Brandon's Recommended Reading

THE MUST READ CLASSICS

How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie)
The Strangest Secret (Earl Nightingale)
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
The Greatest Salesman in the World (Og Mandino)
A Better Way to Live (Og Mandino)
Man's Search for Meaning (Victor Frankl)
As a Man Thinketh (James Allen)
The Magic of Believing (Claude Bristol)
The Richest Man in Babylon (George S. Clason)
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Magic of Thinking Big (Daniel J. Schwartz)
Enthusiasm Makes The Difference (Norman Vincent Peale)
Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude (Napoleon Hill)

THE MUST READ LIST - PERSONAL

Living Every Minute (Tim Reynolds)
The Obstacle is the Way (Ryan Holiday)
The Rhythm of Life (Matthew Kelly)
I AM (Howard Falco)
Anything You Want (Derek Sivers)
On Becoming a Leader (Warren Bennis)
How Full is Your Bucket? (Rath and Clifton)
The Happiness Advantage (Shawn Achor)
Failing Forward (John Maxwell)
Leading an Inspired Life (Jim Rohn)
Becoming a Person of Influence (Maxwell and Dornan)
Flow ( Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
Authentic Happiness (Martin Seligman)
The Power of Full Engagement (Loehr and Schwartz)
Life’s Greatest Lessons- 20 Things that Matter (Hal Urban)
The Greatest Salesman in the World (Og Mandino)
Living Big (Pam Grout)
The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz)
You Are A Badass (Jen Sincero)
The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman)
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind (T. Harv Eker)
The Automatic Millionaire (David Bach)
Keys to Success - The 17 Principles (Napoleon Hill)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F%#$ (Mark Manson)
Daring Greatly  (Brene' Brown)
No Excuses! (Brian Tracy)
Excuse me, your life is waiting (Lynn Grabhorn)
One Last Talk (Philip McKernan)
The Charge (Brendon Burchard)

THE MUST READ LIST - BUSINESS

Living Every Minute (Tim Reynolds)
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership (Dethmer, Chapman, Klemp)
Leaders Eat Last (Simon Sinek)
Atomic Habits (James Clear)
Dare to Lead (Brene' Brown)
EntreLeadership (Dave Ramsey)
Start with the Why (Simon Sinek)
The Speed of Trust (Stephen M.R. Covey)
The Carrot Principle (Gostick and Elton)
All In (Gostic ad Elton)
The Leader Who Had No Title (Robin Sharma)
Flight of the Buffalo (Belasco and Stayer)
Never Eat Alone (Keith Ferrazzi)
Linchpin (Seth Godin)
Execution (Bossidy and Charan)
Good to Great (Jim Collins)
Built to Last (Collins and Porras)
First, Break all the Rules (Buckingham and Coffman)
The One Minute Manager, series of books (Ken Blanchard)
The E-Myth Revisited (Michael E. Gerber)
Strengths Finder 2.0 (Tom Rath)
7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
Raving Fans (Ken Blanchard)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John Maxwell)
21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader (John Maxwell)
The Energy Bus (Jon Gordon)
The No Complaining Rule (Jon Gordon)
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book (Bradberry and Greaves)
Shine (Hallowell)
The One Thing (Keller)
Essentialism (Greg McKeown)
Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman)
Small Giants (Bo Burlingham)
Setting the Table (Danny Meyer)
Thank God It's Monday (Roxanne Emmerich)
Multipliers (Wiseman)
Hospitality from the HEART (Johnson and Roden)

THE MUST READ LIST - FINANCES

The Simple Path to Wealth (JL Collins)
Your Money or Your Life (Robin & Dominguez)
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind (T. Harv Eker)
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
The Millionaire Next Door (Stanley and Danko)
Rich Dad / Poor Dad (Kiyosaki)
Cashflow Quadrant (Kiyosaki)
The Total Money Makeover (Dave Ramsey)
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need (Andrew Tobias)
The Automatic Millionaire (David Bach)
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing (Lindhauer, Larimore, LeBoeuf)
Retire Before Mom & Dad (Rob Berger)

THE BIG PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT LIST

Living Every Minute (Tim Reynolds)
The Power of Decision (Raymond Charles Barker)
Hell Yeah or No (Derek Sivers)
The 5 Second Rule (Mel Robbins)
The Obstacle is the Way (Ryan Holiday)
The Rhythm of Life (Matthew Kelly)
I AM (Howard Falco)
The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth (John Maxwell)
You Are A Badass (Jen Sincero)
What To Say When You Talk To Your Self (Shad Helmstetter)
On Becoming a Leader (Warren Bennis)
How Full is Your Bucket? (Rath and Clifton)
The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)
The Happiness Advantage (Shawn Achor)
Failing Forward (John Maxwell)
Anything You Want (Derek Sivers)
The Happiness Makeover (Ryan)
The Power of Story (Jim Loehr)
Leading an Inspired Life (Jim Rohn)
Linchpin (Seth Godin)
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie)
Becoming a Person of Influence (Maxwell and Dornan)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John Maxwell)
See You at the Top (Zig Ziglar)
LifeSkills for Success (David Anderson)
Thinking for a Change (John Maxwell)
Power of Focus (Canfield, Hansen, and Hewitt)
Wooden on Leadership (Wooden and Jamison)
Winning Every Day (Lou Holtz)
The Element (Ken Robinson)
The Secret Code of Success (Noah St. John)
Flow ( Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
Authentic Happiness (Martin Seligman)
Happier (Tal Ben-Shahar)
Primal Leadership (Goleman, Boyatzis, McKee)
The Strangest Secret (Earl Nightingale)
The Power of Full Engagement (Loehr & Schwartz)
The Right Questions (Debbie Ford)
Choices that Change Lives (Hal Urban)
Life’s Greatest Lessons- 20 Things that Matter (Hal Urban)
Awaken the Giant Within (Anthony Robbins)
Fearless Golf (Gio Valiante)
Happiness is a Serious Problem (Dennis Prager)
Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman)
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
The Gifts of Imperfection (Brene' Brown)
Keys to Success - The 17 Principles (Napoleon Hill)
The Subtle Are of Not Giving A F%#$ (Mark Manson)
No Excuses! (Brian Tracy)
The Seven Decisions (Andy Andrews)
Excuse me, your life is waiting (Lynn Grabhorn)
The Charge (Brendon Burchard)
Keys to the Kingdom (Alison A. Armstrong)
Happy (Ian K. Smith)

THE BIG INSPIRATION LIST

The Greatest Salesman in the World (Og Mandino)
The Saint, The Surfer, and the CEO (Robin Sharma)
The Way to Love (Anthony De Mello)
The Generosity Factor (Blanchard and Cathy)
Man's Search for Meaning (Victor Frankl)
As a Man Thinketh (James Allen)
Living Big (Pam Grout)
Making Each Day Your Masterpiece (Michael Lynberg)
The Magic of Thinking BIG (David Schwartz)
Fearless Living (Rhonda Britten)
The Magic of Believing (Claude Bristol)
The Right Questions (Debbie Ford)
The Answer to How is Yes (Peter Block)
Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)
The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz)
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
A New Earth (Eckhart Tolle)
Wisdom of the Ages (Wayne W. Dyer)
Do it Anyway (Kent Keith)
The Secret (Rhonda Byrne)
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (Richard Carlson)
The Fred Factor (Sanborn)
Unstoppable (Cynthia Kersey)
The Art of Possibility (Zander)
The Best Year of Your Life (Debbie Ford)
Born to Run (Christopher McDougall)
The Richest Man in Babylon (George S. Clason)
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)
Enthusiasm Makes The Difference (Norman Vincent Peale)
Daring Greatly (Brene' Brown)
Every Day I Fight (Stuart Scott)
Can't Hurt Me (David Goggins)
Warrior of the LIght (Paulo Coelho)
One Last Talk (Philip McKernan)

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Greenlights (Matthew McConaughey)
The Snowball - Warren Buffet (Alice Schroeder)
Losing my Virginity (Richard Branson)
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK and Carson)
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Gandhi, Desai, and Bok)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
A Better Way to LIve (Og Mandino)
How to be Like Walt (Williams and Denney)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie (Andrew Carnegie)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
American Sniper (Chris Kyle)
Sam Walton - Made in America (Sam Walton)
Mother Teresa in My Own Words (Gonzalez-Balado)
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Be My Guest (Conrad Hilton)
Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years (Carl Sandburg)
Malcolm X (Alex Haley)
The Wright Brothers (David McCullough)
Can't Hurt Me (David Goggins)
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (U.S. Grant)
American Ulysses (Ronald C. White)

THE BIG BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIST

Living Every Minute (Tim Reynolds)
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership (Dethmer, Chapman, Klemp)
48 Days To The Life and Work You Love (Dan Miller)
Leaders Eat Last (Simon Sinek)
Atomic Habits (James Clear)
Dare to Lead (Brene' Brown)
EntreLeadership (Dave Ramsey)
Start with the Why (Simon Sinek)
The 4-Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)
The 4 Disciplines of Execution (McChesney, Covey, Huling)
Love Works (Manby)
Soup (Jon Gordon)
The Power of a Positive Team (Jon Gordon)
The Power of a Positive Leader (Jon Gordon)
Delivering Happiness (Tony Hsieh)
The Speed of Trust (Stephen M.R. Covey)
The Carrot Principle (Gostick and Elton)
The Leader Who Had No Title (Robin Sharma)
Flight of the Buffalo (Belasco and Stayer)
Never Eat Alone (Keith Ferrazzi)
Linchpin (Seth Godin)
Execution (Bossidy and Charan)
Good to Great (Jim Collins)
First, Break all the Rules (Buckingham and Coffman)
Discovering the Soul of Service (Berry)
The One Minute Manager, series of books (Ken Blanchard)
The E-Myth Revisited (Michael E. Gerber)
Guts (Kevin and Jackie Freiberg)
Strengths Finder 2.0 (Tom Rath)
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni)
7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
Raving Fans (Ken Blanchard)
17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork (John Maxwell)
21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader (John Maxwell)
Top Performance (Zig Ziglar)
Rules for Renegades (Christine Comaford-Lynch)
The 5 Temptations of a CEO (Patrick Lencioni)
The Energy Bus (Jon Gordon)
The No Complaining Rule (Jon Gordon)
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book (Bradberry & Greaves)
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Bradberry & Greaves)
The Dream Manager (Matthew Kelly)
The Slight Edge (Jeff Olson)
Strengths Based Leadership (Rath & Conche)
High Trust Selling (Duncan)
A Whole New Mind (Daniel Pink)
Little Red Book of Selling (Jeffrey Gitomer)
The Compound Effect (Darren Hardy)
Small Giants (Bo Burlingham)
Setting the Table (Danny Meyer)
Put Your Dream To The Test (John C. Maxwell)
Thank God It's Monday (Roxanne Emmerich)
The Truth About You (Marcus Buckingham)
Word of Mouth Marketing (Andy Sernovitz)
Eat That Frog! (Brian Tracy)
The Best Team Wins (Gostick and Elton)
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (Scott Adams)
Never Split The Difference (Chris Voss and Tahl Raz)
Multipliers (Wiseman)

FINANCES

The Simple Path to Wealth (JL Collins)
Quit Like A Millionaire (Shen and Leung)
Work Optional (Tanja Hester)
Your Money - the missing manual (J.D. Roth)
The Four Pillars of Investing (William J. Bernstein)
Freelance to Freedom (Vincent Pugliese)
Playing with FIRE (Scott Rieckens)
The Wealthy Gardener (John Soforic)
Millionaire Teacher (Andrew Hallam)
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need (Andrew Tobias)
Money- Master The Game (Tony Robbins)
The Rules of Money (Templar)
The Millionaire Next Door (Stanley and Danko)
The One Minute Millionaire (Allen and Hansen)
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind (T. Harv Eker)
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
The Science of Getting Rich (Wallace Wattes)
Rich Dad / Poor Dad (Kiyosaki)
Cashflow Quadrant (Kiyosaki)
Richest Man in Babylon (George S. Clason)
The Automatic Millionaire (David Bach)
Fight for Your Money (David Bach)
Smart Couples Finish Rich (David Bach)
The Total Money Makeover (Dave Ramsey)
You’re Broke Because You Want To Be (Larry Winget)
Your Money or Your Life (Robin & Dominguez)
I Will Teach You To Be Rich (Ramit Sethi)
The Latte Factor (David Bach & John David Mann)
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing (Lindhauer, Larimore, LeBoeuf)
The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape)
Broke Millenial Takes On Investing (Erin Lowry)
Financial Freedom (Grant Sabatier)
Choose FI (Mamula, Barrett, Mendonsa)
Smart Money Smart Kids (Ramsey and Cruze)
Set For Life (Scott Trench)
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free (Ernie J. Zelinski)
The Power of Zero (David McKnight)
Control Your Retirement Destiny (Dana Anspach)
The Wealthy Barber (David Chilton)
The Power of Zero (David McKnight)
The Cash Machine (Dave and Chana Mason)
Retire Before Mom & Dad (Rob Berger)