WHY READ BOOKS?
“I’ve always been a reader. I remember that my father used to take me to the library and it was always exciting- wondering what new adventure I would be reading next. I read books that fired my imagination, like Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island and White Fang and I even remember getting in trouble for reading in bed with a torch, lest it strained my eyes!
In my teen years I was fascinated by military history and I read a lot of books about wars, battles and generals, like Napoleon and Wellington.
In my late teens I read romances and adventure novels, including all of the James Bond collection.
As I grew up, my interests changed and I began to focus on biographies – stories of how people’s overnight successes had in fact usually been a struggle. I read books about leadership and management and as my own career developed, I loved the case studies written by management consultants. I also became captivated by the study of human behaviour, by what motivates and inspires us.
The greatest gift my parents gave me was a wonderful education and with that a thirst for knowledge.
When you read a book, in the short time it takes you to read it, you are distilling the wisdom that it has taken the author their entire lifetime to learn – that is leverage on a powerful scale.”
Tony Inman
I hope you enjoy the following selection. I can’t say that I’ve read all of them entirely yet, but they are in my collection and I have read most of them. Enjoy!
Page 1 – Business & Management & Leadership (This Page)
Page 2 – Self-Help & Motivational, The Mind, NLP & Programming Yourself to Succeed
Page 3 – Biographies & Auto-Biographies
Business & Management & Leadership
Adair, John – Effective Leadership
Alexander, Todd – Get Your Business Online Now
Allen, David – How To Get Things Done
Beaumont, Dale – Secrets of Great Success Coaches Exposed!
Blanchard & Johnson, Kenneth & Spencer – The One Minute Manager
Blanchard & Lorber, Kenneth & Robert – Putting The One Minute Manager to Work
Blanchard, Oncken Jnr & Burrows, Kenneth, William & Hal The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
Blanchard and Peale, Kenneth & Norman Vincent – The Power of Ethical Management
Blanchard, Hutson & Williss, Ken, Don & Ethan – The One Minute Entrepreneur
Blanchard, Zigarmi and Zigarmi, Ken, Patricia and Drea – Leadership and The One Minute Manager
Branson, Richard – ‘Losing my Virginity’
Branson, Richard – Business Stripped Bare – Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur
Branson, Richard – Screw Business As Usual
Brech, EFL – Management – Its Nature and Significance
Brown, Margaret – The Manager’s Guide to the Behavioural Sciences
Carlzon, Jan – Moments of Truth
Carnegie, Dale & Associates – How To Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
Collins, Jim – Good to Great
Collins, Patrick – Negotiate To Win
Collis & LeBoeuf, Jack and Michael – Work Smarter, Not Harder
Drucker, Peter F – The Practice of Management
Drucker, Peter F – The Effective Executive
Dwyer, John – How to Wow – Client Attraction System
Emery, Mal – Exposed – Zero to Millionaire in Three Years or Less in Your Own Business and Still Enjoy the Journey Along the Way
Emery, Mal – Crisis Exposed – Recession Proof Your Business and Income
Elvy, H – Marketing Made Simple
Fenn, Donna – Alpha Dogs – How Your Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack
Ferriss, Tim – The 4 Hour Workweek
Fox, Anne – Australia’s New Entrepreneurs – How They Succeeded
Gerber, Michael E – The E Myth Revisited
Gerber, Michael E – E Myth Mastery
Gladwell, Malcolm – The Tipping Point
Gladwell, Malcolm – Outliers – The Story of Success
Godin, Seth – Tribes – We Need You to Lead Us
Godin, Seth – ‘What to Do When it’s Your Turn’ – [And it’s Always Your Turn]
Gowor, Emily – The Unlikely Entrepreneur – A Spiritual Guide to Business and Your Path of Greatest Evolution
Guber, Peter – Tell To Win – Connect, Persuade and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
Hardy, Leonard – Marketing For Profit
Harkavy, Daniel – Becoming a Coaching Leader
Heller, Robert – The Business of Winning
Herald, Justin – So You Have a Great Idea for a Business… Now What?
Hopkins, Tom – How to Master the Art of Selling
Johnson & Wilson, Spencer & Larry – The One Minute Sales Person
Jones & Cooper, Andrew & Cary – Combating Managerial Obsolescence
Lewis, Dr David – Winning New Business – How to Plan & Deliver Successful Sales Presentations
Maxwell, John C – The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
McCormack, Mark H – What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School
McCormack, Mark H – The 110% Solution
Milojevic, Angelique – Entrepreneurs Under The Radar
Mitchell, Euan – Self-Publishing Made Simple
Mogano M – How to Start and Run Your Own Business
Moss, G – Revitalize Your Business
Montoya & Vandehey, Peter and Tim – The Brand Called You – Create a Personal Brand that Wins Attention and Grows Your Business
O’Toole, Tom – Breadwinner – A Fresh Approach to Business Success
Patterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler, Kerry, Joseph, Ron and Al – Crucial Conversations – Tools for Talking when Stakes are High
Perera, Gihan – Fast, Flat and Free – How the Internet has Changed Your Business
Peters, Thomas J – In Search of Excellence
Roberts, Wess – Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
Ryan & Moore, Kevin & Dennis – Making Fun Work
Salt, Bernard – Man Drought and Other Social Issues of the New Century
Sanders, Tim – Love is the Killer App – How To Win Business & Influence Friends
Sharma, Robin – The Leader Who Had No Title – A modern fable on real success in business and in life
Stewart, Rosemary – The Reality of Management
Trump and Zanker, Donald & Bill – Think Big – Make it Happen in Business and Life
Tzu, Sun – The Art of War
Young, Trevor – How to Leverage Social Media and Content Marketing to Micro-domination – Build a Mini-Business Empire Around Your Personal Brand
Other Genres:
Page 2 – Self-Help & Motivational, The Mind, NLP & Programming Yourself to Succeed
Page 3 – Biographies & Auto-Biographies