Oscar Wilde said if you read books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. The following books are not your average, they would change your outlook on business and leadership in ways you never knew where possible.
How to work a room, 25th Anniversary edition by Susan Roane
This silver Anniversary edition is fully revised and updated to include the role of technology and social media in networking. Plus practical hints to starting conversations and strengthening rapport with strangers. I recommended this book to all entrepreneurs, job professionals and job seekers alike.
The five lessons a millionaire taught me by Paul Evans
Wise and compelling, this book can be read in a single sitting and will leave you with insights of what being rich is about and just how you too can build that wealth.
Abundance: the future is better than you think by Peter. H. Diamandis and Steve Kotler
This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive research, introduces our near future, where exponentially growing technologies and three other powerful forces are conspiring to better the lives of billions. Written by tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist Peter. H. Diamandis and award winning science writer Steven Kotler. This book will change your perspective of the future in the most phenomenal way you taught possible.
The art of always being right by A.C Grayling and Arthur Schopenhauer
This book shows you the 38 ways that will convince people that you are right based on a life time of observing opinion. The Art of always being right shows you the 38 ways that will convince people that you are right. Read this book and see yourself become a persuasion guru.
A more beautiful question by Warren Berger
In this book, Warren Berger shows us that one of the most powerful forces for igniting change in our business and in our daily lives is simple. This author outlines a practical why/what if/ how system of inquiry that can guide you through the process of innovative questioning.
Change by design by Tim Brown
In this book Tim Brown, CEO of the celebrated innovation IDEO introduces us to design thinking. This book serves as a blue print for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking in all facets of their businesses. Written with humour, imagination and vision, this vital and inspiring guide is essential reading for anyone confronting the challenges of today in order to create the opportunities for tomorrow.
In the plex by Stephen Levy
Written with full cooperation from top management, including co-founder Sergey Brin and Larry Page, this is the inside story behind Google, the most successful and most admired technology company of our time, told by one of the best technology writers. No one has ever turned Google inside out as Levy does with this book.
Excerpts from Scribd book summaries.
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