 It's really funny that every time I go to speaking engagements and people actually always ask me What are some of the books that you read that has changed your life? I find this question really funny because I think it's like I truly believe more than 90% of people that actually know the books that they should be reading They never read them And even for the 10% that actually buy them Go ahead and pull on Amazon, they buy it I'll say another 50% of them never really read it Just my gut feeling But anyways And yeah, it's really funny because every single time I go to speaking engagements People would actually take pictures like crazy when it comes to like book recommendations Every time they talk about or if there's a slide that comes out as Hey, this is a book that I read that is super effective on marketing for example All the phones would be out and everyone would be taking pictures So which is the reason why I felt like You find a lot of value in Annoying the resources to dive into But not really ever taking the action To implement the teachings from the books Just my little read But nonetheless, there are actually two books that have changed The trajectory of how I function in my business And how I view business And the first book is E-Mint for Business It's by Michael Berger I really, really enjoy this book Because it really teaches me about how That as our parents, we wear different hats As if we have different roles We have an entrepreneurial role where We come up with crazy ideas that we want to be able to Solving problems for the world Now, I also need to be wearing a different hat Which is the managers hat To be able to manage multiple aspects And multiple arms of business To stay organized To actually manage it piece by piece When it comes to business development or operations Very different from the dream to the vision Of being able to deal with it Now the third role that you need to take is the mechanic As a mechanic, you just need to like Go get your hands dirty And just work in your business To get shit done So many of us fail to realize that as a business owner We only take on the hat as a visionary We only think about how to solve problems For the market But we fail to understand That at the same time We also need to put on the hat Because we kind of work together as a third To actually go through the time And really really brought things into my perspective Oh wow, that makes a lot of sense This book also taught me how to create systems Offices that Prevents you from doing redundant work What I mean by that is If there's a task That you're doing day in and day out Why don't we document it Why don't we document it And actually create a procedure So that way you can actually start training Other people to be able to help you complete these tasks Because it doesn't require a lot of thinking A lot of processing Because as a business owner Your greatest asset is your ability to solve questions And come up with solutions To bring to the market So this book has really taught me so much I read this book when I was More than 10 years ago It definitely changed The trajectory of how we do business And how fashion and influence is Now because of my time I always recommend this book The question always pops up Okay, this book is amazing How has it changed your life? Well, I actually created my first business That expanded from Vancouver to Toronto From this book I actually had the confidence And had the know-how From this book as well And from this book I was able to build a business That I was eventually able to sell two years ago My first very exit Was thanks to this book I give all the credit to this book Because it taught me about How do you become the three roles As an entrepreneur How do you create systems and processes That I can actually teach other people And because of having that framework Construction of business I was able to eventually sell this Whole business And allowed me to expand The beyond Vancouver to Toronto That's the effect of this book Now having said that This book is not going to do any work If you're not going to do any work So, you know That's the effect of this book The second book that I recommend That has changed my perspective Of business Is the one who sold this Ferrari By Robin Shaw This book is a lot less tactical It's much more It allows me to actually Get insight and perspective Of what is truly important A lot of times in my previous videos I talk about content as being a really good thing That understanding values Is very, very important And it really all comes back down to This book It talks about how This really, really crazy Successful Financial lawyer That's driving a Ferrari And he wanted to Quit this career Sold this Ferrari To pursue the true meaning The purpose of life Now as crazy as it sounds And as spiritual as it sounds There's nothing spiritual As nothing to do about it About that one As everything to do with The stories of how do you Quit your thing yourself And perspective When viewing life When viewing how business Connects with your life I'm not going to dive into any stories Because I'm not a good artist at all But this book is the number one book That I give to my friends My family, relatives, colleagues Because of how much it has changed In terms of perspective I think without this book I would probably be driving a Ferrari Because I'd be working so much more than What I've been doing for the last ten years By the same time I'm going to be Most The saddest person Because all I know is going to be work All I know is going to be the material things So I really do think that I go To Michael and Robert For teaching, showing How do you do business And perspective of what business does To you So at the end of the day It is so, so, so important For us as entrepreneurs To have the proper minds And the proper perspectives Now I'm not telling you to not buy a Ferrari Or, you know, not fight for Most materialistic things Ever out there It's not about them It's about having the perspective Of what these things do to you And to not let these things define who you are And at the end of the day These books have also taught me How to create systems So that we can scale and grow Business Because at the end of the day That's what we want to do To grow, we want to scale We want to know how to create These books have taught me These two big lessons And I hope that I'm able to give this gift To Steve, from them To you as well Leave in the comments section below What are other Books that has changed your life And your journey I love to know