Adeola Adeyemo
… and you should too
As an entrepreneur, you should constantly be learning. Whether you have attained your business goals or are just launching your startup, you need the right resources to build a massively successful company where you call the shots.
Here’s a selection of 5 must-reads that we think have the potential to transform your business and take it to the next level.
1. 101 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Business School by Chris Haroun
Many crucial business lessons are not taught in business school, including how to get a job, how to find customers, or how to network.
In the book, Haroun shares worthwhile lessons that even MBA graduates didn’t learn at school, including how to get a meeting with anyone and how to reinvent yourself and your career, as well as some of today’s biggest entrepreneurs’ success secrets. The book incorporates advice based on thinking and do-or-die actions of renowned leaders such as Marc Benioff, Richard Branson, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
2. Thrive by Ariana Huffington
In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world. Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep, and physiology that show the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging, and giving, Arianna shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.
3. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Shoe Dog, Phil Knight’s memoir about creating Nike, is a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. For the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Phil takes us through, with tremendous detail, his business negotiations with not only the Japanese manufacturers, but his bankers, employees, how he met his wife, and even chalks up a couple of life lessons he’s learned along the way.
4. Leading Change by John P. Kotter
In Leading Change, John Kotter examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors. John Kotter’s now-legendary eight-step process for managing change with positive results has become the foundation for leaders and organizations across the globe.
This highly personal book reveals what John Kotter has seen, heard, experienced, and concluded in 25 years of working with companies to create lasting transformation.
Unsuccessful transitions almost always founder during at least one of its phases. Realizing that change usually takes a long time, says Kotter, can improve the chances of success.
5. Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Start with Why takes a look at some of the most crucial questions every leader should ask: Why are we in business? Why are we inspired? Sinek relays how asking why at the outset is the core to understanding your value system and how it translates to your customers and team. This mentality has taken numerous folks far, and could do the same for you.
This article was published in Maktoub Magazine
