As you learn and grow, so will your business. So invest time in reading. Here are some of my favorite business books for small business owners – to educate, motivate and inspire. Most of them are available in print, digital or audio format, so check them out.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body – Joseph Addison
Marketing, Sales & Service
Selling the Invisible, Harry Beckwith
The Little Red Sales Book, Jeffrey Gitomer
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable, Seth Godin
Guerilla Marketing: Easy & Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits, Jay Levinson
The Referral of a Lifetime, Tim Templeton
Gravitational Marketing: The Science of Attracting Customers, Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller
Secrets of Closing the Sale, Zig Zigler
Personal Growth & Development
The Success Principles, Jack Canfield
Awaken the Giant Within, Anthony Robins
The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
First Things First, Stephen Covey
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
The Present, Spencer Johnson
Think & Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money, Robert Kiyosaki
The Law of Attraction, Michael Losier
The Science of Success, James Arthur Ray
Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation, Mike Robbins
Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating, Brian Tracy
Procedures & Systems
The eMyth Revisited, Michael Gerber
How to Make Your Business Work Without You, Susan Carter
Instant Systems, Brad Sugars
People & Team Building
What Great Leaders Know and Do, Ken Blanchard
Who Moved My Cheese: Dealing with Change in Your Work and Life, Spencer Johnson
The ABC’s of Building a Business Team That Wins, Blair Singer
General Business / Management
9 Lies That Are Holding Your Business Back, Steve Chandler
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Mike Michalowicz
The One Minute Entrepreneur, Ken Blanchard
The One-Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
Putting the One Minute Manager to Work, Ken Blanchard
Good to Great, Jim Collins
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Verne Harnish