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Christmas Gift Books For Business People

By Jim Symcox on Dec 14, 2009 in Book Review, Business Books, Business Growth

It’s that time of year once more when our thoughts to turn to presents.

Usually people look to buy the latest business book that sounds interesting.

I’ve just emailed a client a list of books that any business would benefit from reading.

So with that in mind I’d like to share the list with you, and add just a couple more that I didn’t send. I didn’t send them all so as not to give him business book indigestion.

Title	Author
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Business Don’t Work and What to Do about It	Michael E Gerber
Getting Things Done	David Allen
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	Stephen R Covey
Influence	Robert Cialdini
Business Stripped Bare	Richard Branson
Guerrilla Marketing	Jay Conrad Levinson
The Essential Drucker	Peter Drucker
Jack: Straight from the Gut	Jack Welch, John A. Byrne
Think and Grow Rich	Napoleon Hill
“The Art of War”	Sun Tzu (available on the Internet)
Out of the Crisis	W. Edwards Deming
How to Win Friends & Influence People	Dale Carnegie
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization	Peter Senge
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference	Malcolm Gladwell

There’s no doubt that reading these books changes your perspective, even if you’ve been in business for decades.

Several people I know re-read Napoleon Hill’s classic many times.

There are several obvious people missing from this list. People like Jay Abraham, Brian Tracy and Tony Robbins.

Missing also are business biographies, where you can learn a lot and business “novels” like “Soul of A New Machine.”

Yet despite these omissions the listed books moved me to take notes, always a good sign. And I’ve implemented ideas from many of them to the betterment of myself and my clients.