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Five Books to Read Before You Start Your Own Business
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Article Overview: The thought of starting a business can be exciting and daunting at the same time. It can be exciting because finally, you are taking steps towards achieving your dreams. It can be daunting because, you do not want to make a mistake and ruin everything. Therefore, to avoid becoming a static, another number in the list of failed businesses take the time to read a few books before you start.
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Five Books to Read Before You Start Your Own Business
The thought of starting a business can be exciting and daunting at
the same time. It can be exciting because finally, you are taking steps
towards achieving your dreams. It can be daunting because, you do not
want to make a mistake and ruin everything.
Therefore, to avoid becoming a static, another number in the list of failed businesses take the time to read a few books before you start. These books will prepare you for what to expect and show you how to manage to your business. You will need to read books related to the business you are about to start. For instance, if you want to start a gift basket business and no nothing about it besides the fact that you love how the baskets look; you may want to read a book about gift baskets.
Books like, How to Write a Business Plan by Mike P. Mckeever will guide you on how to draw up a plan for your business. Every business needs to have a plan; otherwise, the likelihood of success is minimal.
Motivational books like, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale is a necessary read. This book is a classic and is great for those times when it seems like your business is set to fail. There will be difficult times in business when you need a positive reinforcement. This book will keep you motivated.
Another great book is Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. The content of this book is relevant today as when it was written in 1937. Some of the timeless nuggets include having a definite purpose, the power of thought and autosuggestion.
You may want to grab a copy of Zig Ziglar's Goals. In this book, you will learn about goals, why you need them, how to set realistic and achievable ones for yourself and your business.
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie will help you understand how to build lasting relationships, which is important if you want your business to grow.
Many other books will help you as your business progresses. Therefore, continue adding to your reading list and implement the information as they apply to your needs.
Related ArticlesTherefore, to avoid becoming a static, another number in the list of failed businesses take the time to read a few books before you start. These books will prepare you for what to expect and show you how to manage to your business. You will need to read books related to the business you are about to start. For instance, if you want to start a gift basket business and no nothing about it besides the fact that you love how the baskets look; you may want to read a book about gift baskets.
Books like, How to Write a Business Plan by Mike P. Mckeever will guide you on how to draw up a plan for your business. Every business needs to have a plan; otherwise, the likelihood of success is minimal.
Motivational books like, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale is a necessary read. This book is a classic and is great for those times when it seems like your business is set to fail. There will be difficult times in business when you need a positive reinforcement. This book will keep you motivated.
Another great book is Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. The content of this book is relevant today as when it was written in 1937. Some of the timeless nuggets include having a definite purpose, the power of thought and autosuggestion.
You may want to grab a copy of Zig Ziglar's Goals. In this book, you will learn about goals, why you need them, how to set realistic and achievable ones for yourself and your business.
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie will help you understand how to build lasting relationships, which is important if you want your business to grow.
Many other books will help you as your business progresses. Therefore, continue adding to your reading list and implement the information as they apply to your needs.
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My entry
- 1. The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Business Books You'll Never Have Time to Read
- this is a fascinating book about the history of Business theory, and I'd recommend it to anybody.
2. The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants, by Tom Gegax. Ditto.
3. PADI: The Business of Diving Book
Okay, so this book won't be of use to anyone who doesn't want to start a scuba store, but I did, and this book was of course invaluable to me in reaching that goal.
Top 19 Copywriting books
- 1. Ogilvy on Advertising. David Ogilvy. Wiley.
2. Positioning: The Battle for your Mind. Al Ries and Jack Trout. Warner.
3. The New Positioning. Jack Trout. McGraw-Hill.
4. Tested Advertising Methods. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
5. How to Make your Advertising Make Money. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
6. Guerrilla Advertising. Jay Conrad Levinson. Houghton Mifflin.
7. Direct Mail Copy that Sells. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
8. Sales Letters that Sizzle. Herschell Gordon Lewis. NTC Business Books.
9. Herschell Gordon Lewis on the Art of Writing Copy. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
10. Romancing the Brand. David Martin. American Management Association.
11. The Art of Writing Advertising: Conversations with William Bernbach, Leo Burnett, George Gribbin, David Ogilvy, Rosser Reeves. NTC Business Books.
12. Confessions of an Advertising Man. David Ogilvy. NTC Business Books.
13. My Life in Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
14. Scientific Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
15. How to Become an Advertising Man. James Webb Young. NTC Business Books.
16. The Lasker Story as He Told It. NTC Business Books.
17. Advertising Concept and Copy. George Felton. Prentice Hall.
18. The Copy WorkShop Workbook. Bruce Bendinger. The Copy Workshop.
19. Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads. Luke Sullivan. Wiley.
This should keep you busy for at least a year.
Enjoy!
Re: How do you budget your life?
- Here is my financial management categories for today:
15% Long Term Savings;
10% Home Expenses;
45% Business and Marketing charges;
10% Friends (Meeting);
20$ Scientific and Law Books.
But this will change when it is August or September.
Orxan
Re: Don’t worry, Enrich your life and Be happy
- [quote="lisa":1rc4ik2q]Start saying positive things especially about yourself. How you communicate to yourself affects your thinking and your emotions, as well as your self-esteem.Change your mental pictures. What and how you see yourself and your surroundings make a difference to your thinking.Read more. Read about how those people who fought fear with courage and succeeded in life. Through reading, you will gain new knowledge and understanding and it will help you clear whatever is blocking your thinking and create more ideas.
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Lisa is right about this. Positive self talk can really make a difference. When you catch yourself saying something negative (whether verbally or just thinking it), turn it around and make it into the opposite. You have to remember to do this continually until it's just habit that the positive thought/saying becomes the first thing you hear instead of the second. It becomes automatic.
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