Entrepreneurship
Success/Productivity/Mindset
Emerging Technology
Entrepreneurship
Essential reading to gain an understanding of how western civilization came to be with a focus on economical progression. It shows, through historical observation, the trend of western civilizational economies, and projects that the entrepreneurial economy will overcome the limits of the information economy. The author does an amazing job of blending education with entertainment.
The End of Jobs examines the ongoing transition from the information economy into the entrepreneurial economy. It looks at several relevant frameworks that are beneficial to operating in an entrepreneurial economy and presents several case studies of successful present day entrepreneurs. Very good and entertaining read for anyone new, or relatively new, to pursuing entrepreneurship.
Principles is an extremely insightful book from Ray Dalio. Dalio is one of the best, if not best, ever hedge fund managers in history. He has compiled all of the lessons learned and principles lived by into this first volume of Principles. He breaks them down into Life Principles and Work Principles. This book is not only beneficial to entrepreneurship, but will improve your overall quality of life.
Strengths Finder is a book we recommend to almost anyone we work with. This book has one purpose: Identify What Your Strengths Are. There is an assessment that you take which will discover what these strengths are. There is only a one time use code available with each copy so you have to buy a new book to take the assessment. When you have identified your strengths, you can leverage them in your entrepreneurial pursuits to achieve better and faster results.
Success/Productivity/Mindset
Eat That Frog! is a quick and easy read, but offers actionable steps to take in order to become more productive. If you are in a constant struggle trying to find more time in your day to get more of the things you “think” you need to get done, than this book will be extremely helpful. This book will allow you to either learn or refine your productivity skills.
How To Win Friends & Influence People is a timeless book from Dale Carnegie. It is amazing how many nuggets of valuable information are contained in this book and are still applicable to today. It is almost like human behavior does not change much, especially not quickly. This is an updated version for the modern digital age. This book is priceless when it comes to growing a successful network of friends and customers.
This book highlights a fundamental principle underlying all achievements that resulted from exponential growth. It is simply the idea of compound interest applied to life and how small improvements applied over time can lead to amazing results.
Emerging Technology
A great start to understanding Blockchain technology. This is written with the beginner in mind. This book will give you brief overviews of what blockchain is and how it works. It looks at some of the pros and cons (which represent opportunities!) of blockchain technology in present day. The book also explores more of the application of blockchain across multiple industries which highlights how disruptive this technology could be, mostly in a positive way. There is a technical guide near the end of the book which helps you take the next step in understanding the technology behind cryptocurrency and blockchain.
System Tinker 