Best business books

[modernfranchises.com]

I like to know what people read about business and process.
My favorite meat and potatoes book for learning how to run a business is called
CEO Logic by C. Ray Johnson
This book takes you step by step into what it takes to kick ass and take initials. (too busy to take names)

what books have influenced your work?

[Jay Brass]

I've heard that many of Donald Trump's books are pretty good.

[JLeezer]

I've heard that many of Donald Trump's books are pretty good.

I have read almost of all his books. I'd say his first few made for good reading, but then he quickly just started writing (having someone else write) books to make money and not provide much helpful insight. Its been a while since I read anything by him, but his first books were good. Also, one of his ex-employees wrote a book about him that was a great alternative view.

I'm currently reading Streetwise Finance And Accounting for Entrepreneurs: Set Budgets, Manage Costs by Suzanne Caplan. For those entrepreneurs not well-versed in finance or accounting, this book is an excellent resource. The author is concise in wording, but extensive in information. There is just the right amount of detail to get anyone through the basic financial statements, budgeting, and valuation of a business. Just checked on Amazon, you can get it for as low at $7 for a used copy.

[freedom.project]

My favorite book that I have ever read that I use in my business is actually not a business book, but a success book. "Think and Grow Rich" my Napoleon Hill. It gives you a lot of incite on creating a vast fortune by thinking.

It basically talks about the law of attraction but it takes it a little bit farther than "The Secret" but giving specific instructions and how to actually achieve what you think about most of the time.

I would recommend this book for everyone on here as a first read. And with that I would recommend "Goals" by Brian Tracy. It gives you an outline on creating a plan to put you goals into action witch is discussed in "Think and Grow Rich".

And in all honesty, goal setting should be the first step towards achieving great success in an area of our lives. I was reading about a study conducted at the Harvard Business School the deals with setting goals.

It tells of a study conducted between 1979 and 1989. In 1979, the graduates of the MBA program at Harvard were asked, "Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?" It turned out that only 3 percent of the graduates had written goals and plans. Thirteen percent had goals, but were not in writing. Fully 84 percent had no specific goals at all, aside from getting out of school and enjoying the summer.

Ten years later, in 1989, the researchers interviewed the members of that class again. They found that the 13 percent who had goals that were not in writing were earning, on average, twice as much as the 84 percent of students who had no goals at all. But most surprisingly, they found that the 3 percent of graduates who had clear, written goals when they left Harvard were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97 percent of the graduates all together. They only difference between the groups was the clarity of the goals they had for themselves when they graduated.

And this just a little incite from "Goals".

Good Readings

Steven

[Fadzuli]

Well I started with the Rich Dad series by Robert Kiyosaki. After that i picked up a few other books like "Magic of Thinking Big", "Personality Plus", Donald Trump books, Sun Tzu Art of War and many more.

[jack1887]

i read “ how to win friends and influence people ” by dale carnegie

[Crysco]

Robert Kiyosaki has a few good books, I started with Rich Dad Poor Dad... it really gets you thinking, Cash Flow Quadrant helps you realize the differences in business. I find Donald Trump... The Art of The Deal to be helpful when trying to be creative.

Whatever it is you find that helps you, read it more than once.

"The Secret" is very good for staying positive.
I have heard great reviews for Think and Grow Rich.

[CIsaac]

i read “ how to win friends and influence people ” by dale carnegie

That's definitely one of my favorites. And Donald Trump's "How To Think Big and Kick Ass"

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[Jay Brass]

I have read almost of all his books. I'd say his first few made for good reading, but then he quickly just started writing (having someone else write) books to make money and not provide much helpful insight. Its been a while since I read anything by him, but his first books were good. Also, one of his ex-employees wrote a book about him that was a great alternative view.

Which books of his did you enjoy and get the most out of?

[RLorenzen]

Think Big and Kick Ass by Trump is great. So is Art of War by Sun Tzu

[JLeezer]

Which books of his did you enjoy and get the most out of?

I'll have to run through my booklist to see which one's of Trump's I got the most out of. It has probably been about 3-4 years since I was fascinated by him. I know I read one that went all the way back to his grandfather...it told the story of the grandfather, his father, and himself in one HUGE book. I know I thought that was a good one. I believe it was The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire - used from $0.38 on Amazon. Just about 600 pages. I'll find the other ones I liked and post them.

[hitman_codename]

I read "The way to top" - Donald Trump. There are great advice in that book.

[Upperz]

This is a great book. Got it from a friend, and read it a few times already.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

[JLeezer]

I've also read several books on Sam Walton...all very good reads & full of information and ideas. I'm not too sure of Walmart's future these days, but still...40 years from start to now, that's impressive.

[warrensway]

e-myth by michael e. gerber