The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

In The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, readers are treated to a story of corporate intrigue as the frustrated head of one consulting firm faces a leadership challenge so great that it threatens to topple his company, his career, and everything he holds true about leadership itself. In the story’s telling, Lencioni helps his readers understand the disarming simplicity and power of creating organizational health, and reveals four key disciplines that they can follow to achieve it.

The Seed

This book offers practical wisdom on discovering your true purpose, professionally and in life in general, in the form of a business fable by Jon Gordon, the best-selling author of The Energy Bus and Soup. Nobody captures the deeper meaning of business like Jon Gordon, and The Seed is his most searching and significant book yet. Whatever your profession, take this insightful look at the purpose behind work, and plant the seed of inspiration in your life!

One Word

One Word explains how to simplify your life and business by focusing on just ONE WORD for the entire year. The simplicity of choosing one word makes it a catalyst for life-change. It offers an action plan and simple process to discover your word and how it will impact the six dimensions of your life―mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial.

The No Complaining Rule

Based on one company’s successful No Complaining Rule, the powerful principles and actionable plan are practical and easy-to-follow, making this book an ideal read for managers, team leaders and anyone interested in generating positive energy.

Discipline Equals Freedom

Many books offer advice on how to overcome obstacles and reach your goals–but they miss the most critical ingredient: discipline. Without discipline, there will be no real progress. Discipline Equals Freedom covers it all, including strategies and tactics for conquering weakness, procrastination, and fear. From workouts to sleep habits, food intake to mental focus, this book offers quick, motivational essays and poems to help you optimize your performance.

How To Win Friends and Influence People

For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this bestseller is available to help you achieve your maximum potential throughout the next century!

Take the Stairs

How do successful people achieve results? In short, they do it the old-fashioned way, with focus and self-discipline. Popular speaker and strategist Rory Vaden presents a simple program for “taking the stairs”—that is, resisting the temptations of “quick fixes,” eliminating distractions, and transcending personal setbacks in order to reach your goals.

Anxious for Nothing

Does the uncertainty and chaos of life keep you up at night? Is irrational anxiety your constant companion? Let God help you win the war on worry and receive the lasting peace of Christ.

David and Goliath

3,000 years ago, on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling. He shouldn’t have won. Or should he have? In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks.

The Compound Effect

Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, presents The Compound Effect, a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond.

Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless

Out of all books Paul recommends, this is his favorite! Since the founding of Paul Cameron’s recruiting firm DriveStaff, Inc., in June of 2002, continuing on to SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com in May of 2014, every single employee has been (and still is) required to read this book before their first day, on which, there is a quiz on this book to ensure they actually did read it! Do you want to know about OUR culture? Read this book.

Think and Grow Rich

Originally published in 1937, and selling more than 60 million copies worldwide, Hill’s Think and Grow Rich studied the work and lives of some of the most successful people of the Industrial Era including Ford, Wrigley, Eastman, Rockefeller, and Edison, among others, and identified the characteristics of what launched these individuals into greatness.

The Science of Personal Achievement

The bestselling author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill proved that the essence of success lies within 17 principles that serve as an infallible formula for achievement. They are the foundation that empowers you to convert adversity into advantage. This audio program teaches you how to achieve a level of mental self-mastery that will enable you to manage your time effectively and open any virtually door.

Find a Way

When Merril Hoge talked about his dream of playing in the NFL, he was constantly told it was impossible. As a 12-year-old he wrote, ‘Find a Way’ on his wall and it become a life-long mantra that helped him cope with the near loss of his hand as a boy, the untimely death of his mother, defeating cancer, and ultimately achieve his dream of playing in the NFL.

A Taste for Work

A Taste for Work, Your Menu for Career Success by Teri Clancy, Joy Maguire-Dooley, and Sally Morrison This book is a collaboration of 3 job search experts who walk you through the job search process from start to finish, with…

Rejection Proof

Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang To de-sensitize himself from rejection, Jia Jiang set out to be rejected for 100 straight days. He not only learned how to handle it better, he learned how to ASK better! When he wasn’t afraid,…

212, The Extra Degree

212°, The Extra Degree by Sam Parker At 211º water is hot. At 212º, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. It’s that one extra degree that makes all the difference. Use this powerful metaphor…

Smarter Faster Better

Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings…

The Power of Habit

In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential.

Super Better

An innovative guide to living gamefully, based on the program that has already helped nearly half a million people achieve remarkable personal growth. In 2009, internationally renowned game designer Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion…

Success Is A Choice

This book has nothing to do with Job Search, and EVERYTHING to do with Job Search! This is truly one of my all-time favorite books, so even though I don’t have an interview with Rick to share with you, I had to include it on my list. Rick is a very successful basketball coach, and I’m not even a basketball fan, but this book still resonates with me.

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