Favourite Scribd selects on business and leadership

        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.

Robert.T.Kiyosaki's 7 basic rules of investing

If you are looking to make some investment in 2016 here are seven rules that I did recommend you follow according to business rabbi Robert Kiyosaki as culled from his book "Rich Dads guide to investing"

1, Always decide what kind you are after it could any of the following
*Earned Income i.e your salaries and monthly wages, this is the most difficult form of income to build wealth because it is highly taxed.

*Portfolio Income; derived from tangible assets like stocks,bonds,mutual funds e.tc

*Passive Income; generated from tangible assets such as real estate, royalty arrangements.

2, Convert earned income into portfolio or passive income. The basic of successful investing is to take earned money and turn into paper assets that will generate portfolio income in the future.

3,Invest in securities that become assets; a security is something that you can invest cash in like a stock in a company or real estate. A security an asset only if it generates income for you.

4, Find securities that are liabilities and turn them into assets; good investors find securities which are currently out of favour but which other investors will want to buy once they are fixed.

5, Be prepared for whatever happens; Good investors train and educate themselves so they will recognise a good opportunity when it presents itself. The financially astute learn how to do well in either an up market or down market.

6, Recognize that good deals always find the cash needed if an investor has done the homework and developed a track record of success, finding the money will never be a problem.

7, Understand the trade off between risk and reward the investor intuitively understands speculative investments offer potential rewards but have correspondingly higher risks attached.

Investing is not a race you are not in competition with anyone else. People who compete usually have huge ups and downs in their financial life. You are not here to finish first, all you need to do to make more money is simply focus on becoming a better investor_Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechster