Which books do you recommend?

14 years ago

For SEO: "SEO Book" by Aaron Wall: SEO Book.com ~ SEO Training Made Easy
I loved "e Myth" for business structure by Michael Gerber
Outsourcing... "4 Hour Work Week" by Tim Ferriss
"Getting Things Done" by David Allen for organization and time management
Hmmm what else... Oh for fun! The Saint, The Surfer and the CEO

Hope this helps. I have read and love all of these.

Originally Posted by Dan Briffa

Hi Warriors,

As my business has been growing so has my appetite to read more books, I already have a fast growing collection slowly piling up.. (to many to name) but would like to know what other books other members of the WF would recommend as a IM'er.

Some of my fave books Inc The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini, The Da Vinci Method by Garrett Lo Porto, The Ultimate Sales Letter - Dan Kennedy..

I'm interested in most areas, copy writing, Psychology, Business and productivity, motivation .. but thinking i could probably do with reading a little more into productivity, so if anybody knows any good books i can swipe from amazon please let me know.

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actionplanbiz

14 years ago

4 Hour Work week - Tim ferris
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
Thinking Body Dancing Mind

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Birdi

13 years ago

Hey Dan

I highly recommend another book called "The 7 habits of highly effective people" - by stphen r. covey... but im sure you have that one already...

Im also sure you have read all the "one minute.... books"... "The millionaire mind set" etc .... im sure you got a vast majority of them dan.... if i come across any more i'll let you know.. i got tons of books here can open up my own library lol...

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Headfirst

13 years ago

Tim Ferris was mentioned above - I'll second the 4 hour work week.

I'm also a huge fan of anything by Seth Godin (read everything) and Malcolm Gladwell.

Kennedy's copywriting stuff is great, but the most referenced copywriting book in my office is Joe Sugarman's AdWeek copywriting handbook.

I think it might be out of print, but its worth searching for.

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oneplusone 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Headfirst

I'm also a huge fan of anything by Seth Godin (read everything) and Malcolm Gladwell.

I like Gladwell's stuff too, especially the 10,000-hour rule from his book, "Outliers".
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- x3xsolxdierx3x 13 years ago
  
  There are just so many.
  
  Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is at the top of my list...
  
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- Headfirst 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by oneplusone
  
  I like Gladwell's stuff too, especially the 10,000-hour rule from his book, "Outliers".
  
  Definitely!
  
  I thought about that a couple of years ago when I was thinking about changing directions in my business and thought about how long it would take to really become and expert at something new...
  
  Think about that Warriors. There are a lot of self-proclaimed Guru's that popup, but its pretty well proven that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to be an expert at something (let alone a guru).
  
  10,000 hours is 5 years of 40 hour weeks.
  
  How many of your guru's can actually meet that threshold?
  
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Joe Motion

13 years ago

Only 2 books..

4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris and Work The System by Sam Carpenter.

These 2 books changed my life. I went from working 10 hours a day to 7 hours max a week (and running my business from a laptop while I travel the world).

Can't recommend them enough.

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Woody C

13 years ago

One of the best productivity books I've ever read is

Amazon.com: No B.S. Time Management for... Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy.

I also recommend Work the System by Sam Carpenter, as Joe recommended above. I know Sam is about to release the 3rd edition so you may want to wait a month or so, but in the meantime you can download the first 3 chapters free for joining his list at Work the System.

EDIT: I just happened to see that the OP was from 2009, so it'll be interesting to see if Dan even sees this or has read these books.

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pmbrent

13 years ago

The greatest salesman in the world - OG Mandino
the tipping point - Malcom Gladwell
think and grow rich - Napoleon Hill

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Scott Skinner

13 years ago

Anything by Robert Kiyosaki

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harlan1s

13 years ago

I would recommend;

anything by Jeffrey Gitomer especially the Little Gold Book of Yes Attitude;
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill;
How Successful People Think-John Maxwell
anything by Zig Ziglar.
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Kiyosaki (his later books were not that good).

Hope that piques your interest.

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vishalduggal

13 years ago

For motivation and proper mindset I recommend Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
and to understand each and every aspect of online Business I recommend Business @ The Speed of Thought by Bil gates.

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nick1123

13 years ago

The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini is a classic.

I would also recommend anything by Godin or Gladwell.

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Bradley J Anderson

13 years ago

I see that most of these have already been mentioned, but that just shows how valuable they are:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
The 4 Hour Work week - Tim Ferris
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
Multiple Streams of Income - Robert Allen
Multiple Streams of Internet Income - Robert Allen
Change Your Life in 7 Days - Paul McKenna