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Leadership and Development Books

Welcome to my Leadership and Development books page. You’ve guessed it, a page about books on leadership or my own personal development that I am either currently reading or that I intend to read.

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The Book or Books That I’m Currently Reading

Ok, to start with I will list here any books that I am currently reading. It will probably be a very short list as I usually only read one or two books at a time!

So here goes, the book I am currently reading is The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM and I’m currently about a third into it.

Books I Intend To Read

So below I will include posts of books I’ve either added to my reading list. 

At some point I additionally need to add these books to my official to read list posts too, once again they were all recommended by Hal Elrod the author of the Miracle Morning. 

  • Rework, Jason Fried/David Heinemeier Hansson GR:3.97
  • How To Be An Adult In Relationships, David Richo/Kathlyn Hendricks GR:4.25
  • No B.S. Time Management, Dan Kennedy GR:4.05
  •  A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life, Maxwell Maltz GR4.23
  • Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz  GR:4.26
  • MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Anthony Robbins GR:3.97
  • Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula to Sell Almost Anything Online, Build a Business You Love, and Live the Life of Your Dreams by Jeff Walker GR 3.97
  • Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Retention by John Ruhlin GR 4.04

 Health & Sleep

  • How Not to Die, Michael Greger, M.D. GR:4.45
  • The China Study, T. Colin Campbell/Thomas M. Campbell GR4.24
  • Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson GR 3.94

Relationships

  • The Mastery of Love, Don Miguel Ruiz GR:4.26
  • The 5 Love Languages, Gary D Chapman GR4.26
  • Conscious Loving, Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks GR4.31

Success/Productivity

  •  The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr/Tony Schwartz GR:3.97
  • The Power of Focus, Jack Canfield/Mark Victor Hansen/Les Hewitt GR4.16
  • 10-Minute Declutter: The Stress-Free Habit for Simplifying Your Home by S.J. Scott and Barrie Davenport GR:3.41
  • High-Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendon Burchard GR: 4.13

Happiness

  • A Complaint Free World, Will Bowen GR:3.94
  • The Rhythm of Life, Matthew Kelly GR:4.24
  • A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle GR:4.13

Money

  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki GR 4.12
  • The Millionaire Fastlane, MJ DeMarco GR 4.31
  • Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker GR:4.20
  • Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey GR 4.23
  • I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works, Ramit Sethi GR: 4.16

  • The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko GR:4.06

  • The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley GR:4.19

  • The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason GR:4.25

Business/Entrepreneurship

  • Love Is the Killer App, Tim Sanders GR:3.85
  • Double Double, Cameron Herold GR:3.91
  • She Means Business: Turn Your Ideas into Reality and Become a Wildly Successful Entrepreneur, Carrie Green GR: 4.13

  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson GR: 4.16

  • Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz GR:4.26

  • Digital Millionaire Secrets : How I Built an 8-Figure Business Selling My Knowledge Online by Dan Henry GR:4.4

  • Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway To Wealth & Prosperity by Dean Graziosi GR:4.08

  • The Millionaire Messenger: Make a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your Advice by Brendon Burchard GR: 4.11

  • The E-myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber GR:4.06

  • DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russell Brunson GR:4.23
  • Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World by Russell Brunson GR:4.22
  • Traffic Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Filling Your Websites and Funnels with Your Dream Customers by Russell Brunson, Dean Graziosi (Foreword) GR:4.33
  • The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino GR:4.2
  • The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II: The End of the Story by Og Mandino GR:4.33

Other

Books that I’m not sure where they fit yet, as may need to read them to understand more…
  • Skip the line by James Altucher GR:4.14
  • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear GR:4.38
  • The Go-Giver: A little story about a powerful business idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann GR: 4.34
  • Every book by Jim Rohn – recommended by Anthony Robbins, they all appear to be over 4.00 on Goodreads GR4.++
 
think and grow rich

Think And Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

Goodreads rating: 4.18 Do I currently own a copy: Yes Another recommendation from The Miracle Morning. I have actually read this book before and it is a classic, possibly one of the first books that delves into the self help world of being your best and focussing on your passions, etc. Read it many years […]

Mastery

Mastery by Robert Greene

Goodreads rating: 4.25 Do I currently own a copy: No Another recommendation by the Miracle Morning.  

the seven habits of highly effective people

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

GoodReads Rating: 4.15 Do I own a copy: Yes Now I have actually read this book before, but it was a long time back, so therefore I think I might re-read it again. I do remember it being quite a useful book but a little wordy in places – although not sure about that as […]

Books I’ve Read

Well at least since I started documenting what I’ve read
 
the seven levels of communication

The Seven Levels of Communication: Go from relationships to referrals

Goodreads rating: 4.34 The notes I took from the book that I found kind of useful were: Create a communication plan for the contacts in your CRM system. Rate the contacts A through to D, delete D’s. When selling, in person or a phone call always beats email Post success stories and status updates on […]

the compound effect

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

Goodreads rating: 4.24 Do I currently own a copy: Yes Another recommendation from The Miracle Morning. Well today is December 8th, 2022 and I have just finished this book. I started it on November 28th, 2022 so it has taken me 11 days to complete, reading up to a maximum of 30 minutes each day […]

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