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“In 5 years you will be the same person as you are today, except for 2 things. The people that you meet, and the books that you read.”

Charlie Tremendous Jones

Are you looking for a way to build your own business asset and become successful in life? Look no further! Follow my book summaries below to get the guidance and advice you need. With the help of these expertly written summaries, you can learn from many industry leaders and develop the skills necessary to create a prosperous future. Whether it be financial, physical or mental success that you’re after, these books will provide you with all the tools to get there. So what are you waiting for? Get started today on building your future empire!

Business Creation

#14 Guide to Crowdfunding – Junko Yamamoto
#15 The $100 Startup – Chris Guillebeau
#26 The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
#43 Startup Studio Playbook – Attila Szigeti
#79 Weekend Start-up for Middle-ages – Koichi Fujii
#94 The Unfair Advantage – Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba.
#99 Zero to One – Peter Thiel

Marketing

#11 The Copywriter’s Handbook – Robert Bly
#24 All Marketers Are Liars – Seth Godin
#32 The 1-Page Marketing Plan – Allan Dib
#74 The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing – Al Ries & Jack Trout

Value-Delivery

#22 Lean Thinking – James Womack & Daniel Jones
#57 Shop Owner Textbook – Hiromichi Morishita
#71 1ndispensable – Joe Calloway

Finance & Accounting

#28 The 1% Windfall – Rafi Mohammed
#44 Seeing the Big Picture – Kevin Cope
#58 Become a Tax Advisor – Seibido Shuppan
#59 See Business through Accounting – Yasuhiro Tanaka
#60 Fundamental Tax Law – Eikosha
#80 A Habit of Reading Financials – Naoki Shibata
#81 The Layman’s Guide to Understanding Financial Statement – Simon Lawrence

The Human Mind

#18 Failing Forward – John C. Maxwell
#65 How to Read a Person Like a Book – Gerard Nierenberg & Henry Calero
#87 Aging Well – George E. Vaillant MD

Productivity & Effectiveness

#5 High-Performance Habits – Brendon Burchard
#8 Deep Work – Cal Newport
#10 10 Days to Faster Reading – Abby Marks-Beale
#20 Measure What Matters – John Doerr
#54 The 4-Hour Work Week – Timothy Ferris
#90 30 Minute Time Management – Lothar Seiwert

Problem Solving

#23 Principles – Ray Dalio

Behavioral Change

#49 Changing Employee Behavior – Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur
#63 The Coaching Habit – Michael Bungay Stanier
#83 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
#86 The Power of Less – Leo Babauta
#95 Skill of Deep Focus – FOCI
#97 How to Keep House While Drowning – KC Davis

Decision-Making

#25 The Dip: When to Quit – Seth Godin
#52 The Decision Book – Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler

Communication

#7 On Writing Well – William Zinsser
#16 English for Presentations – Adrian Wallwork
#29 The Elements of Style – William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
#37 The Storyteller’s Secret – Carmine Gallo
#41 The Elements of Business Writing – Gary Blake & Robert W. Bly
#48 Report Writing – Margaret Greenhall
#50 The Storyboard Approach – Kerry Choun and Marcel Dunand
#82 Business Writing Essentials – Clare Whitmell
#96 Book Writing Mistakes – Jim Edwards

Influence

#46 What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School – Mark H. McCormack

Negotiation

#3 Getting to Yes – Roger Fisher
#6 Never Split the Difference – Chris Voss
#31 Rejection Proof – Jia Jiang
#69 Negotiation – Harvard Business Essentials

Management

#36 The Gifted Boss – Dale Dauten
#51 The Daily Drucker – Peter Drucker
#53 Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management – Thomas & Norman
#55 The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz
#70 The Wisdom of Teams – Jon R. Katzenbach & Douglas K. Smith
#92 Knowledge Works – Mark Fruin

Leadership

#12 Hiring Guideline – Yasuyo Iga
#17 Tribes – Seth Godin
#91 The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – John C. Maxwell
#93 Kikkoman: Company, Clan, and Community – Mark Fruin

Systems

#40 Business Law – Card & James
#42 Cleaning and Organizing – OJT Solutions
#75 Japanese Law – Hiroshi Oda

Analysis

#2 Thinking Statistically – Uri Bram
#45 The Ultimate Collection of Business Frameworks – Yoshinao Ono & Takumi Miyata

Corporate Skills

#19 The Effective Executive – Peter Drucker
#21 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings – Sarah Cooper

Corporate Strategy

#30 What I Didn’t Learn in Business School – Jay B. Barney & Trish Gorman Clifford
#38 Gaijin Kaisha – Jackson N. Huddleston, Jr.
#62 The Mind of the Strategist – Kenichi Ohmae
#68 LEAP – Howard Yu
#76 Success Business in Thailand – Bea Toews & Robert McGregor
#77 Thinking Strategically – Avinash K. Dixit & Barry J. Nalebuff

Creativity & Innovation

#33 Unlimited Memory – Kevin Horsley

Consulting

#47 Case Interview Secrets – Victor Cheng
#56 Amazon Product Manager Interview – Coursetake

Personal Finance

#13 Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
#67 What Investors Value More Than Money – Hideto Fujino
#73 Accountants Secret – Motoaki Hirasawa
#89 The Millionaire’s Philosophy – Ken Honda

Personal Growth

#4 The Personal MBA – Josh Kaufman
#9 Ultralearning – Scott Young
#39 The Viking’s Guide to Good Business – King’s Mirror
#61 Learning with Cases – Louise & James & Michiel
#72 The McKinsey Way – Sachiyo Oshima
#78 The Obstacle Is the Way – Ryan Holiday
#84 Thank & Grow Rich – Pam Grout
#85 A Guide to the Good Life – William Braxton Irvine
#88 12 Rules for Life – Jordan Peterson
#98 The Code. the Evaluation. the Protocols – Jocko Willink
#100 The Best Things in Life – Thomas Hurka


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