Heath is an argument for making difficult changes. This book, like their best-selling Made to Stick, is jam-packed with examples and “concept clinics” to help anybody make long-term change a reality. The Heath brothers provide us with a simple three-part structure to help us adjust our behavior in any scenario.
Goodreads Rating: 4.04/5 (35,000+ ratings)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki is one of the most widely read personal finance books of all time. The book emphasizes the significance of financial education and financial independence, often known as financial IQ. It has sold over 32 million copies and has received endorsements from celebrities such as Oprah and Will Smith. Daymond John, a Shark Tank investor and entrepreneur, considers it one of his favorite novels.
Goodreads Rating: 4.10/5 (450,000+ ratings)
Seth Godin’s most recent business book is This Is Marketing. In it, he argues why advertising makes no sense in today’s commercial scene. Godin argues that marketers should instead use an approach that recognizes people’s core wants and aspirations. The value proposition and storytelling may then target a core set of fans who are open to new experiences.
Goodreads Rating: 3.97/5 (10,000+ ratings)
DuckDuckGo co-founder Gabriel Weinberg and serial entrepreneur Justin Mares wrote the business book Traction. They unveil nineteen various traction channels in the book, ranging from SEO to email marketing to community development, and provide the so-called Bullseye structure. Traction contains a wealth of marketing lessons for early-stage firms, along with examples and case studies.
Goodreads Rating: 4.16/5 (4,900+ ratings)
Hans Rosling was a Swedish physician, statistician, scholar, and public speaker. During his lifetime, he gave multiple TED presentations in which he expressed his hopeful overall outlook on humanity’s future. These points of view were eventually encapsulated in his posthumous book Factfulness. Bill Gates recommended Factfulness as one of the top five books to read in 2018.
Goodreads Rating: 4.37/5 (40,000+ ratings)
Benjamin Graham was an American investor and economist who prospered following the 1929 financial catastrophe. He’s known as the “Father of Value Investing.” His book The Intelligent Investor, first published in 1949, has sold over one million copies worldwide. The book’s most recent revision contains new comments by prominent financial writer Jason Zweig.
Goodreads Rating: 4.23/5 (53,000+ ratings)
Peter Bregman’s 18 MINUTES is the ideal combination of a business book and a self-help manual. His strategy, based on a succession of tiny bite-sized chapters, helps us to safely traverse the continual clamor of emails, text messages, phone calls, and interminable meetings. The greatest method to deal with continuous and annoying interruptions is to generate one’s own constructive diversions.
Goodreads Rating: 3.86/5 (3,500+ ratings)
Gary Vaynerchuk’s book Crush It! was released in 2009 and focuses on exploiting various internet venues to generate traction for your business. Gary Vee’s justification for mixing passion and business is more relevant than ever a decade after the book’s publication, thanks to social media and influencer marketing. The book will teach readers how to discover their passion and then convert it into a thriving, monetized company.
Goodreads Rating: 3.89/5 (24,000+ ratings)
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