Books can offer new ideas and solutions to problems we often face. A good book is a self-help guide. Books for entrepreneurs benefit budding business owners personally as well as at the enterprise level.
1. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class don’t! – Robert T Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad is one of the best personal finance books ever. It tells the story of the author, his parents – the real father and his best friend’s father, and the way things affected the author’s thinking about and investing money. The book points out the difference between your money working for you and working for the money.
2. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich – Timothy Ferris
This book will make you think differently. The author explains the benefits of focusing on the most important things and not wasting time on social media, email, and checking the phone. Timothy explains how he outsourced the work to virtual assistants abroad as well as to employees. Reducing distractions and outsourcing enabled Timothy to become more effective and efficient. The author provides a set of great advice that will benefit all entrepreneurs.
3. How to win friends and influence people – Dale Carnegie
This book is a self help book. It is essential to know that it is essential to attract people to your way of thinking. For this, you need to know how to have a good conversation and make people like you. In other words, the book explains what you need to do to achieve success in your business.
4. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity – David Allen
Getting Things Done is one of the best books on improving productivity. It is a guide on how to use your time efficiently. David Allen says that the more relaxed we are, the better our productivity. This is because when the mind is in a relaxed state, thoughts are effectively organized, resulting in higher productivity. In the book, David Allen explains how to improve productivity.
5. Unreasonably irrational The hidden forces that shape our decisions – Dan Ariely
This book looks deeply into consumer habits and human behaviour. It focuses on revelations that are wired to be irrational to humans. Dan Ariely digs in, using a lot of experimentation to show more blurring than economists would like.