continual growth comes from continual learning
I believe the best way we can excel and grow in this life is through continued learning. The Book Club is an opportunity to gain valuable frameworks and develop an impactful mindset that aids in your growth and success as a Founder and Business Leader. Below are some of my favorite reads to consider for your learning stack. If you’d like to join the Book Club newsletter, please subscribe through the Newsletter Subscription.
GOOD READS
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Leadership Lessons from a team Captain
Building on a foundation of the psychology of leadership dynamics, Leadership Lessons from a Team Captain challenges leaders to rethink how they define a team leader and the characteristics that are inherently required.
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5AM CLUB
Legendary Leadership And Elite Performance Expert Robin Sharma Introduced The 5Am Club Concept Over Twenty Years Ago. Discover The Early-Rising Habit That Has Helped So Many Accomplish Epic Results While Upgrading Their Happiness, Helpfulness And Feelings Of Aliveness.
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Your Next Five Moves
Both successful entrepreneurs and chess grandmasters have the vision to look at the pieces in front of them and anticipate their next five moves. In this book, Patrick Bet-David “helps entrepreneurs understand exactly what they need to do next” by translating this skill into a valuable methodology.
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Building a StoryBrand
Without a clear, distinct message, customers will not understand what you can do for them and are unwilling to engage, causing you to lose potential sales, opportunities for customer engagement, and much more.
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Founder Brand
Building a brand and growing a business can be expensive and time-consuming. But you have a key advantage and secret strategy, one that will set you apart no matter your industry, product, or company size. You have a story, and it’s one of your most valuable assets.
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Made to Stick
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps.
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Business Made Simple
Business Made Simple is the must-have guide for anyone who feels lost or overwhelmed by the modern business climate, even if they attended business school. Learn what the most successful business leaders have known for years through the simple but effective secrets shared in these pages.
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
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Leading Change
In Leading Change, noted management theorist James O'Toole proposes a provocative new vision of leadership in the business world--a vision of leadership rooted in moral values and a consistent display of respect for all followers. As O'Toole brilliantly demonstrates, values-based leadership is not only fair and just, it is also highly effective in today's complex organizations.
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Find Your Why
I believe fulfillment is a right and not a privilege. We are all entitled to wake up in the morning inspired to go to work, feel safe when we’re there and return home fulfilled at the end of the day. Achieving that fulfillment starts with understanding exactly WHY we do what we do.
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HBRs 10 Must-Reads on Strategy
If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles (featuring “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.
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Radical Candor
The idea is simple: You don't have to choose between being a pushover and a jerk. Using Radical Candor―avoiding the perils of Obnoxious Aggression, Manipulative Insincerity, and Ruinous Empathy―you can be kind and clear at the same time.
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Dare to Lead
When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work.