Leaders are readers…

Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day -teach a man to fish & he’ll eat for a lifetime…

I’m opting for teaching people to find the answers themselves so here’s a short list of some of the books I’ve read that have impacted on my life in a positive way.

People Skills/Leadership:

• Why men don’t listen and women can’t read maps– Allan & Barbara Pease – How we’re different and what to do about it!
• Body Language – Allan Pease – The original body language book
• The art of dealing with people – Les Giblin – Master the art of dealing with people and start reaping the rewards!
• Questions are the answer – Allan Pease – How to get to ‘YES’ in sales/marketing situations
• How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie – The master of people skills

Attitude:

• Attitude is everything – Jeff Keller – Change you attitude and change your life!
• The magic of thinking BIG – David Schwartz – Set your goals high… and exceed them!
• Who moved my cheese? – Dr. Spencer Johnson – An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life
• The Fred Factor – Mark Sanborn – How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary – based on a true story
• Tough times never last, but tough people do! – Robert H Schuller – inspires and motivates the reader to a more creative lifestyle
• Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill – contains money-making secrets that can change your life
• The Richest Man in Babylon – George S Clason – Principles to help you keep more of what you earn
• Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway! – Susan Jeffers – Overcome the negative thoughts that have been holding you back and start winning in business and in life

Business Skills/Management:

• Raving Fans! – Ken Blanchard – A revolutionary approach to customer service
• Meet, greet and prosper – Roy Sheppard – A pocket guide to powerful networking techniques
• The on-time on-target manager – Ken Blanchard – How a ‘last-minute manager’ conquered procrastination
• How I raised myself from failure to success in selling – Frank Bettger – the most inspiring book on salesmanship you’ll ever read
• You call that $elling?- Tim Connor – 91 dumb things salespeople say and do to sabotage their success
• Developing the leaders around you – John C. Maxwell – How to help others reach their full potential
• 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader – John C. Maxwell – Becoming the person others will want to follow
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki – What the rich teach their kids that you can learn too!

Goal Setting and Vision:

• Beyond the summit – Tod Skinner – Setting and surpassing extraordinary business goals
• Goal Setting 101 – Gary Ryan Blair – An easy, step-by-step guide for setting and achieving a goal
• Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell – How little things can make a big difference (trends – Mat)
• What to say when you talk to yourself – Shad Helmstetter – Learn to change your inner ‘self-talk’ to achieve things you never thought possible

the Nitty Gritty:

• the prodigal God – Timothy Keller – recovering the heart of the Christian faith
• Freedom in Christ – Steve Goss – blows away many of the myths about God, Jesus and that man-made phenomenon ‘Religion’