 10 Timeless Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read Being an entrepreneur is a lonely journey. However, one well-known fact around the world is that successful people read. The world's richest people come from different backgrounds. However, certain traits are common amongst them, one of which is reading. According to an infographic by a social media marketing company now sourcing, 88% of wealthy people read at least 30 minutes each day. Jim Rahn once said and I quote, Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. Also, according to Dr. Seuss, an American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, screenwriter and filmmaker, the more you read, the more things you know. The more that you know, the more that you'll learn, the more places you'll go. Succeeding as an entrepreneur largely depends on your mindset, not your talent or resources. Your mindset, however, can be developed by consuming the right content, such as reading good business books, watching certain business TV shows and the likes. Also, reading books will teach you how to persuade people and sell your product, including how to market your product. That is how to position, package and develop products that people need. Hence, in this video, I'll share with you 10 timeless books every entrepreneur should read. This, I believe, will help you become a successful person. If you're new here, consider subscribing so that you won't miss other interesting videos like this. 1. Mindset, the new psychology of success by Carol Dwick As an entrepreneur, you need the mindset of success, and Carol Dwick's book is a great place to start in developing that mindset. You see, life is about solving problems and finding solutions. As an entrepreneur, you are expected to be a problem solver. However, if you always look at the risks and consequences of everything, you may never take risks because all you'll be interested in is playing it safe and remaining in your comfort zone. When you don't step out of your comfort zone, you won't grow, and if you don't grow, you can't succeed. 2. The hard thing about hard things Building a business when there are no easy answers by Ben Horowitz In this book, Ben Horowitz, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, shares his experience and advice about success. According to him, there is no formula for success. However, there are lessons to be learned from other people's hardships and failures. Using his career as a case study, Horowitz talks about how to do everything from demoting a friend to handling promotions or bad employees. 3. Influenced by Robert Caldini What makes people say yes to something? One of the most important questions every salesperson should be able to answer. Caldini started his book with this question and also successfully changed the conventional belief that it is the merit of a product that makes people say yes to them. Instead, Caldini believes that it is the context in which the message is placed that convinces or persuades people to say yes. According to him, the six principles of influence, reciprocity, consistency, flexibility, social proof, authority and scarcity are responsible for building a business which will be the envy of others. 4. Deep Work by Carl Neuport In this book, Neuport highlights how one can become skillful in their craft by dedicating a given period of practicing and improving on the work. In a world where we are easily distracted thanks to our smartphone, it requires discipline to commit to self-development. However, if we focus on certain periods to deep work, our output would dramatically increase and our ability to outshine others increases exponentially. 5. The $100 Startup Reinvent the way you make a living. Do what you love and create a new future by Chris Gillebeau To Gillebeau, the myth that you have to own tons of money to be successful was debunked in his book. The author listed out 1,500 individuals with self-build businesses that started on a modest budget and later turned at least $50,000 in annual profits. With a focus on 50 of them, Gillebeau explained their trials and errors as they grew to become bigger brands, also highlighted what it takes to build a startup company in any country of the world. 6. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Covey explains how to be proactive as an entrepreneur and how to take steps one at a time to engage people by finding a win-win situation which states that your priority should be to create a product or service which will benefit your customer, every other thing follows. 7. Anything You Want by Derek Sievers Sivers built CD Baby and sold it later for $22 million. How did they achieve this? In his book, Anything You Want, Sivers shares the biggest mistakes, keys to its success and the philosophies behind the big decisions. Luckily, it's a pretty small book that you can read in an hour. 8. Rework by Jason Freid and David Heinemmer Hansen Hansen and Freid are the two men behind 37 Signals, a successful software company that has defied conventional business models for over 15 years. In this book, sharing the secrets behind their success, these two defied traditional rules and preferred simple, no-nonsense advice for starting your own business. They explain why making long-term plans can be harmful, why businesses don't need investors from outside, why you are better off ignoring your competition and a bunch of other stuff that may sound counter-intuitive. However, the more you read, the more they make sense to you. 9. To Sell as Human by Daniel Pink Whether you consider yourself a good salesperson or not, all entrepreneurs must know how to sell. So, what happens when you don't? You can learn it, and Pink offers a good number of tips to help you become a better seller in this book. 10. The Obstacle is in the Way by Ryan Holiday How you handle obstacles and hurdles is an indication of whether you will succeed or not. As an entrepreneur, there will be obstacles, but you can learn how to handle them so that you can thrive and succeed. Using the examples of individuals who have learned the art of overcoming obstacles, Ryan teaches ways to do so. There you go. These books will teach you how to become a successful entrepreneur as most of the guides explored in each book are examples of successful entrepreneurs. Thank you very much for watching our videos. We'll like to give you another interesting video for you to enjoy next, but before then, our team will be very happy if you can like this video and share it with your friends on social media. 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