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What you will find in my business library shelf!
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items Let me tell you something upfront: If I had been handed this shelf 30 years ago, my entire business life would’ve compounded faster. This isn’t a list of “nice books.” This is the actual shortcut — the thinking, the systems, the psychology, the disci...
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The Entrepreneurs Foundation
Business Clarity & Operating Systems for Real‑World Entrepreneurs.
The Entrepreneurs Foundation
Read these books sequentially, with understanding, use a notebook and journal all the key findings, build a matrix and framework that will underscore a good future for you. If you want a business that feels solid under your feet— the kind that grows cleanly, compounds naturally, and actually supports the life you want. They give you the mental sharpness, the structure, and the behavioural discipline that turn good inten...
If you want to know why I wrote The Wannabe Entrepreneur, it’s simple: I’d been in business for decades — I’d even done the MBA — and I still kept bumping into the same problems nobody had ever explained properly. And I kept meeting entrepreneurs who...
The Wannabe Entrepreneur: Business OS Guide
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I did the MBA — and yet I still had problems my training never answered. The models were neat. The theories were elegant. But the real world? Messy. Human. Unpredictable. And no amount of case‑study analysis prepared me for that. That’s why this book...
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School
Ambidextrous… I am certainly not. I’m naturally a single‑minded operator — give me a task and I’ll disappear into it. Which is exactly why this book challenged me so much. It forced me to confront the uncomfortable truth: if you want to build a real ...
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and ...
Life’s a bit like a giant sweet jar — full of colours, choices, and temptations. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably grabbed a handful more than once and wondered why everything suddenly felt… noisy. That’s why I love this book. It’s a bo...
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary ...
I’m not the type who can sit still on a pool chair — so this one hit me harder than I expected. Essentialism isn’t about squeezing more into the day; it’s about finally admitting that most of what we say yes to doesn’t actually matter. McKeown makes ...
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Barnes & Noble
When I first read this, I was already well into my career — but I made a conscious effort to adapt, and it paid off handsomely. This book is a reminder that big breakthroughs rarely come from big gestures. They come from the tiny, almost boring behav...
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break ...
Every Christmas I get gifts that stay hidden until the next clear‑out — which is exactly why this book hit me. Most founders don’t fail because they lack vision. They fail because they spend months (or years) building things nobody actually wants… th...
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous ...
I used to be reactionary — constantly responding, rarely directing. After reading this book, I spent a full week journalling my changes and internalising them, and it genuinely reshaped how I operate. Covey’s work is timeless because it doesn’t teach...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition
In my early career I fancied myself as a salesman — the traveller‑salesman life suited me. Big car, long drives, showing up at mines and factories with samples in the boot. I’d meet the buyers, give a quick demo, solve their problem, and the sale too...
Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
If I was an entrepreneurs’ advocate back then, I would’ve argued that the result always justified the outcome. Just get it done. Make it work. Ship it. Then I read this book — and it rewired the whole way I thought about leadership and communication....
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
How many times have I heard the phrase “buyers are liars”? It’s baked into so much of the selling psyche. When I used to employ people, I’d always ask whether they believed it — even in debt‑receiving roles. And honestly, if someone said yes, it told...
Building a StoryBrand 2.0: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will ...
I used to have a cavalier attitude to everything — a casual “tomorrow can wait.” Give me a deadline and I’d become lethargic, if not a little belligerent. Most deadlines felt artificial anyway, so why rush? Then I read this book — and it cracked that...
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others ...
What happens when you read a book like this and suddenly realise you do have time for a midweek game of golf — you just didn’t know it? That was the punch in the ribs for me. All those years of “I’m too busy,” when really… I was just operating inside...
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Escape 9-5, Live ...
This one still challenges me… 35 tabs open, a task 90% complete, but another task suddenly feels urgent. My brain loves a good distraction buffet, and this book held up a mirror I wasn’t entirely ready for. Newport argues that in a world designed to ...
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
I can afford expensive brand clothing — I just don’t buy it. I buy comfort. I buy what feels right. I’m no tribalist, and I don’t follow fashion for the sake of belonging. I avoid being persuaded by people who don’t think, and I’ve seen how much of w...
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!
Don't stop reading, fill your journal, save it, start another. I love these types of books — the ones written by a group of people who see the problem clearly and genuinely want to fix it. There’s something powerful about practitioners turning their ...
The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate ...
My career started off by selling by visiting customers. Selling has changed more in the last five years than in the previous fifty. Buyers are digital‑first, AI‑assisted, globally distributed, and expectation‑driven. Contemporary Selling is the first major textbook to fully update selling for this new env...
Contemporary Selling: Building Relationships, Creating Value
I always used to ask potential employees what the last book was that they read. And if someone pulled a book out of their briefcase during the interview, I was already impressed. One of my best appointments was a young man who did exactly that. I hir...
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Business Clarity & Operating Systems for Real‑World Entrepreneurs.
I like systems, mainly because I struggle with overwhelm. This is a structured, clarity‑driven reference book, perfect for entrepreneurs who want mental models without fluff. It reveals Business clarity, decision frameworks, mental models.
100 Concepts & Frameworks for Business Leaders
I find books educate and align our minds, this is a holistic, experience‑based approach to decision‑making which aligns with my “clarity first” philosophy. Identity → behaviour → decisions → outcomes.
The Purposeful Decision Maker: Guide to Great Decisions
I found this useful. I am not a dialogue person, just do it right and I am satisfied. This book though offers a more strategic, data‑driven angle. Good for readers who want clarity through evidence and dialogue. Strategic clarity, ethical decision systems.
Responsible Business Decision Making: Strategic Impact
I know it all, I read the books and honestly, leave my family out of my business. Then I read this book: Interdisciplinary, deeper thinking. More academic, but useful for readers who want a “thinking upgrade.” Gap filled: Advanced decision psychology + systems thinking.
Mastering Decision-Making in Business and Personal Life
