In this episode Geoff Crook reveals all his insights on his book, The Dream Cafe, where he provides a guide for harnessing creativity and developing a brand designed to disrupt any market.

In his book Crook and co-author Duncan Bruce developed a fresh, innovative approach that is used by major businesses and is designed to product radical innovation that leads to unpredictable outcomes. The goal of the book is to show you how to transform any big business idea into a market disruptor, develop a competitive advantage by taking risks, and effectively implement massive innovation.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who possess a very creative mindset and need a practical guide for turning fresh ideas into highly profitable business ventures that will redefine any market.

About Geoff Crook:

“I am passionate about creativity and absolutely committed to the idea that disruption allows you to create better futures. I worked at Central Saint Martin’s college as a director of imagination and application and created a master’s program called Applied Imagination which broke just about every rule in education. I’ve done a lot of freelancing in the branding/marketing area and that’s where I got to meet Duncan who I then collaborated with on creating The Dream Cafe.

Frustration was the primary inspiration. It was frustration that the majority of businesses was confronting the context of market unpredictability by investing in trained insight rather than innovation and was simply failing to notice the difference.” – Geoff Crook

For a detailed summary of The Dream Cafe according to Geoff Crook CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Innovator’s Method by Nathan Furr

The Business Idea Factory by Andrii Sedniev

Disruption by Design by Paul Paetz

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In this episode Ray Higdon takes a deep dive into his book, Vibrational Money Immersion, where shares a network marketing guide to better help you make a living from home.

In his book Higdon provides a roadmap filled with practical advice, assignments, and principles that are designed to show you how to become the best network marketer in the field of multi-level marketing. The goal of this book is the help you train your brain to craft your own success, master the art of networking, enhance your sales skills, and overcome multiple obstacles that get in the way.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who want to be able to work from home and are interested in multi-level marketing, but want a better understanding of the principles.

About Ray Higdon:

“I was in corporate America and I didn’t feel like I was living my highest and best purpose and also spending more time with picture of my kids than the real thing. I would go to work when they were asleep and come home to them already in bed and that just wasn’t the life that I wanted to work toward. And so I went out on my own and started a real estate business that didn’t work out and in 2009 I found myself dead broke. It was then when I reinvented myself and have since built a multimillion a year coaching and training business. I also have a very successful blog and social media presence and because of all this my lifestyle is a lot different.

A lot of entrepreneurs attribute some of their successes from the content that’s contained within Think and Grow Rich. What I did was I took the public domain version of Think and Grow Rich and I kind of translated it not just to today’s world but also for the actual network marketer. I’ve been in network marketing for over five years and there are a lot of people that appreciate that translation of how this actually and directly applies to their profession.” – Ray Higdon

For a detailed summary of Vibrational Money Immersion according to Ray Higdon CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco

6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd

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In this episode Robert Kelsey gives an in-depth look inside his book, The Outside Edge, where he discusses how outsiders can succeed in a world made by insiders.

In his book Kelsey provides a practical guide that explains the ins and outs of getting your voice heard when it comes to being an original thinker and helps remediate the insecurities of unappreciated creativity. The goal of the book is to help you accept yourself for who you are, motivate yourself to harness your creativity, and acquire the skills needed to get your ideas heard.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who possess a unique ability to create new ideas and need help overcoming the feelings of awkwardness when it comes to finding work.

About Robert Kelsey:

“I am British and lived most of my life in London. I am someone that has always considered myself an outsider and didn’t fit my environment and ended up becoming an entrepreneur. What I’ve realized since then is that most entrepreneurs feel the same way I did and that’s often the reason they became an entrepreneur.

I realized that I had a mental disconnect from other people and it turned me into someone that felt like an outsider and I felt like it was important to write about. The real catalyst for me was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book, David and Goliath, where he spent 200 or more pages saying that outsiders and misfits had an enormous advantage. I couldn’t believe what I was reading because I always felt outsiders were disabled from their mental blockages and sometimes they don’t even see it. What Gladwell was describing to me were not outsiders that had an advantage, they were eccentric insiders and they were using their advantages that they had inbuilt in them in order to succeed. My book at first looks like its accepting Gladwell’s premise but it’s not, it’s absolutely rejecting it. Ultimately I make the point that outsiders do have some attributes that they can employ to their advantages but they’ve got to learn to employ them.” – Robert Kelsey

For a detailed summary of The Outside Edge according to Robert Kelsey CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Seven Sins of Innovation by Dave Richards

The Innovative Entrepreneur by Daniel Spluber

The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth by Chris Brogan

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In the episode Scott Mautz takes a deep dive into his book, Make It Matter, where he shows you how managers can motivate by creating meaning and personal significance.

In his book Mautz shares years of research, case studies, and techniques in an all-in-one how to guide for energizing, motivating, and encouraging employees to put in the most effort. The goal of the book is to help you add meaning to any organizational mission, find the internal significance of every employee, eliminate negativity from the workplace, and create unique opportunities of personal growth.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who run an organization of 5 or more employees and are looking for the best ways to create a work environment that mimic the best places to work.

About Scott Mautz:

“I am an author as of March 4th, when Make It Matter hit the streets. I am also a keynotes speaker and have a fulltime job as a director at Procter & Gamble where I run the company’s largest business. And over my 20 plus years at Procter & Gamble I have run a number of different businesses all multimillion dollars in size.

I have been studying the field of motivation for almost a decade and about seven years ago I discovered a stunning statistic that has been proven over and over again. Which is that almost 70% of us may actually be coated as disengaged at work and even if you’ve heard that statistic before, what’s stunning is that is doesn’t get any better. Year after year the data will show you it keeps declining so whatever we are doing to motivate clearly cannot be working. That has been haunting me for the last half dozen years and I really started working hard at trying to find a way to crack this code. I came across this concept that it’s not pay, it’s not perks, and it’s not promotion, it’s really meaning where you can bring significance into your work and make it matter more. That’s what kept me going and was the inspiration behind this book.” – Scott Mautz

For a detailed summary of Make It Matter according to Scott Mautz CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Everybody Paddles by Charles Archer

The Hidden Leader by Scott Edinger

The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman

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In this episode Jeff Hunt gives an in-depth summary of his book, The Website Investor, where he shares a guide to buying an online website business for passive income.

In his book Hunt provides a roadmap for finding highly profitable online businesses for sale and shows you how to get the most value out of them without having to start from scratch. The goal of the book is to help you estimate the value of a website, negotiate price with website sellers, differentiate between low and high effort web businesses, and hire the right virtual assistants to help grow your web business.

This book is perfect for serial entrepreneurs who are interested in owning profitable online businesses that have already developed a customer base without having to start fresh.

About Jeff Hunt:

“I’ve worked for many years in middle management at IBM where we had achieved most of our career goals. We felt like we just wanted to give back some of the blessing we had received so my family and I sold everything we had and moved overseas to a western Asian country where we served for about seven years. Once the kids grew up we knew it was time to come home. When I got home I didn’t feel like I could return to the corporate world very easily with the seven year gap on my resume so with little cash I decided to start buying websites and since bought about 300 income generating websites. Along with the website investing I am also an advisor for an online business acquisition for a company called Cloud Income Properties.

I meet a lot of people who would be better off buying in rather than starting a business from scratch. I go to conferences and people are really attracted to the online business space because of the flexibility that it offers. What most people don’t realize is the online business failure rate is even higher than offline just because people don’t invest themselves into it as much. And so the inspiration for my book is introducing all these people who are interested in a business to this idea of buying a website. The other inspiration is to help myself because the more people who are aware of this possibility, the more websites come out of the wood work that are for sale that I can buy and add to my portfolio.” – Jeff Hunt

For a detailed summary of The Website Investor according to Jeff Hunt CLICK HERE

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In this episode Sujan Patel takes a deep dive into his book, 100 Days of Growth, where he shares over 100 online marketing strategies that are used by top performing companies.

In his book Patel provides actionable techniques his company has used to help other businesses grow and teaches you step-by-step how to implement these growth strategies into your own business. The goal of the book is to help you improve your search engine optimization efforts, increase your lead generation results, eliminate ineffective digital marketing tactics, and much more.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who own an online business and are looking for an all-in-one guide for effective digital marketing tactics that will take their results from good to excellent.

About Sujan Patel:

“I’ve been doing digital marketing for 12 years now and worked with hundreds of clients helping them grow their traffic and revenue. Over the years I’ve worked on a lot of different ideas that have failed and a handful of things that have worked. My concept for the book is to put together my learnings and successes in a repeatable fashion.

I wanted to make something where people can follow along. Every tip and tactic is something you can do and ideally if you did one thing a day for the next 100 days you’re going to see some exponential growth. My inspiration was to take all my learnings of how to grow a business and make it useful, tactical, and actionable.” – Sujan Patel

For a detailed summary of 100 Days of Growth according to Sujan Patel CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Predictable Profits Playbook by Charles Gaudet

Do It! Marketing by David Newman

Digital Bacon by Alex Rodriguez

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In this episode, award-winning journalist, Ben Parr shares his book, Captivology. Parr shares the latest scientific research on attention, and how the masses respond and are captivate products, ideas, and projects. Captivology helps us understand why attention matters and how we could influence and enthrall people toward our business. This is an excellent book for entrepreneurs who want to take control and gain attention.

In this episode Charles Archer takes a deep dive into his book, Everybody Paddles, where he reveals an effective leader’s blueprint for creating a unified team.

In his book Archer provides a leadership roadmap with problem-solving tools that are designed to remedy the consequences and issues that come with dysfunctional organizations. The goal of the book is to help you develop an organization based on camaraderie, increase engagement between employees, and improve your facilitation skills as a manager.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who run a business with 5 or more employees where team work is essential to the business and need a strategic framework that produces highly effective teams.

About Charles Archer:

“I’m an attorney by license, I have a masters, I’m a writer, and an advocate for people with developmental disabilities. Twenty years ago I started a nonprofit to help people with disabilities live a productive, fantastic, and fulfilling life. Over the last 20 years we’ve been able to touch people throughout New York City and New Jersey.

Everybody Paddles came out of my ability working in business and all of the things I’ve seen as an attorney and entrepreneur. The one thing that inspired me was that there were people who didn’t want to add value at work. There were people who came to work and because of whatever number of reasons the culture became hostile and wasn’t motivating. I really was inspired to create something unique based on teamwork and team building that really got people understanding that every day at work you must add value.” – Charles Archer

For a detailed summary of Everybody Paddles according to Charles Archer CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Hidden Leader by Scott Edinger

The Culture Engine by S. Chris Edmonds

The Discomfort Zone by Marcia Reynolds

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In this episode Honoree Corder takes a deep dive into her book, Business Dating where she discusses how to apply relationship rules to business and master the art of business networking.

In her book Corder provides a roadmap where she personally coaches you on the best, practical ways to build business to business relationships using her special 12 x 12 matrix. The goal of the book is to help you not only become a master at networking but also overcome the fear of meeting people, know when networking opportunities are greatest, and fully leverage the relationships you build.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who frequent networking events and have a hard time creating professional relationships that yield a solid return on investment.

About Honoree Corder:

“I am an executive coach, speaker, and author. I work with professionals to help them double their income and triple their time off.

It’s not what the inspiration was; it’s more who the inspiration was. My clients were the inspiration. It’s a networking book and my take on how you can develop relationships in business using correlations between person dating and business dating.” – Honoree Corder

For a detailed summary of Business Dating according to Honoree Corder CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Top Dog: Influence and Impress Everyone You Meet by Andy Bounds and Richard Ruttle

What More Can I Say? by Dianna Booher

How The World Sees You by Sally Hogshead

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In this episode Doug Sandler gives a full preview of his book, Nice Guys Finish First, where he discusses how a great experience can make someone a customer for life.

In his book Sandler shares a very original consultative approach to putting the “human” back into client relationships in order to build trust that results in exceptional customer service. The goal of the book is to show you how to advise customers on making good decisions, build a longer lasting relationship with them, and develop a stronger sense of personal character.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are having a hard time keeping customers and need a practical way to overcome the challenge of taking their business from good to extraordinary.

About Doug Sandler:

“I spent 48 years running an entertainment business as a DJ. About two years ago I turned a switch and decided that I could teach people to do what I have done which is build a business.

A few years ago I made a call to a credit card company and I was asked to enter my sixteen digit number followed by the pound sign. As I went through this phone call I kept thinking that there has got to be a better way than this. I figured that there had to be a way that I could teach what I’ve done over the last 30 years to those that are just getting started now so that they can avoid the mistakes that I made.” – Doug Sandler

For a detailed summary of Nice Guys Finish First according to Doug Sandler CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Customer Experience 3.0 by John A Goodman

The Trusted Advisor by Robert Galford

Advisor Selling by Mark Hunter

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In this special episode of The Entrepreneurs Library serial entrepreneur and CEO of VoterSnap, Patrick Stevens, guest interviews Wade Danielson on his entrepreneurial journey and this show.

Since the launch of The Entrepreneurs Library, Wade has been asked so many questions that relates to his entrepreneurial life and the driving force behind his idea for this unique resource. The goal of this episode is to give you a more personal look into the life of Wade, the failures and successes along his journey, what led him to creating a book centric resource for entrepreneurs, and how his first company got listed #786 on Inc’s Fortune 5000.

AFTER YOU LISTEN: Whether you’re a subscriber to the show or a brand new listener it would be very humbling if you left your feedback about this show by leaving a review on iTunes.

Interview Questions:

Will you give those that don’t know you a bird’s eye view of yourself? (6:30)

If Mark Cuban or Donald Trump were to introduce you, what would they say? (11:50)

What was one of the first main defining moments in your life and reasons that made you make a decision to become an entrepreneur? (13:45)

What was your mindset in taking the leap from working for a company fulltime to actually starting a company where you have all the responsibilities to think about? (18:30)

You’re coming up on your five year anniversary at GNS and knowing that around 90% of businesses don’t even make it to the five year mark, let alone be as successful as it is. So what from your perspective are the reasons why Guardian Network Solutions has been so successful and made it this far? (24:50)

Being a podcaster and in this specific niche within personal development, what’s the primary content that you’re seeing most successful entrepreneurs are consuming right now? And how do you see that changing over the next five years? (27:42)

When did you realize self-education was the way to real and lasting success for you? (31:30)

How did you come across podcasting? (37:00)

What sparked the idea of The Entrepreneurs Library? (38:06)

What separates other book review sites from The EL podcast? (43:00)

What’s the “Why” behind The Entrepreneurs Library? (45:23)

What’s next for The Entrepreneurs Library? (48:30)

If you could write the perfect book for entrepreneurs, what would you title it? (51:00)

What is the one thing that you’ve implemented personally in your life that was an absolute game changer that you believe would add a lot of value to others? (51:36)

Do you have a morning routine? (56:15)

What is one habit you wish you had? (1:00:07)

If you could go back and redo anything in your entrepreneurial life, what would you change? (1:02:20)

What is the best advice you’ve ever taken from a book? (1:03:25)

If you were stranded on an island with only one book what would it be? (1:04:50)

For a detailed summary of The Untold Story of Wade Danielson according to Wade himself CLICK HERE

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In this episode Tom Trush takes a deep dive into his book, Escape the Expected, where he shares the secret psychology of selling to today’s skeptical consumers.

In his book Trush provides a step-by-step guide that teaches you marketing secrets you may have never heard of like what prospects don’t trust you, what pollutes the marketing world, and how to establish yourself as an authority in so much cluttered advertising. The goal of the book is to help you spend less time working, leverage your marketing better, and adapt to the constant changes in marketing.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are spending more than half their time marketing a business or have no idea where to start when it comes to marketing.

About Tom Trush:

“I am a direct-response copywriter and I think sometimes you give that career name out there and people don’t necessarily understand what it is. The way I like to explain it is that I write marketing materials designed to generate response. One of the big things that I love about my job is figuring out why a marketing piece is poor or isn’t generating the response that people want.

Usually the way that I write is I stumble on marketing topics that interest me and then I’ll weave them into a theme. I wanted to give people some ideas for establishing trust in the marketing materials that you send out to attract leads and generate sales.” – Tom Trush

For a detailed summary of Escape The Expected according to Tom Trush CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Do It! Marketing by David Newman

Pocket Man by Scott Jordan

Moving Targets by Gabriel Aluisy

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In this episode Elizabeth Thornton takes a deep dive into her book, The Objective Leader, where she shows you how to leverage the power of seeing things as they are.

In her book Thornton reveals years of research on the concept of objectivity and how it will open your world to new cultures, new markets, and new opportunities. The goal of the book is to help you improve your management skills, make decisions faster than normal, avoid bad decision making, and eliminate the fear of failure when it comes to life and business.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who typically overreact to negative situations, judge people too quickly, and let their insecurities get the best of them.

About Elizabeth Thornton:

“I have been with Babson College as the professor of entrepreneurship since 2006.

I lost a million dollars in an international fruit juice business and it taught me so much. Getting back on my feet I realized it wasn’t the business decision I was making along the way, it was how I framed my world and my inability to see things as they were. As a result of that I started studying psychology, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship and just trying to put it all together. I started learning about objectivity and developed a course around it that I wanted to share with others.” – Elizabeth Thornton

For a detailed summary of The Objective Leader according to Elizabeth Thornton CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Seeing What Others Don’t by Gary Klein

Anticipate by Rob-Jan de Jong

Fairness is Overrated by Tim Stevens

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In this episode Jamie Smart reveals all his insights on The Little Book of Clarity where he provides you with a quick guide to focus and declutter your mind.

In his book Smart expands on his original book Clarity and provides you with new, powerful ways to improve your productivity, eliminate stress, and master the art of innate thinking. The goal of the book is to help you create more relationships, meet personal goals, pinpoint negative goals, and train your brain to start prioritizing your day-to-day life more clearly.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are constantly bombarded with an extensive to-do list and need an effective manual that will clear their head in order to get things done efficiently.

About Jamie Smart:

“I’m an entrepreneur and my fascination is with how people think, how people motivate themselves, and how people get results. Very specifically what I’ve find is how the mind works is a huge area of fascination and I’ve been exploring that for years.

When I found myself having all the trappings of success but none of the feelings of success I went back to the drawing board and found that there was a fundamental misunderstanding behind how I thought life worked. As I cleared up that misunderstanding for myself and started clearing it up for my clients not only did I become more productive, more clear minded, more comfortable in my own skin, I also became more successful. It turns out we are designed for reality and do really well in it but we don’t do so well when we are caught up in our muddle thinking.” – Jamie Smart

For a detailed summary of The Little Book of Clarity according to Jamie Smart CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Work Simply by Carson Tate

Overwhelmed by Brigit Schulte

How to Be A Productivity Ninja by Graham Allcott

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In this episode Gary Klein reveals all his insights on his book, Seeing What Others Don’t, where he reveals when, why, and how insights are formed and what blocks them.

In his book Klein shares stories involving his years of cognitive learning research that uncover the origins of creativity and how many successful innovators were able to create their marvelous ideas. The goal of the book is to help you train your brain to be more creative, effectively solve more problems, avoid disruptive idea blockers, and think faster than the average person.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who work in a stressful, fast-paced environment and want to learn how to improve their cognitive thinking skill in order to make fast, intelligent decisions.

About Gary Klein:

“I was trained in experimental psychology and over the years I got interested in seeing how people actually work outside of laboratories and specifically how people make life and death decisions under extreme time pressure. So we’ve studied firefighters, nurses, physicians and so forth to see what they actually do.

I would make presentations on my work on decision making to audiences and there was a slide that I would use that had an up arrow and a down arrow. The down arrow was ways to improve performance by reduction and the up arrow was about what to increase in order to improve performance. What you wanted to increase was insights and so I would tell groups that and they resonated to it. They kept asking me questions about the up arrow that I didn’t have answers to. Finally I decided I need to do some research and study the up arrow which is what led me to writing this book.” – Gary Klein

For a detailed summary of Seeing What Others Don’t according to Gary Klein CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Innovative Entrepreneur by Daniel Spluber

Anticipate by Rob-Jan de Jong

The Myths of Creativity by David Burkus

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In this episode David Grant takes a deep dive into his book, The Social Profit Handbook, where he shares a guide to setting goals, assessing outcomes, and achieving success for mission-driven organizations.

In his book Grant provides proven, actionable strategies that help low-profit and non-profit organizations take charge of their operations in order to improve their future. The goal of the book is to teach you how to create assessment rubrics, develop a solid social business plan, properly measure your success, and effectively set attainable goals.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are in the business of creating social change and want to know what it takes to create an efficiently run mission-based organization.

About David Grant:

“I have had a career split between two fields, the first half was in education and I was an English teacher. Then I had the opportunity to start and found a school in Vermont called The Mountain School which was the first of the whole series of semester plans which now exist around the country. From there I became president of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in New Jersey.

When I came in to the foundation world I leaning towards the question who needs to learn what here. I ended up working very closely with the executive directors and the board chairs of the nonprofit organizations that the Dodge Foundation funded. What started with a couple afternoon sessions became a full blown course in leadership. The real incentive to write the book was that after these workshops, time and again, people told me that I had to write a book.” – David Grant

For a detailed summary of The Social Profit Handbook according to David Grant CLICK HERE

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In this episode Bo Burlingham takes a deep dive into his book, Finish Big, where he discusses how great entrepreneurs exit their companies on top.

In his book Burlingham dissects dozens of interviews he made with entrepreneurs that have left their companies and pieces together actionable information that all business owners must know about creating a solid exit plan. The goal of the book is to help you find the right time to exit a business, overcome the stress of leaving a company, and leave your company in better shape.

This book is perfect for seasoned entrepreneurs who are close to meeting all their business goals and are ready to start planning an exceptional exit from their organization.

About Bo Burlingham:

“I am an editor at-large at Inc. magazine and been on staff for 32 years. I co-authored a couple books and I’ve also written Small Giants.

It began with my sometime co-author Norm Brodsky. I had been writing a column with him in Inc. magazine for almost 20 years now. Back in 2006 Norm decided to sell his company and he and I decided to write about it on a month by month basis. From those writings we got a tremendous amount of reader response and I realized that there was a huge appetite out there for understanding the experience of selling a company.” – Bo Burlingham

For a detailed summary of Finish Big according to Bo Burlingham CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Exit Strategy Handbook by Jerry Mills

Walk Away Wealthy by Mark Tepper

Selling Your Business For More Than It’s Worth by Michelle Seiler-Tucker

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In this episode Andy Bounds reveals all his insights on his and Richard Ruttle’s book, Top Dog, where they share techniques to impress and influence everyone you meet.

In their book Bounds and Ruttle provide expert advice and examples on becoming a more effective and sought-after communicator when it comes to any conversation from dating to sales. The goal of the book is to teach you proven communication strategies that will heighten your ability to spark conversations, make you the center of attention, and help you take charge of a conversation.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who frequently attend networking events, make sales calls, or live the dating life and need simple ways to enhance their charisma when talking to others.

About Andy Bounds:

“I am one of the two authors of Top dog, the other one is Richard Ruttle. I have my own consultancy practice and what I do is I help large organizations sell more. I’ve worked in 30 countries and Top Dog is my third book. I hope that readers will be able to read Top Dog and understand exactly what they need to do to progress their business.

The inspiration was to help people in conversations when they think the other person is more important than them. The inspiration is to get rid of all that frustration out there that so many entrepreneurs feel when having a conversation with important people and it not going as well as they want and this book will make sure that it does.” – Andy Bounds

For a detailed summary of Top Dog according to Andy Bounds CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Charisma on Command by Charlie Houpert

What More Can I Say by Dianna Booher

The Seven Levels of Communication by Michael Maher

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In this episode Chris Reimer takes a deep dive into his book, Happywork, where he shares a business parable about the journey to better teamwork, profit, and purpose.

In his book Reimer embraces the everyday unhappiness at work and provides real advice on how to transform any workplace into a motivationally positive environment. The goal of the book is to help you overcome workplace negativity, bring the best out of your employees, streamline your business processes, prioritize your employee tasks, and eliminate human emotions from the workplace.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who want to improve their management skills and ensure that their business workplace runs efficiently and effectively in the absence of negative attitudes.

About Chris Reimer:

“I am based in St. Louis Missouri and I am a Marketing Communication Strategist. Previous to that I spent a little over 15 years as a CPA and CFO of organizations around St. Louis.

This books inspiration came from my own work experiences. I’ve never had a job that was absolutely horrible but I’ve had some pretty colorful job experiences. The other inspiration would be my mother and what she went through working a 30 plus year career for the US government.” – Chris Reimer

For a detailed summary of Happywork according to Chris Reimer CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman

The Culture Engine by Chris Edmonds

The Hidden Leader by Scott Edinger

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In this episode Joan Sotkin takes a deep dive into her book, Build Your Money Muscles, where she shares 9 simple exercises for improving your relationship with money.

In her book Sotkin provides a common sense, step-by-step guide that will create an achievable pathway to financial security and prosperity through personal growth rather than quick fixes. The goal of the book is to help you build a secure financial base, understand why you are struggling with money, manage money more healthfully, and climb out of any financial slump.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who have a hard time managing personal finances and want a natural approach to becoming financially happy with their money.

About Joan Sotkin:

“I started out in life on the lower end, I had two very successful brothers and I could barely make it. I was sick emotionally, financially, and it’s been a journey. I love to share what I’ve learned along the way and I’ve been on the internet since 1995 doing just that.

I really like sharing what I learned and I saw that a lot of financial books were either heavy on the mindset piece or they were very hardcore how to count your money and handle cash flow books. I wanted something that combined both because that’s what I saw had to be done.” – Joan Sotkin

For a detailed summary of Build Your Money Muscles according to Joan Sotkin CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Financially Savvy Entrepreneur by Emily Chase Smith

Live Richer Challenge by Tiffany Aliche

From Worry to Wealthy by Chellie Campbell

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In this episode Mike Paton takes a deep dive into his book, Get A Grip, where he discusses how to get everything you want from your entrepreneurial business.

In his book Paton shares the entrepreneurial story of two startup founders that uncovers the real-life hardships and accomplishments that come with starting an entrepreneurial business. The goal of the book is to help you understand what it takes to be an entrepreneur, how to resolve typical issues that come with running a startup, and how to create a more effective team.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are in a business partnership or own a business that is team oriented and need an action plan to improve their organizational operations.

About Mike Paton:

“I am a lifelong entrepreneur, grew up in an entrepreneurial household and today I spend all day, every day, surrounded by entrepreneurs and their leadership teams helping them implement a system for running a small business called EOS (The Entrepreneurial Operating System).

My co-author and I both individually believed that this book needed to be written. We both work in the trenches with entrepreneurial leadership teams all the time, we both are avid learners, and both fallen in love with a forum for a book and we believe that telling the EOS story using the entrepreneurial approach would be a compelling read for most of the people we surround ourselves with.” – Mike Paton

For a detailed summary of Get A Grip according to Mike Paton CLICK HERE

Related Books:

All in Startup by Diana Kander

The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz

Fairness if Overrated by Tim Stevens

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In this episode Graham Allcott takes a deep dive into his book, How to be a Productivity Ninja, where he shows you how to worry less, achieve more, and love what you do.

In his book Allcott combines all of his teachings from his public productivity workshops from all around the world into a simple, effective guide to working faster and smarter. The goal of the book is to teach you how to overcome procrastination, how to use email more efficiently, new ways to increase your personal time, and how to de-clutter an information overload.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who own more than one business or run a time intensive business and need help balancing their overloaded schedule in order to work more efficiently.

About Graham Allcott:

“I run a company called Think Productive and am an author. For the last few years I’ve been involved in productivity training and coaching with some of the biggest companies in the UK and increasingly around the world. At the moment my life is traveling the world and being the evangelist for Productivity Ninja.

The inspiration for me was my own journey with productivity. I used to be a chief executive of a charity here in the UK and I went freelance. And when I went freelance I realized that I no longer had a team of people around me and knew I had a problem and needed to develop my own skills. I started reading lots of different books, blogs, and experimenting with different systems to develop my own take on the topic of productivity. I am a big believer that the things you struggle to learn yourself are the things you should teach to other people so I started doing just that.” – Graham Allcott

For a detailed summary of How To Be A Productivity Ninja according to Graham Allcott CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Work Smarter by Nick Loper

Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden

Work Simply by Carson Tate

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