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Stefan Whitwell's Ultimate Book List
Reading is one of my great passions. There are few things more pleasurable or exciting than reading an extraordinary book. Some books are just plain fun. Other books make a deep and lifelong impression on you and can alter the course of your life. The list below falls entirely and intentionally in the latter category. Although the list has grown, it was born out of an attempt to answer the question "if you could only give your children or friends ten books that had to last them a lifetime and would shape who they are, which ten would you recommend?" Indeed the list has grown, but the intent remains the same. If you want to up your game or buy your graduating senior a gift that will last them a lifetime, gift them a set of these books. I leave it to Amazon to describe each of the books and instead share with you, on this page, what you can get out of each book and why it made The List.
The Holy Bible, King James Version
Red Letter Edition
The Burgundy Faux Leather Super Giant Print King James Version Bible with Thumb Index with its subtle St. John's cross design and easy-to-read text is bound to become your favorite chair or bedside companion. ...
Length: 1,806 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2017
Dotcom Secrets
Russell Brunson
DotCom Secrets is not just another "how-to" book on internet marketing.
This book is not about getting more traffic to your website--yet the secrets you'll learn will help you to get exponentially more traffic than ever before. ...
Length: 424 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2020
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. ...
Length: 832 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2004
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini, PhD
In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert Cialdini—New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion—explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. ...
Length: 592 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2021
Good to Great
Jim Collins
Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, ...
Length: 400 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2001
Trend Following
Michael W. Covel
Trend Following reveals the truth about a trading strategy that makes money in up, down, and surprise markets. By applying straightforward and repeatable rules, anyone can learn to make money in the markets, whether bull, bear, or black swan, by following the trend to the end when it bends. In this timely reboot of his bestselling classic, Michael Covel dives headfirst into trend following strategy to examine the risks, benefits, people, and systems. ...
Length: 688 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2017
Me, You, Us (Love):
A Book to Fill Out Together
Lisa Currie
Use the prompts to capture funny moments, favorite memories, and personal messages to share only with each other.
Decide on your perfect theme song. Design your matching tattoos. Capture special moments, jokes, and ideas that are just “so us.” There are no rules – just lots of creative ways to explore and celebrate your special connection. ...
Length: 208 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2021
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth,
and Impact the World
Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler
From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Abundance comes their much anticipated follow-up: Bold—a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions. ...
Length: 336 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2015
The Power of Intention:
Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Intention is generally viewed as a certain kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed. However, intention is viewed very differently in this book. ...
Length: 272 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2005
Copywriting Secrets
Jim Edwards
Nobody is born knowing how to sell. But the truth is, you can learn how to sell more . . . a LOT more . . . when you discover the right words that make people buy.
Copywriting is selling. Whether online, offline, in video, direct mail, on Facebook, or from the stage, copywriting is how you put words together that make people click, call,or pull out their wallets and buy from you. ...
Length: 328 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
Decisive: How to Make
Better Choices in Life and Work
Chip Heath & Dan Heath
In Decisive, the Heaths, based on an exhaustive study of the decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process designed to counteract these biases. Written in an engaging and compulsively readable style, Decisive takes readers on an unforgettable journey, from a rock star’s ingenious decision-making trick to a CEO’s disastrous acquisition, to a single question that can often resolve thorny personal decisions. ...
Length: 336 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2013
The Ultimate Sales Machine
Chet Holmes
Every single day 3,076 businesses shut their doors. But what if you could create the finest, most profitable and best-run version of your business without wasting precious dollars on a thousand different strategies? When The Ultimate Sales Machine first published in 2007, legendary sales expert Chet Holmes gave us the key to do just that. ...
Length: 336 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2008
George Washington: A Biography
Washington Irving
Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in 1856-59) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general, Irving was blessed by Washington while still a boy of seven, and later came to know many of the prominent figures of the Revolution. ...
Length: 790 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 1994
The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston
Marquis James
A biography of a legendary Texan.
Length: 532 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 1988
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.
Length: 336 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2022
Pitch Anything
Oren Klaff
Whether you're selling ideas to investors, pitching a client for new business, or even negotiating for a higher salary, Pitch Anything will transform the way you position your ideas.
According to Klaff, creating and presenting a great pitch isn't an art it's a simple science. ...
Length: 240 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2011
80/20 Sales and Marketing
Perry Marshall
If you're a sales and marketing professional, you can save 80 percent of your time and money by zeroing in on the right 20 percent of your market. By page 5 you'll be applying 80/20² and 80/20³ to gain 10X, even 100X the success. ...
Length: 230 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2013
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter. ...
Length: 288 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2020
Building a Story Brand
Donald Miller
Length: 235 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2017
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore
In Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A. Moore shows that in the Technology Adoption Life Cycle—which begins with innovators and moves to early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards—there is a vast chasm between the early adopters and the early majority. While early adopters are willing to sacrifice for the advantage of being first, the early majority waits until they know that the technology actually offers improvements in productivity. ...
Length: 288 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2014
Legionnaire: Five Years in
the French Foreign Legion
Simon Murray
The French Foreign Legion–mysterious, romantic, deadly–is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and ultimately Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary. ...
Length: 384 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2006
A Whole New Mind
Daniel H. Pink
Drawing on research from around the world, Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others) outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment--and reveals how to master them. ...
Length: 304 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2006
The Food Revolution
John Robbins
Arguments for a plant-based diet are compelling and backed by over 20 years of work by Robbins focused on the subject of conscious eating. Exposing the dangers in our factory farming system, Robbins makes a definitive case for solely plant-based eating. This timely read on healthy eating will enlighten those curious about plant-based diets and fortify the mindsets of the already converted.
Length: 400 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2021
Awaken the Giant Within
Tony Robbins
The acknowledged expert in the psychology of change, Anthony Robbins provides a step-by-step program teaching the fundamental lessons of self-mastery that will enable you to discover your true purpose, take control of your life, and harness the forces that shape your destiny.
Length: 544 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 1992
The Flaw of Averages
Sam L. Savage
In The Flaw of Averages, Sam Savageknown for his creative exposition of difficult subjects describes common avoidable mistakes in assessing risk in the face of uncertainty. Along the way, he shows why plans based on average assumptions are wrong, on average, in areas as diverse as healthcare, accounting, the War on Terror, and climate change. ...
Length: 416 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2012
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss
Without Losing Your Humanity
Kim Scott
Radical Candor is about caring personally and challenging directly, about soliciting criticism to improve your leadership and also providing guidance that helps others grow. It focuses on praise but doesn't shy away from criticism―to help you love your work and the people you work with. ...
Length: 336 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy
William Strauss & Neil Howe
William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict its future. ...
Length: 400 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 1997
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryu Suzuki
Suzuki Roshi presents the basics--from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality--in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. ...
Length: 176 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2020
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. ...
Length: 544 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2014
The Power of Now Journal
Eckhart Tolle
Terms like groundbreaking and life-changing are often used to describe books, but not always accurately. They are when describing The Power of Now, which has become a genuine cultural phenomenon. ...
Length: 144 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
The Visual Display of
Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte
The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis. Design of the high-resolution displays, small multiples. Editing and improving graphics. ...
Length: 200 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2001
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss & Tahl Raz
Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss’s head, revealing the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: saving lives. In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles―counterintuitive tactics and strategies―you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life. ...
Length: 288 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2016
Extreme Ownership:
How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. ...
Length: 384 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2017
How to Win Big in the Music Business
(Audible Audiobook Edition)
Clinton Sparks
This book that I've written is a collection of proven strategies to maximize your success in the music industry presented to you in a no-BS, matter-of-fact manner. ...
Length: 2 hours and 22 minutes
Language: English
Release Date: 2020
Effortless:
Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Greg McKeown
As high achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough. ...
Length: 272 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2021
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss
From soaring to high heights and seeing great sights to being left in a Lurch on a prickle-ly perch, Dr. Seuss addresses life’s ups and downs with his trademark humorous verse and whimsical illustrations.
The inspiring and timeless message encourages readers to find the success that lies within, no matter what challenges they face. A perfect gift for anyone starting a new phase in their life and a great source of lift for anyone of any age!
Length: 56 pages
Language: English
Release Date: 1990
Magic Words
Jonah Berger
Almost everything we do involves words. Words are how we persuade, communicate, and connect. They’re how leaders lead, salespeople sell, and parents parent. They’re how teachers teach, policymakers govern, and doctors explain. Even our private thoughts rely on language. Jonah shares some fascinating insights into how some words help and other words get in the way of whatever we're trying to accomplish.
Length: 256 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2023
Competing Against Time:
How Time-Based Competition Is
Reshaping Global Markets
George Stalk, Jr. & Thomas M. Hout
This is an old book -- published decades ago -- but the fact that it is still full of all kinds of organizational and leadership nuggets should tell you something.
George Stalk, Jr., and Thomas M. Hout contend that time is the equivalent of money, productivity, quality, even innovation. In this path-breaking book based upon ten years of research, the authors argue that the ways leading companies manage time—in production, in new product development, and in sales and distribution ...
Length: 304 pages
Language: English
Release Date: 2003
The Power of Unwavering Focus
Dandapani
I had the opportunity to spend a morning with Dandapani and spend a few minutes speaking with him one on one as part of an EO sponsored event. He brings needed clarity to some of the most important and difficult to understand quality-of-life issues.
Anxiety, stress, worry, and fear—these are the mental maladies that literally plague us, contributing not only to growing unhappiness, but also to physical ailments such as heart disease and obesity when left unmanaged.
As Hindu priest and renowned speaker Dandapani shows in this eye-opening and enriching new book, it is only through mastering the skill of focus—that we can permanently lay these mental roadblocks to rest.
Length: 352 pages
Language: English
Publication Year: 2022
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