Add them to your reading list

In this article, I’ll share several books you should read to become smarter, wiser, and more successful in 2023. Hopefully, you’ll find them useful.

How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Page Count: 288
Rating on Goodreads: 4.21

This book is a bestseller for a reason: it’s incredible.

Dale Carnegie’s book is about making friends and improving the quality of existing relationships. He also provides several useful strategies to keep a conversation going.

How To Win Friends and Influence People has been recommended by lots of successful entrepreneurs. Dave Ramsay, Daymond John, and Tim Ferriss to name a few. So, if you haven’t already, add this book to your reading list.

It’s great!

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Here are some quotes from the book:

“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn — and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

“Everybody in the world is seeking happiness — and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.”

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Atomic Habits by James Clear

Page Count: 319
Rating on Goodreads: 4.38

Atomic Habits is a great book. It discusses innovative ways to build positive habits (and break bad ones). The book also talks about the psychology behind habits, and being consistent when following a daily routine.

This is one of the best non-fiction books in the world. It’ll teach you to become more disciplined, so you can excel in your career, and every other aspect of life.

Read it as soon as possible!

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Here are some quotes from the book:

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”

“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it — but all that had gone before.”

“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time.”

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

Page Count: 392
Rating on Goodreads: 4.21

I’ve never been a huge fan of biographies. So, I had low expectations for this book when I read it for the first time. However, Elon’s story is fascinating. Even if you don’t like Elon as a person, you’ll probably enjoy it!

Elon Musk grew up in poverty in South Africa. His family wasn’t rich. But every day, he read books and did everything within his power to understand new things. He also spent a lot of time learning about engineering — and other topics that would prove useful at Tesla & SpaceX.

It’s a brilliant book!

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Here are some quotes from the book:

“If you told him that you made a particular choice because ‘it was the standard way things had always been done,’ he’d kick you out of a meeting fast.”

“There are probably too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and also law. That is part of the reason why we haven’t seen as much innovation.”

“What Musk has developed that so many of the entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley lack is a meaningful worldview. He’s the possessed genius on the grandest quest anyone has ever concocted. He’s less a CEO chasing riches than a general marshaling troops to secure victory. Where Mark Zuckerberg wants to help you share baby photos, Musk wants to . . . well . . . save the human race from self-imposed or accidental annihilation.”

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The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman

Page Count: 416
Rating on Goodreads: 4.10

I love The Personal MBA. In the book, Josh shares the essentials of sales, marketing, negotiation, strategy, and much more. He also breaks down complex topics in a way that’s easy for anyone to understand.

“True leaders aren’t made by business schools,” per Goodreads. “They make themselves, seeking out the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed. Read this book and in one week you will learn the principles it takes most people a lifetime to master.”

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Here are some quotes from the book:

“Learn everything you can from your competition, and then create something even more valuable.”

“Every time your customers purchase from you, they’re deciding that they value what you have to offer more than they value anything else their money could buy at that moment.”

“Experimentation is the essence of living a satisfying, productive, fulfilling life. The more you experiment, the more you learn, and the more you’ll achieve.”

Contributed by JAMES WHITE

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