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In Episode 14 last week I shared my top 5 personal reads of 2019 as well as my history with reading and how it’s been a journey for me to become a “reader”. Today I’m re-enforcing the important things to consider as you start or continue on your reading journey, and also sharing with you the top 5 business books I read as a part of my goal to pursue growth in my business. I hope this list will help you tune into the conversations these books and their authors are starting and maybe add a few of them to your own reading list for this year.
12:05 Book 1: Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John Maxwell – This book is a great Audible listen for those of you that prefer audio books. It’s an update from the first edition, but even the author considers it more of a re-write. The big takeaways for me were how to understand your priorities and determine the difference between something that’s good to be doing and what’s best to be doing, and also how to see failure as a constant companion to success.
20:00 Book 2: Leader Shift by John Maxwell – This book is another favorite from John Maxwell if you’re looking for a book on how to grow as a leader. My favorite shifts he discusses were shifting from pleasing people to challenging people and how to shift from maintaining to creating.
24:40 Book 3: Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself by Mike Michalowicz – This book was recommended to me by Jaclyn Mellone of the Go-To-Gal Podcast. This book is perfect if you have a goal to organize and streamline your business this year. The author writes all about how to create systems to automate your business and get it to run like clockwork without you having to be the driving force behind it.
29:30 Book 4: Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord – This book came as a recommendation from Amy Porterfield. It’s a book she uses anytime they on-board a new team member and it’s all about creating a culture of freedom and responsibility among your team. Two key points for me were focusing on honest, timely feedback with employees and making sure that the visions and ideas of all team members are being communicated openly and consistently.
34:15 Book 5: Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman – This is a great book for any of you that feel you need a better understanding of your team members or what team member you might be missing. The author says that there are two types of people – visionaries and integrators. There’s an idea person and then there’s the person that loves to bring those ideas to fruition. It’s important to understand that one isn’t better than the other, because without the other neither of them can be useful. The book also comes with a test to determine whether you are a visionary or an integrator.
I hope this is enough insight into these books that you know which ones you need to add to your 2020 reading list. We are all living our own lives, these books resonate with me and where I am at. These are what worked for me and my goals. Wherever you are in your business, the more content you can consume, the more your life and business will grow. Where you are is where you’re supposed to be. Find a topic that gets a fire going in your belly that you can pursue. Pursue that which excites you. Don’t let what other people love sway you unless it’s aligned with where you are and where you want to be at the end of 2020.
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