18 books like Think big and kick ass in business and life

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Real Estate Riches Dolf de Roos · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate An all-time bestseller, Dolf de Roos's classic Real Estate Riches shows you how to find great deals and make great profits in the real estate market. You?ll learn why real estate is such a reliable moneymaker and how to achieve the biggest return possible on your investment. Full of time-honored wisdom, proven tactics, and quick-and-easy tips, this book shows you how to find the best properties… Shares: Real Estate Investment, Business

Built to Last Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras · 1994 · ★ 3.5 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor even is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies." So write James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras in this groundbreaking… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Success in business, Business

Pushing Up People Art Williams · 1984 · ★ 4.5 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Pushing Up People is about time-tested, proven principles that will help you identify winners, get the most out of your people, help your people have fantastic success and, ultimately, push YOU to the top!! This was the definitive book that explained how to be a success in multi-level marketing - it is all about how to treat your people to create a winning team - Art Williams did it and so… Shares: Success in business, Business

Secrets of Sand Hill Road Scott Kupor · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind closed doors? And what can you do to influence that conversation? If Silicon Valley is the greatest wealth-generating machine in the world, Sand Hill Road is its humming engine. That's where you'll find the biggest names in venture capital, including famed VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, where lawyer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-VC Scott… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Business

Start with why Simon Sinek · 2009 · ★ 4.2 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The most important question for any organization There's a naturally occurring pattern shared by the people and organizations that achieve the greatest long-term success. From Martin Luther King Jr. to Steve Jobs, from the pioneers of aviation to the founders of Southwest Airlines, the most inspiring leaders think, act, and communicate the exact same way—and it's the complete opposite of everyone… Shares: Motivational, Entrepreneurship, Business

I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance— banking, saving, budgeting, and… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Success in business, Business

Surviving Your Serengeti Stefan Swanepoel · 2011 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When a brutal business environment meets a soft economy, you need sources of inspiration and wisdom for survival. This compelling fable offers a riveting tale of life in Africa’s Serengeti and lessons for today’s beleaguered business people and struggling society. Every year, more than two million animals make a thousand-mile journey across the harsh, beautiful Serengeti, a journey full of… Shares: Motivational, Business

Flipping Houses For Dummies Ralph R. Roberts · 2006 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "This book is designed for realty investors who want to profit from buying below market, making cosmetic improvements to add value, and then quickly reselling. But real estate agents and home buyers should also study it because of the valuable insights offered by a longtime, very successful real estate broker. On my scale of one to 10, this superb book rates an off-the-chart 12." --Robert Bruss … Shares: Real Estate Investment, Business

Chaos Monkeys Antonio Garcia Martinez · 2016 · ★ 3.6 · 536p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of early social media and online marketing, sharing critical insights into how they are shaping today's world."--NoveList. Shares: Entrepreneurship, Success in business

Selling 101 Zig Ziglar · 2003 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Here in a short, compact and concise format is the basics of how to persuade more people more effectively, more ethically, and more often. Ziglar draws from his fundamental selling experiences and shows that while the fundamentals of selling may remain constant, sales people must continue learning, living, and looking: learning from the past without living there; living in the present by seizing… Shares: Success in business, Business

Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich David Garfinkel · 2006 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate From the legendary copywriting coach: Templates and examples of headlines you can use today to persuade customers—and massively boost profits. The headline makes the difference when it comes to advertising—whether it's a website, postcard, sales letter, print ad, or direct mail solicitation. Veteran marketers and entrepreneurs know a powerful headline is the most important factor for putting… Shares: Success in business, Business

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Peter F. Drucker · 1985 · ★ 4.1 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as purposeful and systematic discipline which explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. A superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public survey institutions, and new yentures have to know, have to learn, and have to do in today's economy and marketplace. Shares: Entrepreneurship, Business

Competing Against Luck Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon & David S. Duncan · 2016 · ★ 4.2 The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book on business strategy every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy?… Shares: Success in business, Business

The dynamics of persuasion Richard M. Perloff · 1993 · 628p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Accessibly written and research-informed, the 9th edition of this important text offers readers a comprehensive view of persuasion, attitudes, and influence.This edition explains the theories and foundations of persuasive communication through examples of persuasion in action, both historical and contemporary. Updates include a refreshed look at social media and misinformation; examinations of… Shares: Attitudes, Psychological aspects

The Psychology of Selling Brian Tracy · 1986 · ★ 4.4 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Ben shu nei rong bao kuo:xiao shou de nei zai bo yi,She li bing shi xian quan bu xiao shou mu biao,Ren men yin he er gou mai,Chuang yi xiao shou,Yue jian geng duo de ke hu,Cheng gong xiao shou de shi da guan jian deng. Shares: Success in business, Psychological aspects, Business

嫌われる勇気 Ichirō Kishimi · 2013 · ★ 3.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous bestseller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of twentieth century psychology, The Courage to Be Disliked follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The… Shares: Motivational, Business

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind T. Harv Eker · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?The shocking answer… Shares: Success in business, Psychological aspects, Business

Predictable Revenue Aaron Ross · 2012 · ★ 4.0 GROW REVENUE BY 300% OR MORE AND MAKE IT PREDICTABLE, WITH THE “SILICON VALLEY SALES BIBLE” "Alexander Graham Bell discovered the telephone, Thomas Edison discovered electricity and Aaron Ross discovered the Enterprise Market for Salesforce.com."  SHELLY DAVENPORT - VP Worldwide Sales at Replicon & ex-VP Corporate Sales at Salesforce.com Discover the outbound sales process that, in… Shares: Success in business, Business

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