Book Summaries

Leadership

Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John C. Maxwell (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Wash. (9/10) Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven (9/10) | Book Summary
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance by Bob Buford (7/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness by Lolly Daskal (7/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Power of Positive Leadership by Jon Gordon (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Chess Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game by Mark Miller (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now by Dr. Gordon Livingston (8/10) | Book Summary

Biography

Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Made In America by Sam Walton. (9/10) : Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s by Ray Kroc. Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Call Me Ted by Ted Turner (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence by Stephen A. Schwarzman. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | AudioBook | Book Summary
Bloomberg by Bloomberg. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Book Summary
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry by Marc Benioff. (8/10) Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov (8/10): Print | eBook (Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John C. Bogle. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede. (8/10): Kindle (eBook) | Hardcover
How a Nigerian Entrepreneur from Humble Beginnings Grew a Business to $16 Billion by Jim Ovia. (8/10): Audiobook | Book Summary

Entrepreneurship

The Art of the Start 2.0 by Guy Kawasaki (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs by Guy Raz.(8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
You Don’t Have to Be a Shark: Creating Your Own Success by Robert Herjavec. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Turning Dreams Into Profits by Michael Masterson. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Entrepreneur Revolution: How to Develop Your Entrepreneurial Mindset and Start a Business that Works by Daniel Priestley. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Awakening the Entrepreneur Within How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies by Michael E. Gerber. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Productivity

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (10/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker (9/10): Print | eBook (Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success by John C. Maxwell. (8/10: Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch (7/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to Do by Sarah Knight. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam (7/10): Print | Kindle (ebook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity by Charles Duhigg. Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline by Peter Hollins. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play by Neil Fiore. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown (8/10) | Book Summary

Personality Awareness

Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis Ph.D. (8/10) | Book Summary
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie (9/10) | Book Summary
Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get On with Life by Margalis Fjelstad (9/10) | Book Summary
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder (9/10) | Book Summary
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder. (8/10) | Book Summary
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD. (8/10) | Book Summary
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Jefferson A. Singer. (8/10) | Book Summary
5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life by Bill Eddy (9/10) | Book Summary
In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People by Dr. George K. Simon Ph.D. (8/10) | Book Summary
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Jean M. Twenge Ph.D. & W. Keith Campbell Ph.D. (9/10) | Book Summary
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout Ph.D. (9/10) | Book Summary

Human Behaviour

Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit by Joseph Epstein. (8/10) | Book Summary
On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done by Cass Sunstein. (8/10) | Book Summary
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (9/10) | Book Summary

Habits

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg Ph.D. (9/10): Print | Kindle | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy (9/10): Print | eBook(Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy (9/10) Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Creativity

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield ((7/10) : Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Writing

On Writing Well by William Zinsser (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | AudioBook | Book Summary
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (9/10): Print | eBook(Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
How To Write Non-Fiction: Turn Your Knowledge Into Words by Joanna Penn (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Book You Were Born to Write: Everything You Need to (Finally) Get Your Wisdom onto the Page and into the World by Kelly Notaras (7/10) | Book Summary

Social Media

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport (10/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell.(8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google by Scott Galloway (8/10) | Book Summary
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil (9/10) | Book Summary
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World–and How to Make It Work for You by Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans (8/10) | Book Summary

Digital Transformation:
Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business by Sunil Gupta. (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford. (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age by David L. Rogers. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation by George Westerman et al. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Why Digital Transformations Fail: The Surprising Disciplines of How to Take Off and Stay Ahead by Tony Saldanha (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
Competing in the Age of AI by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook

CryptoCurrency
The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order by Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper. (8/10) | Book Summary
The New Case for Gold by James Rickards (8/10) | Book Summary

Culture
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture by Ben Horowitz. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBooks) | Audiobooks | Book Summary
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr. (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook

Goal Setting
Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want — Faster Than You Ever Thought by Brian Tracy. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Fear
The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain by Daniel Gardner. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Non-Profit
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Influence
How to win friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. (10/10): Print | Kindle(eBooks) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall Rosenberg.(7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The One Sentence Persuasion Course by Blair Warren (8/10): Kindle(eBook)

Branding/Marketing
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin.(8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Personal Branding
Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work by Kanika Tolver. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Financial Independence
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (10/10): Print | Kindle | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence (8/10): Print | eBook (Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by MJ DeMarco. Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Psychography

Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder by Chip Conley. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement by Rich Karlgaard. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter And How To Make The Most Of Them Now by Dr. Meg Jay. (9/10) Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else by Chrystia Freeland

Team Building

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team By Patrick Lencioni (7/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Self-Improvement

Lead The Field by Earl Nightingale. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop (7/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
I Can See Clearly Now by Wayne Dyer (8/10): Print | eBook (Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga (9/10) : Print | eBook (kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
- Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion by Gary Chapman. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
- No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity by John C. Maxwell. (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook
- Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook)
- The Joy of Missing Out by Tanya Dalton. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
- Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. (8/10) | Book Summary
- The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden (9/10) | Book Summary

Psychology

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary

Personal Development

Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo (8/10): Print | eBook (Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes by David Robson (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Life’s Golden Ticket: A Story about Second Chances by Brendon Burchard. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power by Brendon Burchard. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Your Life Right Now by Robert D. Smith. (7/10): Print | Audio | Book Summary
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. (8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook

Grief/Loss

There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Dr. Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell.(9/10) Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine. (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom.(9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant (8/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware (9/10): Print | Kindle (eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Rising Strong by Brené Brown (8/10): Print | eBook (Kindle) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame by Tara Brach.(8/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary
Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean by Kim Scott. (7/10): Print | Kindle(eBook) | Audiobook | Book Summary