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Top Books toTransform anEntrepreneur’s Lifedanmartell.com
Top Books to Transforman Entrepreneur’s LifeHere’s the truth.Second to people, books have hadthe greatest impact on my life.It all started with a trip to the bookstore.I was 23 years old, had startedtwo failed companies, and wasabout to start on my 3rd.I was so worried of failing.I decided to look for guidance.Then it all changed when I saw a bookcalled Love is The Killer App.It was by a guy named Tim Sandersand he worked at Yahoo.Since I was a tech nerd, itresonated with me.I figured if I didn’t learn anything,at least their would be some goodstories about a company I admired.But I wasn’t a “reader”.So I bought it. the audio book version :)(Still counts, right?)Up until that point in my life,I had never read a book.Once I started I couldn’t stop.I’m serious. It actually took me5 years to get out of high schoolbecause I wasn’t a great student.TOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEI binge-listened to that bookover the next 2 days.It literally transformed my life.2
Over the years I’ve readover 1,000 books.Reading is what shapes mythinking, my actions and areresponsible for my outcomes.That’s why I wanted to create this list.I get entrepreneurs asking me all the timeto recommend books. but the truth is, Ican’t do it justice without understandingthe challenge they’re having.So that’s why I created this list.It’s the books that have stoodout for me over the years.They might not be the most popular butthey moved me to take action and hada dramatic impact in my businesses.So here you go.How Should You Read Them?TOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFECertain books can be listened to,in those cases I make a suggestionnext to the author’s name.Other should be read with a highlighter.The key to reading is retention.Here’s the dirty truth.Most books could besummarized into 20 pages.What makes a great book a GREATbook is it’s ability to suck us in andpersuade us to take action.It’s about a transformation.To connect with a book you needto underline, highlight and sharewhat you’ve learned with others.It’ll help you go back and referencekey strategies, quotes and suggestionsmade by the author to help youimprove your business and life.3
Do the work.But.Collect your highlights and review them.If you read a book, and make a firmcommitment to extract and implement3 new strategies you learned, thenyou’ve integrated the learning.That way, it gets ingrained in your mindand will help guide your decisions.What Should You Do WithWhat You Learn?The key to getting benefit from reading isintegrating the knowledge into your life.If all you do is read to be inspired butdo nothing with it then you might as wellhave spent that time serving a customer.After a while, it compoundsand you will grow.Trust me, it’s a beautiful thing.It also helps build your confidencebecause the world stops seemingso mysterious to you.Dan MartellTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFE4
Personal DevelopmentThink andGrow Richby Napoleon HillAwaken theGiant Within:How To Take Immediate ControlOf Your Mental, Emotional,Physical And Financialby Tony RobbinsAs a ManThinkethby James AllenManagingOneselfby Peter DruckerTheCompoundEffectby Darren HardyTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFE5
ProductivityThe 7 Habits ofHighly EffectivePeopleby Stephen R. CoveyThe 4-HourWork Week:Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhereand Join the New Richby Timothy FerrissTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEGettingThings Done:The Art of Stress-FreeProductivityby David AllenThe ONE Thing:The Surprisingly SimpleTruth Behind ExtraordinaryResultsby Gary Keller and JayPapasan6
MotivationThe Magic OfThinking BigThe Charge:Activating the 10Human Drives ThatMake Youby Brendon Burchardby David SchwartzThe 48 Lawsof Powerby Robert GreeneLeadershipThe 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership:Follow Them and People Will Follow Youby John C. MaxwellTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFE7
MarketingPurple Cow:Transform Your Business by BeingRemarkableby Seth GodinPositioning:The Battle for Your Mind Paperbackby Al Ries & Jack TroutTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEInfluence:The Psychology of Persuasion (CollinsBusiness Essentials)by Robert B. Cialdini PhDGetting Everything YouCan Out of All You’ve Got:21 Ways You Can Out-Think, OutPerform, and Out-Earn the Competitionby Jay Abraham8
Business Building & SystemsGood to Great:Why Some CompaniesMake the Leap.AndOthers Don’tby Jim CollinsScaling Up:How a Few Companies MakeIt.and Why the Rest Don’tby Verne HarnishWork the System:The Simple Mechanics ofMaking More and Working Lessby Sam CarpenterTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEThe E Myth:Why Most BusinessesDon’t Work and Whatto Do About Itby Michael E. GerberThe ChecklistManifesto:How to Get Things Rightby Atul Gawande9
Hiring & Managing PeopleWhoby Geoff SmartDeliveringHappiness:A Path to Profits,Passion, and Purposeby Tony HsiehTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFETribal Leadership:Leveraging Natural Groups toBuild a Thriving Organizationby Dave LoganScrum:The Art of Doing Twicethe Work in Half theTime Hardcoverby Jeff Sutherland10
Getting More Sales& PersuasionThe UltimateSales MachineBy Chet HolmesTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEJeffrey Gitomer’s LittleRed Book of Selling:12.5 Principles for sales greatness:How to make sales FOREVERby Jeffrey Gitomer11
Inspiring Business Stories& BiographiesSteve Jobsby Walter IsaacsonTitan:The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.by Ron ChernowTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFELosing My Virginity:How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made aFortune Doing Business My Wayby Richard BransonElon Musk:Tesla, SpaceX, and the Questfor a Fantastic Future,by Ashlee Vance12
Building BusinessRelationshipsNever Eat Alone,Expanded and Updated:And Other Secrets to Success, OneRelationship at a Timeby Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl RazTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEHow to Win Friends andInfluence Peopleby Dale Carnegie13
Using Story ToCompel OthersThe Hero’s JourneyBy Joseph CampbellTell to Win:Connect, Persuade,and Triumph with theHidden Power of Storyby Peter GuberTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEStart With Why:How Great Leaders InspireEveryone to Take Actionby Simon Sinek14
Finding & Breaking ThroughCreative BlocksSteal Like an Artist:10 Things Nobody Told You AboutBeing Creativeby Austin KleonTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEThe War of Artby Steven Pressfield15
Cool Science &Behaviour PsychologyThe Tipping Point:How Little Things Can Make a BigDifferenceby Malcolm GladwellTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFESapiens:A Brief History of Humankindby Yuval Noah Harari16
Building a Software CompanyThe Lean Startup:How Today’s EntrepreneursUse Continuous Innovation toCreate Radically SuccessfulBusinesses Kindle Editionby Eric RiesDon’t Make MeThink, Revisited:A Common SenseApproach to Web Usability(Voices That Matter)by Steve KrugCrossing the Chasm:Marketing and Selling DisruptiveProducts to Mainstream Customersby Geoffrey A. MooreTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFEThe Innovator’sDilemma:The Revolutionary BookThat Will Change the WayYou Do Businessby Clayton M. ChristensenZero to One:Notes on Startups, or How toBuild the Futureby Peter Thiel and Blake Masters17
Personal DevelopmentBusiness Building & SystemsBuilding Business RelationshipsThink and Grow RichGood to Great: Why Some CompaniesMake the Leap.And Others Don’tNever Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated:And Other Secrets to Success, OneRelationship at a Timeby Napoleon HillAwaken the Giant Within: How to TakeImmediate Control of Your Mental,Emotional, Physical and Financialby Jim CollinsScaling Up: How a Few Companies MakeIt.and Why the Rest Don’tby Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Razby Tony Robbinsby Verne Harnishby Dale CarnegieManaging OneselfThe E Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’tWork and What to Do About ItUsing Story To Compel OthersThe Hero’s Journeyby Peter DruckerAs a Man Thinkethby James AllenThe Compound Effectby Darren HardyProductivityThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleby Stephen R. CoveyGetting Things Done: The Art of StressFree Productivityby David AllenThe 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5,Live Anywhere and Join the New Richby Timothy FerrissThe ONE Thing: The Surprisingly SimpleTruth Behind Extraordinary Resultsby Gary Keller and Jay PapasanMotivationThe Charge: Activating the 10 HumanDrives That Make Youby Brendon BurchardThe Magic Of Thinking Bigby David SchwartzThe 48 Laws of Powerby Robert GreeneLeadershipThe 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership:Follow Them and People Will Follow Youby John C. MaxwellMarketingPurple Cow: Transform Your Business byBeing Remarkableby Seth Godinby Michael E. GerberWork the System: The Simple Mechanicsof Making More and Working Lessby Sam CarpenterThe Checklist Manifesto: How to GetThings Rightby Atul GawandeHiring & Managing PeopleWhoby Geoff SmartTribal Leadership: Leveraging NaturalGroups to Build a Thriving Organizationby Dave LoganDelivering Happiness: A Path to Profits,Passion, and Purposeby Tony HsiehScrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Workin Half the Time Hardcoverby Jeff SutherlandGetting More Sales & PersuasionThe Ultimate Sales Machineby Chet HolmesJeffrey Gitomer’s Little Red Bookof Selling: 12.5 Principles for salesgreatness: How to make sales FOREVERby Jeffrey GitomerInspiring Business Stories& BiographiesSteve Jobsby Walter IsaacsonLosing My Virginity: How I Survived, HadFun, and Made a Fortune Doing BusinessMy WayInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion(Collins Business Essentials)by Richard Bransonby Robert B. Cialdini PhDby Ron ChernowPositioning: The Battle for Your MindPaperbackby Al Ries & Jack TroutTitan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Questfor a Fantastic Future,by Ashlee VanceGetting Everything You Can Out of AllYou’ve Got: 21 Ways You Can OutThink, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn theCompetitionHow to Win Friends and Influence Peopleby Joseph CampbellTell to Win: Connect, Persuade, andTriumph with the Hidden Power of Storyby Peter GuberStart with Why: How Great Leaders InspireEveryone to Take Actionby Simon SinekFinding & Breaking ThroughCreative BlocksSteal Like an Artist: 10 Things NobodyTold You About Being Creativeby Austin KleonThe War of Artby Steven PressfieldCool Science & BehaviourPsychologyThe Tipping Point: How Little Things CanMake a Big Differenceby Malcolm GladwellSapiens: A Brief History of Humankindby Yuval Noah HarariBuilding a Software CompanyThe Lean Startup: How Today’sEntrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovationto Create Radically Successful BusinessesKindle Editionby Eric RiesDon’t Make Me Think, Revisited: ACommon Sense Approach to WebUsability (Voices That Matter)by Steve KrugThe Innovator’s Dilemma: TheRevolutionary Book That Will Change theWay You Do Businessby Clayton M. ChristensenCrossing the Chasm: Marketing andSelling Disruptive Products to MainstreamCustomersby Geoffrey A. MooreZero to One: Notes on Startups, or How toBuild the Futureby Peter Thiel and Blake Mastersby Jay AbrahamTOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM AN ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFE18
By Chet Holmes Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles for sales greatness: How to make sales FOREVER by Jeffrey Gitomer Getting More Sales & Persuasion . TOP BOOKS TO TRANSFORM ENTREPRENEUR’S LIFE 12 Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson Titan: The Life
