10 Books Every Badass Business Owner Should Read

If you want to lead many, you have to read a lot. 

Summer is a great time to pick up a great read (or re-read!).

Here are the books I always recommend to Cohort members.

TIP: Grab the audiobook and learn something new while driving to the office (or working out or mowing the lawn or…).

For general productivity (and the peace that comes with it)

• The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Ordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

• The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney

For life, love, and a happy ebb and flow

• The Dash: Making a Difference WIth Your Life from Beginning to End by Thomas Nelson

• 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

For business guts, nuts, and bolts

• Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr

• Strengths-Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow by Tom Rath

• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber 

• Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don’t by Verne Harnish 

• Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

Great leaders are great readers—most of today’s most successful Founders and CEOs dedicate time each day to learning something new. Ready to join them?

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