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Recommended Reading

They say you can tell a lot about a person by looking through their trash, looking in their medicine cabinet, or knowing the books they read. Well, I thought I'd give you some insight into who I am without making you go through my trash or my medicine cabinet. These are a few books that I've found very useful in building my business and my life, so I thought I would list them for everyone. The images link to Amazon.com; if you have comments or books you'd like me to add, please send me an email.

You Can't Teach A Kid To Ride A Bike At A Seminar by David H. Sandler

I've read many, many sales books and have been exposed to many of the sales gurus like Dale Carnegie, Zig Zigler, and Neil Rackham. All of their information and training is good, but each has its own particular shortcoming. In my opinion, this is the only sales book you'll ever need. If you're in sales or self-employed, this book is an absolute no-brainer.
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller

Anyone who wants to turn their real estate practice into a highly successful business must understand the fundamental models that drive the best real estate agents in the industry. In The Millionaire Real Estate Agent these models are revealed and explained. This book represents the culmination of decades of real estate experience, research, and consulting with case studies from some of the top millionaire agents in the U.S.
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller

Anyone who seeks financial wealth must first learn the fundamental truths and models that drive it. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor represents the collected wisdom and experience of over 100 millionaire investors from all walks of life that pursued financial wealth and achieved the life-changing freedom it delivers. This book, in a straightforward, no nonsense easy-to-read style, reveals their proven strategies.
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

I'm not sure I even have to write an introduction for this book. Since it's publication in 1990, it has had more than 10 million copies sold. This book started coined the term "paradigm shift" and continues to be a manual for personal and professional development. If you haven’t read it, you need to.
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how people can get in the way of running their own business. He then shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business and then draws on the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business. Get this book if you own your own business.
The Guerilla Marketing Handbook by Jay Conrad Levinson

This book will guide marketers into the world of positioning and product or service sales. Jay leads the reader step by step through the process of developing a marketing campaign and delivers detailed descriptions of more than a hundred marketing tools from contests to affinity programs, from direct mail to billboard advertising. Anecdotes, graphics, and rules of thumb are also included.
Guerilla Marketing Weapons by Jay Conrad Levinson

These 100 targeted weapons add potency to a marketing attack and substantially increase profits. Most important, they work for all types of small and medium businesses, even for nonprofit organizations. All the weapons are inexpensive to implement and fully half of them are absolutely cost-free, a bonanza that liberates cash flow.
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson

What are crucial conversations? They are those tough, everyday interactions in which the stakes are high, a difference of opinion exists and emotions run strong. In this book, leadership consultants Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler say that, if you conduct such interactions successfully, you can "kick-start your career, strengthen your relationships and improve your health." An important book.
Cold Calling Techniques (That Really Work!) by Stephan Schiffman

Cold Calling Techniques features field-tested techniques for reaching decision-makers, making appointments, and making your pitch-as well as invaluable advice on how to increase the number of calls you can make, improve your closing ratio, and beat your competition. Hands down, these techniques work if you have the stomach to cold call.
No More Cold Calling by Joanne S. Black

Every day thousands of salespeople and business owners spend hours making cold calls, even though they can't turn more than 3 percent of cold prospects into customers. If they used referral selling instead, their prospects would become customers between 50 and 90 percent of the time. So why don't more salespeople practice referral selling? Because there hadn't been a powerful system to guide them until sales strategist Joanne Black created one. This is a powerful book to make the transition from cold calling to referral selling.
Never Cold Call Again by Frank J. Rumbauskas, Jr.

The Information Age presents endless opportunities for finding leads without cold calling. Contains unbeatable sales advice on effective self-promotion, generating endless leads, how to win prospects using e-mail, prospecting on the Web, networking, developing effective proposals, and much more. Another powerful book on getting prospects to call you – seriously full of great ideas and advice.
Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty Is Priceless by Jeffrey Gitomer

This book reminds us all of the things we already know, yet have become too distracted or too busy to practice. Every person in any field would benefit tremendously, both personally and professionally by reading and then implementing the ideas and practices outlined in this book. Get this book and read it.
No B.S. Time Management For Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy

This is an absolute must-read for anybody looking to be more productive. Dan has a way of 'saying it like it is' and he clearly knows what he is talking about. This is a book I will keep on my bookshelf and look at several times a year, just to stay polished on his recommendations.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Again, another classic that needs no introduction. You will learn that there are no prerequisites for achieving unlimited success. The principles can be applied by any individual in any occupation, at any age, regardless of your economic circumstance. Think and Grow Rich is so simple and powerful that you will appreciate its message the moment you begin to apply its principles.
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley

Did you know that your chance of becoming a millionaire is affected by whom you choose for a spouse? This book reveals many surprising secrets about America's millionaires and provides a valuable blueprint for improving anyone's financial health. Some might say that the information is a little dated, but I say that the ideas and principles taught are sound practices for those wanting to live a prudently frugal life for the promise of a very comfortable retirement. A smart read.
Selling The Invisible by Harry Beckwith

A treasury of hundreds of quick, practical, and easy-to-read strategies - few are more than a page long. Selling the Invisible will open your eyes to new ideas in the crucial branch of service marketing, including why focus groups, value-price positioning, discount pricing, and being the best usually fail. A very good and very quick read.
Good To Great by Jim Collins

Explore what goes into a company's transformation from mediocre to excellent. Based on hard evidence and volumes of data, Jim Collins and his team uncover timeless principles on how the good-to-great companies like Abbott, Circuit City, Fannie Mae, Gillette, Kimberly-Clark, Kroger, Nucor, Philip Morris, Pitney Bowes, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo produced sustained great results and achieved enduring greatness, evolving into companies that were indeed ‘Built to Last'. An eye-opening study on what it takes to operate a great company. A great book
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

In May of 1999, Dr. Cialdini's book was rated as Amazon.com's top business book. To get a better insight into your own behavior and the behavior of others, and to understand how to use behavioral tendencies to influence others, to be aware of when you are being influenced and then resist these techniques, study this book. A useful and fascinating read for anyone.
The Greatest Miracle In The World by Og Mandino

Last, but certainly not least. A truly inspirational story for readers of all ages! In this moving message of hope and inspiration, we are introduced to Simon Potter, a mysterious man who befriends Mandino and reveals ageless wisdom and knowledge, including the inspiring God Memorandum. A wonderful read.
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