Recommended reading...
What do you do to keep yourself consistently inspired and motivated?
Leaders Are Readers - Read Continually by Brian Tracy
“Read in your field an hour every day. Read more if you possibly can, but never less than an hour. Read mental protein, not mental candy. Read solid books and valuable articles that enable you to learn and grow and expand your abilities in your field. Put away the newspaper, turn off the television, shut down the radio, and concentrate your wonderful mind on absorbing powerful, practical, proven principles that can help you to move ahead. One hour a day of reading will make you an authority in your field in two or three years; it will make you an expert in five years; it will probably make you rich in seven. One hour a day will put you ahead of 99 percent of the population in a short period of time.”
Recommended Reading
Suggested in this order by Don Sardella of the Institute for Leadership Development
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Note: Many of these books can be borrowed for free from your local library system (in some cases, via internet, from your state or region's library resources)
Leadership Development and Team Building:
“Principled-Centered Leadership” by Dr. Stephen R. Covey
“Visionary Leadership” by Burt Nanus
“On Becoming a Leader” by Warren Bennis
“Organizing Genius – The Secrets of Creative Collaboration” by Warren Bennis
“The Leadership Challenge” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
“The Leadership Engine – How Winning Companies Build Leaders
at Every Level” by Noel M. Tichy and Eli Cohen
“Masterful Coaching” by Robert Hargrove
Goal Setting and Achievement:
“Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don't” by Jim Collins
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Dr. Stephen R. Covey
“Maximum Achievement” by Brian Tracy
“Over the Top” by Zig Ziglar
“Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
“The Portable Coach” by Thomas J. Leonard
Professional Sales, Service and Communications:
“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
“Advanced Selling Strategies” by Brian Tracy
“Ziglar On Selling” (The Ultimate Handbook for the
Complete Sales Professional) by Zig Ziglar
“Spin Selling” by Neil Rackman
“Influence” by Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D.
Effective Time and Life Management:
“First Things First” by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Dr. A. Roger Merrill and Dr. Rebecca R. Merrill
“Take Time for Your Life” by Cheryl Richardson
“You Can Be Happy No Matter What” by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
“Effective Executive” by Peter Drucker
Personal Financial Growth:
“Your Money or Your Life” by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
“The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason
“Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki
“Rich On Any Income” by James P. Christensen and Clint Combs
Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations:
“Leaders Who Make a Difference: Essential Strategies for Meeting the Nonprofit Challenge” by Burt Nanus and Stephen M. Dobbs
“Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices”
by Peter F. Drucker
Philanthropy:
“Paul J. Meyer and the Art of Giving” by John Edmund Haggai
Marriage and Family Development:
“Courtship After Marriage” by Zig Ziglar
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families” by Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Parenting:
“Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World” by Zig Ziglar.
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by Sean Covey
A final note: These are books that I have either read or, in some cases, have listened to on audiocassette while they are also available as a book.
For further information about any of these books, you can visit www.amazon.com, if you like, to read the book's editorial reviews, as well as what some of their readers think and how they rated them.
Again, in many library systems, you can order (via their website or reference librarian) publications that they may have housed in other branch locations and then be made available through your local library.
This can both extend your “reach”, as well as give you a chance to freely review books and other library resources. On that basis, you can determine if you want to purchase the book(s) and utilize it a repeat reference source and handbook. (with pen and highlighter in hand -:)
If you have any reading recommendations that you have read and that you think are particularly relevant and useful, please let us know what the book is and why you think it is a worthy investment of time, energy and money. We whole-heartedly welcome your suggestions and we will most certainly research your recommendation(s). Again, as a final note, we do not recommend any books we have not personally studied.
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