You’ve heard the saying that “leaders are readers” and “earners are learners.”
I have read hundreds if not thousands of personal development/business books and I get asked fairly often what I recommend.
So today I have put together my Top 25 Personal Development/Business Books. This list is in no particular order and is not exclusive as there are hundreds of books I would fully endorse – but if you read all 25 of these books you will be a new person – I promise.
With that being said – if you have others you would like to add to the list, please add as comments at the bottom. Enjoy!
Top 25 Personal Growth/Business Books
1. As a Man Thinketh – James Allen
2. Man’s Search for Meaning – Victor Frankl
3. The Greatest Secret in The World – Og Mandino
4. Strengths Finder 2.0 – Tom Rath
5. Success Principles – Jack Canfiield (I prefer the audio version)
6. 8th Habit – Stephen Covey
7. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
8. Aspire – Kevin Hall (right now only at www.powerofwords.net)
9. Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
10. Go For No – Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz
11. Harmonic Wealth – James Ray
12. Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
13. The Power of Belief – Ty Bennett (audio at www.leadershipinc.com)
14. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
15. Tribes – Seth Godin
16. The Go-Giver – Bob Burg, John David Mann
17. Permission Marketing – Seth Godin
18. Built to Last – Jim Collins
19. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – John Maxwell
20. The Speed of Trust – Stephen M. R. Covey
21. Emyth – Michael Gerber
22. The Answer – John Assaraf
23. The Traveler’s Gift – Andy Andrews
24. Happy For No Reason – Marci Shimoff
25. Team of Rivals – Doris Kearns Goodwin
This is one I read years ago that really made me aware about the power of positive self image: Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life by Maxwell Maltz
This was a fun read and had lots of stories on the power of ASKING: The Aladdin Factor by Jack Canfield
This was the 1st of a series from Malcolm Gladwell that showed the science of how a small difference can make a huge impact. It really pertains to our business and word of mouth: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Enjoy!
With admiration,
Willing Tan 陳威潾
(from Malaysia)
Attract it!
Great recommendation on As a Man Thinketh! You and your readers may be interested in The James Allen Library where you can read all of Allen’s works including As a Man Thinketh: http://www.jamesallenlibrary.com
Thanks much for this informational blog post.
Good one on Personal Development and it helps a lot.
Thanks,
Karim – Positive thinking
I would have to recommend “The Slight Edge by Jeff Olsen” as this has be very key to my early beginnings of my personal development.
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