In this episode J.D. Meier takes a deep dive into his book, Getting Results the Agile Way, where he shares a simple, effective guide for achieving long-term and short-term personal goals.

In his book Meier provides a very flexible, step-by-step time management system that offers you enough planning to get you going, but simple enough to change it up as need be. The goal of the book is to help you prepare your life from daily to yearly, find your true motivation, improve upon your productivity, and feed your energy with daily habits to move you forward every day.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who sacrifice their personal life for their work life, constantly live with to-do lists, and are looking for a way to make their daily lives less stressful yet more meaningful.

About J.D. Meier:

“I work at Microsoft and been here several years but what I’m really focused on is helping businesses change. I’m in the business of business change but I also help people thrive in work and life.

The big thing was that I saw too many people living in pain and not doing the things that made them come alive. I saw people that simply didn’t flourish when I knew that they could and I want people to be all that they’re capable of. I really wanted people to be able to think, feel, and do their best.” – J.D. Meier    

For a detailed summary of Getting Results The Agile Way according to J.D. Meier CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Getting Things Done by David Allen

Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden

Do Less Better by John R. Bell

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In this episode Kurt Won reveals all the insights on his book, The Startup Survival System, where he shares how a startup can thrive in the first 2 years of business.

In his book Won gives you a simple systematic approach to prioritizing your business, narrowing your focus, and increasing your results to ultimately keep your business from failing too early. The goal of the book is to help you prepare for the consequences of entrepreneurship, build a foundation for your startup, improve operations, drive more sales, and maximize profitability.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are ready to launch a new startup company and need an easy, actionable guide to help them get started.

About Kurt Won:

“I was born and raised in South African and have been living over in the UK for the past 15 years. I am a multi award winning consultant for startups and small business owners. I am a speaker and now I’m an author. I’ve worked with over 1,000 entrepreneurs and business owners across 15 different countries to help increase sales and drive results in their business in a much quicker time.

My mission is to be able to help empower and support as many startups and existing small business owners as possible. Over the past five years I have worked with over 1,000 entrepreneurs and small business owners and I found that there are really so many people I can help with the amount of time that I have. I knew that writing this book would be a great way to help serve more people and make a bigger impact and help more startups survive and thrive in their first years of business.” – Kurt Won

For a detailed summary of The Startup Survival System according to Kurt Won CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Business in Blue Jeans by Susan Baroncini-Moe

Fail Fast or Win Big by Bernhard Schroeder

Profit Hacking by Steven Daar

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In this episode Miki Agrawal takes a deep dive into her book, Do Cool Sh*t, where she reveals her insights on starting a successful company and living happily ever after.

In her book Agrawal teaches you fresh yet effective tactics for starting a new company from brainstorming to raising money to getting quality press coverage without having any connections. The goal of the book is to provide you with a quirky yet honest look into the life of a serial entrepreneur and give you the confidence to quit your job, start your own business, and live a happy life.

This book is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs who are currently working for someone else and are ready to make a move into the world of self-employment.

About Miki Agrawal:

“I started off working in Investment Banking when I graduated from Cornell University. 9/11 happened just a few days after I moved to New York, I was supposed to be at the World Trade Center that day but it was the first time in my life that I slept through my alarm clock. That was sort of my wake up call. I played professional soccer for a couple of years; I worked in the film business and worked my way up in production. I had my first stomach ache when I decided to start my first business which was a gluten free farm-to-table pizza concept in New York City. My newest project is called THINX which is a women’s empowerment apparel company that provides a sustainable underwear solution for women to wear doing their time of the month.

When you are in college entrepreneurship is really not something that you study and there wasn’t an entrepreneurship course. And so I began to read books by entrepreneurs and walked away so inspired but with so many questions. I wanted to find a book that I could read and one that gave me the step by step system to go from step zero to step one in business and life.” – Miki Agrawal

For a detailed summary of Do Cool Sh*t according to Miki Agrawal CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Startupland by Mikkel Svane

Startup Mixology by Frank Gruber

The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth by Chris Brogan

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In this episode Jacob Engel reveals all the insights on his book, The Prosperous Leader, where he provides a comprehensive look into how smart people can achieve success independently.

In his book Engel gives you 24 simple, actionable steps to realistically analyze your personal strengths and weaknesses so you can create your own path to economic success. The goal of the book is to help you maximize your strengths while developing the actual skills you need to strengthen your own leadership and management abilities.

This book is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs who are having trouble cultivating their own unique abilities and need help maximizing their strengths to become effective leaders and smart managers.

About Jacob Engel:

“I was born in Brooklyn New York and still live in New York. My father came to this country with no family, money or language and was lucky enough to find a job in a little spice shop. My dad eventually moved to Brooklyn to open up his own spice shop in 1955. I joined the business in 1975 and we were doing about 10 million dollars in sales which was very significant at the time. My dad passed away in 1995 when the business was doing over a hundred million and eventually the business grew close to two hundred million. I realized that I was in the people business and that intrigued me. Entrepreneurs have great advantages but it also comes with disadvantages and I figured out how to build on our strengths and how to mitigate our weaknesses. And that’s how I got into understanding everything about starting a business, running a business, and building a business.

I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d be a writer or a speaker. I was really motivated and inspired by my mentor who is probably one of the greatest people that studied and understands entrepreneurs. He told me to write a book and share my experiences and tips. So I spent about two years writing and rewriting.” – Jacob Engel

For a detailed summary of The Prosperous Leader according to Jacob Engel CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Lead to Succeed by Chris Roebuck

The Front-Line Leader by Chris Van Gorder

Winning the Long Game by Steve Krupp

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In this episode Guy Kawasaki reveals all his insights on his and Peg Fitzpatrick’s book, The Art of Social Media, where he shares over 100 practical tips and tricks on the most popular social media platforms.

In their book Kawasaki and Fitzpatrick give you an actionable marketing strategy that guides you through steps to build your foundation, amass your digital assets, optimize your profile, attract more followers, and effectively integrate social media and blogging. The goal of the book is to help you improve your online presence and dramatically increase your social media traffic.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are trying to improve their social media marketing efforts to increase brand awareness, build credibility online, and network with other experts.

About Guy Kawasaki:

“I am currently the Chief Evangelist of an online graphics tool company called Canva. Prior to this I advised the CEO of Motorola for a year, I was also the Evangelist and Chief Evangelist of Apple. I’ve started several companies and I’m a writer and a speaker, I’ve written 13 books.

My main inspiration was royalty. Basically I wanted to enable people to use social media as a fantastic marketing tool.” – Guy Kawasaki    

For a detailed summary of The Art of Social Media according to Guy Kawasaki CLICK HERE

Related Books:

A World Gone Social by Ted Coine and Mark Babbitt

Digital Bacon by Alex Rodriguez

Trendology by Chris Kerns

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In this episode Dianna Booher takes a deep dive into her book, What More Can I Say, where she discusses why communication fails and what you can do about it.

In her book Booher gives you examples of messages that succeed along with a practical nine-point checklist that addresses the common reasons that your communication is causing you to fail your goals. The goal of her book is to help you build solid relationships, increase your credibility, get your point across clearly, and become a more influential communicator.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are trying to become credible public figures and need practical advice that helps them overcome the typical failures of communication.

About Dianna Booher:    

“I have been working with executives and people that want to improve their communication for about three decades. I have been coaching people, teaching business writing, technical writing, presentation skills, and just working with organizations who want to improve their productivity by increasing their effectiveness.

For months we have been in to the situation where both sides politically are engaged in what I call an uncivil discourse. In business everything that happens, happens as a result of communication so when I sat down to unravel miscommunication in a business or organization I wanted to know why it was that people can’t change others minds. I started researching why some people can’t persuade effectively and that’s the reason why I wrote the book.” – Dianna Booher    

For a detailed summary of What More Can I Say according to Dianna Booher CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Charisma on Command by Charlie Houpert

Powerhouse by Mike Clayton

EDGY Conversations by Dan Waldschmidt

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In this episode Brigid Schulte shares her insights on her book, Overwhelmed, where she reveals the factors contributing to our collective sense of being overwhelmed, seeking insights, answers, and inspiration.

In her book Schulte shares the story of what she found while traveling across Europe to understand how countries accommodate working parents while investigating companies that are trying to invent a new kind of workplace. The goal of the book is to provide you with practical advice on how to make better use of each day and open your eyes to why we live and work the way we do.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are determined to exhaust themselves for work but find themselves becoming overwhelmed with stress and busyness.

About Brigid Schulte:

“I have been a longtime reporter for The Washington Post and been a journalist for most of my adult life. I have covered a wide variety of things throughout my career. I am married and the mom of two kids who are now 13 and 16. I live in Alexandria Virginia and grew up in Portland Oregon.

Overwhelmed was a completely accidental book. Through my career I have always wanted to write a book. There are lots of journalists out there and that’s sort of a big dream that they all have but you just get so busy and you don’t really have time to think about it. I was part of this group in The Washington Post where we were looking at a readership numbers and we were noticing a big gap between male and female readers. We found that more men were reading the newspaper and before women were and the reason why that is important is that women over 50 have always been the most loyal newspaper readers. So we put together what we call The Women’s Reader Committee and we wanted to understand why women are not reading the paper and how do we bring them back? This committee was made up of me and all other women. The first thing we did was roll our eyes because we as women know that we don’t have time in the mornings to read the newspaper. And it became this sort of confessional about just how crazy our lives were. F
rom there I did a time study and to my surprise found that we have all this leisure time we aren’t aware of which led me to writing this book.”    - Brigid Schulte

For a detailed summary of Overwhelmed according to Brigid Schulte CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

The Greatness Zone by Jay Forte

The Upside of Your Dark Side by Todd Kashdan

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In this episode New York Times bestselling author Rory Vaden reveals all his insights on his book, Procrastinate on Purpose, where he provides a guide for mastering time-management and productivity.

In his book Vaden shows you how the greatest leaders in the world have figured out how to literally multiply their time giving you tools and techniques that will empower you to master your productivity. The goal of the book is to teach you how to manufacture more time into your day, become more effective at work with less stress, and how utilize procrastination to your advantage.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs that are managing multiple projects or businesses at once and need an effective time management strategy that adds more time to their day.

About Rory Vaden:

“I am the Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting and a New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs.

In Take the Stairs we talked about three different times of procrastination and we talk about classic procrastination. Classic procrastination is about consciously delaying the things we know we should be doing. There is another type of procrastination called Creative Avoidance which is a little bit different than classic procrastination because it’s unconscious. Also, in the book Take the Stairs we mentioned this new type of procrastination that we started noticing not in the lazy people but in the movers and shakers and we call it Priority Dilution. This new procrastination affects the entrepreneurs, the go-getters and yet it’s the same result. At the end of the day our most significant priorities are left unchecked, not because we are lazy but because as our star rises we unconsciously or consciously allow our attention to shift to less important but perhaps more urgent tasks. We decided that topic was such a hot button that we needed to dedicate a few years’ worth of research to solving the priority delus
ion problem.” – Rory Vaden

For a detailed summary of Procrastinate on Purpose according to Rory Vaden CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Getting Things Done by David Allen

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland

The Now Habit by Neil Fiore

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In this episode bestselling author Jon Gordon reveals all his insights on his book, The Energy Bus, where he shares 10 rules to fuel your life, work, and team with positive energy.

In his book Gordon reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment. The goal of the book is to help you overcome negativity, build trust with others, improve your enthusiasm, and stop holding grudges in order to bring out the best in yourself.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who have a hard time accepting the everyday challenges that come with life and are searching for a way to eliminate negativity from their lives.

About Jon Gordon:

“I am a writer and speaker, I consider myself a writer first. I love writing fables that inspire and encourage people. I am a husband and a father to two teenagers.

I was walking, praying, and struggling in my own life and the idea just came to me. The idea of a bus driver who inspires their passengers to change their life and to become a better leader at work just came to me. And I wrote the book in about 3 and ½ weeks of pure inspiration.” – Jon Gordon

For a detailed summary of The Energy Bus according to Jon Gordon CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Upside of Your Dark Side by Todd Kashdan

Mindset – The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

Memoirs of Normalcy by Joleene Moody

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In this episode Neil Fiore takes a deep dive into his book, The Now Habit, where he reveals all his insights on one of the most effective programs to combat procrastination.

In his book Fiore offers a comprehensive plan and actionable strategies to help you lower your stress and increase your time to enjoy guilt-free play. The goal of the book is to help any busy person start tasks sooner and accomplish them more quickly, without the anxiety brought on by the negative habits of procrastination and perfectionism.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are struggling to get things done in a timely manner and are looking for an effective strategy to become more efficient when it comes to large projects.

About Neil Fiore:

“I was born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey and that’s relevant because coming from a working class family without a lot of money I started working fairly young. By the time I was in high school I was working 15 hours a week at a local supermarket and in college up to 20 hours. I had to learn how to be a lot more efficient than my fellow students and I learned to start writing right when I was assigned an assignment and flesh it out on the bus going to work and finish on the bus coming home. So without realizing it I started to develop those skills very early.

The Now Habit was written while I was on a new job at the University of California. I was working 40 to 45 hours a week, enjoying California, and putting in 15 to 20 hours a week to work on my dissertation so I was extremely focused while busy. I was attempting to work with doctorial students and graduate students and noticed that they were procrastinating. So I realized that I had something valuable that I had taken for granted and wanted to help other people by sharing it in this book.” – Neil Fiore

For a detailed summary of The Now Habit according to Neil Fiore CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Getting Things Done by David Allen

Habit Stacking by Steve Scott

SCRUM: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland

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In this episode Bernhard Schroeder reveals his insights on his book, Fail Fast or Win Big, where he reveals how the right kind of risk and embracing fast failure can really pay off.

In his book Schroeder teaches you how to create a quick prototype of your product or service, develop a business model, test it repeatedly with customers, and continue to refine your business model. The goal of the book is to help you determine quickly whether your business idea is worth pursuing, needs new direction, or should be abandoned altogether.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are starting a brand new business and need help figuring out the best way to create a business model, test a product or service, and pinpoint any failure.

About Bernhard Schroeder:

“I am a director of Lavin Entrepreneurship Center at San Diego State University. I also teach in the entrepreneurship program and I was a career marketing guy who happened to build a billion dollar company with three other people and launch some amazing companies like Amazon and Yahoo.

After I built my marketing career and a billion dollar company I decided that none of that was motivating anymore and I wanted to somehow figure out a way to help other people have an amazing life. I decided to go back to a college campus and teach and as I was teaching I was asked to Speak at a Ted event. The topic at that event was Why Failing Fast is Great. The next day I got an e-mail from a publisher in New York who said he’d heard about the talk from a friend of his who attended and he wanted to see the power point because he thought it was a book. Before you know it he gave me feedback that this is the kind of thing that can help a lot of people and so I wrote the book.” – Bernhard Schroeder    

For a detailed summary of Fail Fast or Win Big according to Bernhard Schroeder CLICK HERE

Related Books:

How To Ruin A Business Without Really Trying by MJ Gottlieb

Selfish Scared and Stupid by Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory

Scaling Up by Verne Harnish

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In this episode John R Bell takes a deep dive into his book, Do Less Better, where he explains why sacrifice in the right places cuts through complexity and clears the way to competitive advantage.

In his book Bell provides a tool-kit of road-tested strategies for keeping companies lean, creating cultures of innovation, and knowing when to expand and yet, remain streamlined. The goal of the book is to teach you how to “think smaller,” when everyone around you is firmly entrenched in the “do more” strategy in order to become more agile, adaptable, and resilient than your competitors.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are struggling to outweigh the competitors in their market and need a new yet effective approach to reinvent their current strategy.

About John Bell:

“I am a retired CEO of a consumer packaged goods company that was sold to Kraft back in the 90’s. After the sell to Kraft I decided to become a management consultant and I did that until I retired about two years ago. By the time I hung up my hat I’d helped a couple dozen companies including Campbell Soup, Starbucks, and Interbrew. I love to write and still like to play games such as golf and tennis.

Earlier in my career I was faced with the challenge of turning around a near bankrupt company. This company had too many products, too many brands, and too many categories. So by closing or selling the majority of the brands we trimmed that company down to a shadow of its former self. We decided that we were going to be an expert in one category and at the time that happened to be coffee. By focusing on coffee and nothing else we were able to swim out of the raging river of red ink and we called that means to the end the do less better strategy. I describe that as the opposite of doing more with less or even doing more with more and that whole idea stayed with me for the rest of my career. So when I became a consultant I saw a similar pattern of unnecessary complexity in both troubled and successful businesses and I think today business complexity has reached pandemic proportions and there has never been a greater need for simplicity and focus.”    - John Bell

For a detailed summary of Do Less Better according to John Bell CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Road to Reinvention by Josh Linkner

Aligning Strategy and Sales by Frank Cespedes

Invent Reinvent Thrive by Lloyd Shefsky

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In this episode world-renowned Stanford University psychologist, Carol Dweck, shares all her insights on her book, Mindset, where she explains why it’s not just our abilities and talents that bring us success–but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset.

In her book Dweck provides a checklist to assess yourself and shows how a particular mindset can affect all areas of your life, from business to sports and love. The goal of the book is to teach you how to reach your own personal and professional goes while developing a love of learning and resilience that is the bases of great accomplishment in every area in order to achieve ultimate success.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are trying to figure what it is that makes them tick and would like to increase their own feelings of success and fulfillment.

About Carol Dweck:

“I am a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and I have been studying why people succeed and fail for over 40 years.

I have been doing research for many years on why some people are go getter’s and jump in whereas others, just as talented or able, shy away from difficulty and end up not fulfilling their potential. After researching this for many years I came to the discovery of the mindsets as the cause of these differences. My students told me I had to write this book after benefiting from this knowledge and wanted others to know about it.” – Carol Dweck    

For a detailed summary of Mindset according to Carol Dweck CLICK HERE

Related Books:

How To Succeed in 12 Months by Serena Star-Leonard

The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau

Body of Work by Pamela Slim

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In this episode David Newman takes a deep dive into his book, Do It Marketing, where he shares 77 instant, actionable tactics to boost sales, maximize profits, and beat the competition.

In his book Newman gives you concrete strategies, tactics, templates, and tools to regain the clarity, confidence, and control your need to succeed when it comes to marketing your business. The goal of the book is to teach you how to get noticed using the power of 3PR, position yourself as a go-to expert in your field, do social media right, generate a steady stream of referrals, and leverage enthusiastic advocates.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who have an understanding of their business and the marketing they need yet fail to see an increase in new prospects, customers, and revenue from their efforts.

About David Newman:

“I run a company called Do It Marketing and coincidentally that is also the title of my book. I work with consultants, entrepreneurs, small business owners, and independent professionals who want to do a better job with their marketing and grow their business. I live outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania with my beautiful bride of 30 years and two kids. Our son Charlie is 19, our daughter Becca is 22 and life is an ongoing adventure.

It really was founded in my coaching, consulting, and speaking business. So many small business owners, entrepreneurs, and independent professionals are stuck. This is causing so much headache and frustration that a book like this needed to be written.” – David Newman

For a detailed summary of Do It! Marketing according to David Newman CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Trendology by Chris Kerns

Digital Bacon by Alex Rodriguez

Traction: A Startup Guide To Getting Customers by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares

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In this episode MJ DeMarco reveals all his insights on his book, The Millionaire Fastlane, where he cracks the code to becoming wealthy and living the rich life.

In his book DeMarco provides you with an expressway to extraordinary wealth that will get you to financial freedom faster than any other guide out there. The goal of his book is to teach you why most entrepreneurs fail, the leading cause of being poor, why typical jobs will never make you rich, how the rich really get rich, and why the guru myth of “do what you love” will most likely keep you poor, not rich.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are ready to leave the job market to pursue self-employment in order to gain financial freedom, be their own boss, and ultimately become very rich.

About MJ DeMarco:

“I started an internet company way back in the late 90’s. I founded it with about 900 bucks, no internet training, no computer science degree and I was able to sell it a couple years later during the internet boom. The company that bought the company folded and I was able to get it back at a fire sale price. I helped the company for another 6 to 7 years until I sold it again in 2007. During this time that I owned the company I was able to cash flow it six figures monthly profit and sold it to a multimillion dollar valuation. After selling the business in 2007 I went on a little semi-retirement hiatus and one of my goals was to write a book about all the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship which was The Millionaire Fastlane.

I was leading a fantastic life of abundant wealth and when I reflected upon that it was all due to entrepreneurship and The Millionaire Fastlane is how to bring about that type of scenario.” – MJ DeMarco

For a detailed summary of The Millionaire Fastlane according to MJ DeMarco CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Make Money, Live Wealthy by Austin Netzley

6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd

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In this episode Robert Galford takes a deep dive into his book, The Trusted Advisor, where he, David Maister, and Charles Green give you the ultimate tool for all consultants, negotiators, and advisors.

In their book, Galford and team share a practical, five crucial steps you need for developing, managing and improving client confidence. The goal of the book is to teach you the fundamentals of professional service management and customer relations helping you become one of the most trusted advisors in business while improving your ability to influence clients.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs seeking business partnerships or professionals in the consulting field who are both hoping to improve their interpersonal communication and negotiation skills.

About Robert Galford:

“I am one of the co-authors of The Trusted Advisor along with The Trusted Leader and Your Leadership Legacy. I spend my time writing, teaching, consulting, and advising on topics of trust and trust related elements for people who are running businesses at senior levels.

Our inspiration was very much the fact that we saw a lot of people who were very good at what they did in their jobs, companies, and professions. But we wanted to know what differentiated the ones who were truly successful. What made the difference for someone who was not just a lawyer but a great lawyer? We found that it wasn’t about their competence in their task or their role; it was about their ability to build trust with their clients and their customers.” – Robert Galford

For a detailed summary of The Trusted Advisor according to Robert Galford CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Advisor Selling by Mark Hunter

Conquering The Seven Summits of Sales by Sue Ershler

Pitching and Closing by Alex Taub

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In this episode Joe Schmieder shares his book, Innovation in the Family Business where he takes a thoughtful look at innovation in the family business industry.

In his book Schmieder shares a variety of insights and best practices applicable to family businesses more generally. The goal of the book is to help you dissect the relevant data and provide a working framework with which you can innovate your own family business and stay relevant to your specific market niche.

This book is perfect for family business leaders or any executive leading a family owned business who is in search looking to reinvent or implement the best practices for family businesses.

About Joe Schmieder:

“I am a family business advisor; I have been working with family businesses for over 35 years. I ran two family businesses as an executive for 25 years and I have been consulting with family businesses for the last 10 years.

I was very interested in helping family businesses continue their firms for more than one, two or three generations. So I worked on the book to help family members and executives who are interested in innovating in the family business. And I also try to inspire those enterprising family members to focus more energy and resources on innovation and change throughout their family business instead of just relying on the status quo. I have this passion to make sure we can keep family businesses strong because they do generate the majority of the income and the jobs throughout our economy.” – Joe Schmieder

For a detailed summary of Innovation in the Family Business according to Joe Schmieder CLICK HERE
Related Books:

The Innovator’s Method by Nathan Furr

The Innovative Entrepreneur by Daniel Spulber

CoupleCEO by Heidi and Scott Shimberg

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In this episode Michaela Csik takes a deep dive into her book, The Business Model Navigator, where she shares 55 business models that make up 90% of the most successful businesses in the world.

In her book, Csik and her co-authors provide the blueprints you need to revolutionize your business and implement powerful change. The goal of the book is become a toolkit for you to adapt and innovate your business model and to understand what other business models are, who invented them, who uses them now, and how to apply them to your business.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are creating a brand new business or are simply looking to reinvent their current business model in order to deliver the results they need.

About Michaela Csik:

“I am working as an Innovation Manager at Holcim Technology, one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and aggregates and there I am mainly responsible for new business models. Before that I worked at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and during that time I had the chance to work with Oliver Gassmann and Karolin Frankenberger on The Business Model Navigator book.

We see a lot of companies that are ahead of the competition. So business model has become in the last 10 to 15 years a major driver of success. It’s not enough to be just good in product innovation anymore but in a way the business model is becoming more and more important. The paradox is that most companies don’t have the right tools to be anywhere different when it comes to their business model so there is a huge gap between importance of business model innovation and the tools that are available to be innovated in this particular area.” – Michaela Csik

For a detailed summary of The Business Model Navigator according to Michaela Csik CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags by Linda Rottenberg

The Risk-Driven Business Model by Serguei Netessine

A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger

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In this episode Steven Daar shares his book, Profit Hacking, where he gives online entrepreneurs a 3 step formula for marketing and growing a business.

In his book Daar shows you exactly how to hack and scale each of the 3 steps showing you the leverage points hidden in your business and the fastest way to double your monthly profits. The goal of the book is to teach you how to significantly increase traffic, grow your business on a massive level, maximize every marketing activity you do, and stop wasting your time on ineffective business strategies.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who currently own an online business that is struggling to see a consistent increase in digital traffic, conversion rates, and profit.

About Steven Daar:

“I was basically born and bred entrepreneur and I started my first business really soon after college. I had the passion, drive, and good ideas but I didn’t know that much about marketing and sales. It came clear soon after that if I was going to make this original business successful I would have to learn how to reach the people that I wanted to talk to and speak to them effectively. I got really deep into learning how to do those things specifically on the internet and eventually that lead to me writing Profit Hacking.

The inspiration behind writing this book was it was the book that I wished I had five and a half years ago when I started my first business. If I had this book it would have saved me a lot of time, frustration, and lost money. A big part of the mission and purpose of the book is to inspire more entrepreneurs to not only learn how to drive more traffic, convert it and monetize it so that they are more profitable, but also how to leverage that into more good done for the world.” – Steven Daar

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Digital Bacon by Alex Rodriguez

The Suitcase Entrepreneur by Natalie Sisson

A World Gone Social by Ted Coine and Mark Babbitt

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In this episode, John A. Goodman shares his book, Customer Experience 3.0. This book is about enhancing customer service by being one step ahead of their needs, and implementing technological resources. We discover fresh ideas that win over customers, increase value for the customer, being accessible for customer inquiries, arming the front line by listening passionately, and taming technology to work for you. This is a game changing book that will impact your customer experience in the future.

In this episode Joleene Moody shares her book, Memoirs of Normalcy where she takes you on a personal reinvention from sedentary to extraordinary.

In her book Moody shows you how the everyday choices we make and challenges we face affect us all and how you can overcome them with a fresh perspective. The goal of the book is to help you find your true calling while learning to love yourself exactly as you are in order to live your life to the fullest.

This book is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs who are struggling to figure what it is that makes them happy and are ready to make significant changes to their life in order to define themselves.

About Joleene Moody:

“I’m a passion shift coach, an author, and a speaker. Basically what I do is I guide people to the place that they really need to be, and want to be, and desire to be. I’m also a business coach and I help people take their desires and find a stage so that they can share their message. I’m a voice for other people that have lost their own and live the life that they were meant to live.

I worked as a television reporter and anchor for 10 years and I didn’t love it. I was one of those people that merely existed in life. I wrote this book for other people that are afraid to leave the security of their life to explore what they really want to do.” – Joleene Moody

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Life By The Cup by Zhena Muzyka

How To Succeed in 12 Months by Serena Star Leonard

The Greatness Zone by Jay Forte

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In this episode Steven Krupp takes a deep dive into his book, Winning The Long Game, where he profiles the strategic leadership tactics of very successful and well-known business leaders.

In his book, Steven takes a creates vivid insights into the leadership discipline by contrasting successful leaders such as Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, and Pope Francis with others who are either mediocre or outright failures. The goal of the book is to teach you how to develop the discipline of strategic leadership in a world of growing uncertainty.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurial managers seeking to become more strategic in order to create sustainable value and inspirational fuel to keep their business running.

About Steven Krupp:

“I am currently the CEO of Decision Strategies International. I have professionally been a psychologist and did a lot of work throughout my career helping organizations become more effective. I have a wife, three kids, and a number of animals.

There are a couple of sources of inspiration. About five years ago I was doing a lot of work with boards on CEO and top executive succession and the issue that came up over and over again was that leaders are going to need to be more strategic. However, having heard that over and over again, what I also learned was that very few people had much of a definition of what it meant to be more strategic. They didn’t have a clear guideline of what that is, how to define it, how to access it, and how to develop it. So the lack of definition and clarity around building this capability combined with the great need were the two sources of inspiration for writing this book.” – Steven Krupp

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Lead To Succeed by Chris Roebuck

The Front-Line Leader by Chris Van Gorder

MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership by John Baldoni

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