50 Global Entrepreneurs Recommend 50 Books That Forever Impacted Their LivesMy Facebook group of business owners from around the world share their favorites.
ByAndrew Medal•
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From 2011 to 2013, I read 197 books, and I became more cultured, intelligent, informed and dare I say better looking. Books have the power to change lives. ( I feel like somebody needs to queue theReading Rainbowtheme song. "Take a look, it's in a book,Reading Rainbow!")
I'm pro entrepreneur in all I do. Let's consider me the self-proclaimed "People's Entrepreneur." My mission is to help other entrepreneurs realize their dreams and maximize their potential.
It's the reason I created a Facebook group for a bunch of entrepreneurs to connect, share their wisdom, stories and ask questions. We have almost 4,000 entrepreneurs from about 20 countries. We all ask questions daily and learn from each other and get better at being entrepreneurs.
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One of the recent questions was, "Name one book that has had the greatest impact on your life." This list contains 50 different books from 50 different entrepreneurs in the group from around the world:
1.Think and Grow Richby Napoleon Hill -- recommended by Sandile B. Magwaza
2.Startby Jon Acuff -- recommended by Kimberly Edwards LaComba
3.The Lean Startupby Eric Ries -- recommended by Matt Barber
4.Zero to Oneby Peter Thiel -- recommended by Franklin McCullough
5.Rich Dad Poor Dadby Robert Kiyosaki -- recommended by Mannan Gupta
6.The 100 Dollar Start Upby Chris Guillebeau -- recommended by Nawaz Dangra
7.Produced by Faithby Devon Franklin -- recommended by Say Smith
8.The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mindby Gustave LeBon -- recommended by Ingo Behle
9.The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Peopleby Stephen Covey -- recommended by Puna Snamandla Gumede
10.当幸福来敲门by Chris Gardner -- recommended by Vrush SG
11.The Day That Turns Your Life Aroundby Jim Rohn -- recommended by Paul Kudzaishe Kuona
12.Miss Jessie's: Creating a Business From Scratch Naturallyby Miko Branch
13.Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest In, That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not Do!by Robert Kiyosaki -- recommended by Bek Alcantara
14.The Richest Man in Babylonby George Samuel Clason -- recommended by Mphezeni Thwala
15.The Four Hour Work Weekby Timothy Ferriss -- recommended by Roxana-Mark Stahl
16.Reworkby David Heinemeier and Jason Fried -- recommended by Shan Ru Shaman
17.Losing My Virginityby Richard Branson -- recommended by Marci Pascua
18.Crush Itby Gary Vaynerchuk -- recommended by Alex Velev
19.Stay Hungryby Rashmi Bansal -- recommended by Shaukat Kotwal
20.The Startup of Youby Reid Hoffman -- recommended by Bright Bruce
21.Good to Greatby Jim Collins -- recommended by Adetona Abiodun Abdulquadri
22.Entrepreneur Revolutionby Daniel Priestley -- recommended by Oliver Woodward
23.Millionaire Fastlaneby MJ Demarco -- recommended by Andrew Kingsley
24.How to Win Friends and Influence Peopleby Dale Carnegie -- recommended by Niall Kenny
25.The Magic of Thinking Bigby David Schwartz -- recommended by Marisol Acevedo
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26.The Millionaire Next Doorby Thomas J. Stanley -- recommended by Mark Whelan
27.The Amazing Race to Entrepreneurial Freedomby Georgina Terry -- recommended by Dana Malkenhorst
28.The Education of Millionairesby Michael Ellsberg -- recommended by Oscar Niebla Fuentes
29.The E Mythby Michael E. Gerber -- recommended by Matthew Deem
30.Do Youby Russell Simmons -- recommended by Shy Set Apart
31.The Alchemistby Paolo Cohelo -- recommended by Nick Taylor
32.The Law of Successby Napoleon Hill -- recommended by Yoshua Werts-Galloway
33.You Were Born Richby Bob Proctor -- recommended by Golden Gepp
34.The Art of Warby Sun Tzu -- recommended by Terri Hayes Leary
35.What the Rich Know and Desperately Want to Keep Secretby Brian Sher -- recommended by Okoro Henry
36.Business at the Speed of Thoughtby Bill Gates -- recommended by Simphiwe Siflso Hlabisa
37.How to License Your Million Dollar Ideaby Harvey Reese -- recommended by Shelly Kochevar
38.Start With Whyby Simon Sinek -- recommended by Terry Tsang
39.Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand In the Way of True Inspirationby Ed Catmull -- recommended by Jessica Adams
40.Choose Yourselfby James Altucher -- recommended by Tony Williams
41.The Opportunity Analysis Canvasby Dr. James V. Green --recommended by Jamilah Merrick
42.Do Cool Shitby Miki Agrawal -- recommended by Richard Kevin Nesbitt
43.Three Feet From Goldby Sharon Lechter and Craig Reid -- recommended by Ash Schmidt
44.The Obstacle is the Way - the Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumphby Ryan Holiday -- recommended by Prabhjot Maan Puar
45.The Everything Storeby Brad Stone -- recommended by Arne Giske
46.The Intelligent Investorby Benjamin Graham -- recommended by Nilo Frias
47.The One Thingby Gary Keller -- recommended by Caio Amaral
48.The Bible --recommended S'phiwe Ngubane
49.The Success Principlesby Jack Canfield -- recommended by Kelly Jacobson
50.Outwitting the Devilby Napoleon Hill -- recommended by Kyle Scouten
I'd love to hear your recommendations. Tweet me or provide them in the comments section below.
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