Top 10
Books To Read Recommended By Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, And Elon Musk
1. Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand
Recommended by: Steve
Jobs and Mark Cuban
Topic: Politics & Business
One-sentence summary: “Solve the world’s problem through entrepreneurial solutions.”
Topic: Politics & Business
One-sentence summary: “Solve the world’s problem through entrepreneurial solutions.”
When Steve Wozniak was interviewed about what influenced Steve Jobs in
the early days of building Apple, he mentioned that Atlas Shrugged was one of
the books that Jobs used as his guide to life & business.
2. Competing Against Time By George Stalk
Recommended
by: Tim Cook
Topic: Business, Economy, Productivity
One-sentence summary: “Time is now added to the other three critical factors in order to remain competitiveness in the market – money, productivity, and quality.”
Topic: Business, Economy, Productivity
One-sentence summary: “Time is now added to the other three critical factors in order to remain competitiveness in the market – money, productivity, and quality.”
Competing Against Time
is a book that Tim Cook passes out everywhere and makes it a recommendation for
all new hires at Apple to read.
3. Business Adventures By John Brooks
Recommended by: Warren
Buffet and Bill Gates
Topic: Business & Finance
One-sentence summary: “A classic story about the American corporate and financial life.”
Topic: Business & Finance
One-sentence summary: “A classic story about the American corporate and financial life.”
What do two of the
richest men in the world have in common? They love the writings of John
Brooks. Gates writes in his essay about Business Adventures: “Brooks
eschews ‘listicles’ and doesn’t ‘boil his work down into pat how-to lessons or
simplistic explanations for success.’ Instead, he tells entertaining stories
replete with richly drawn characters, setting them during heightened moments
within the world of commerce.”
Buffett’s classic
sayings, such as “you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes
out,” fits right into the style of Brooks writing as well.
4. Influence By Robert Cialdini
Recommended by:
Charlie Munger and Guy Kawasaki
Topic: Psychology, Persuasion, Marketing
One-sentence summary: “Science-backed methods to persuade just about anyone you want.”
Topic: Psychology, Persuasion, Marketing
One-sentence summary: “Science-backed methods to persuade just about anyone you want.”
Charlie Munger, Warren
Buffett’s partner in crime at Berkshire Hathaway, attributes Cialdini’s work as
having a big influence on his thinking process. His published work of the 25 Cognitive
Biases of humans was very much influenced by Cialdini’s work.
5. Life Is What You Make It By Peter Buffett
Recommended by: Bill
Clinton
Topic: Life, Purpose, Autobiography
One-sentence summary: “Instead of taking the way of least resistance, choose the path to greatest satisfaction.”
Topic: Life, Purpose, Autobiography
One-sentence summary: “Instead of taking the way of least resistance, choose the path to greatest satisfaction.”
This autobiography
book by Peter Buffett, Warren Buffett’s son, shares the wisdom learned from his
family and his experiences. Here’s how Ted Turner, Media Icon and the Founder
of CNN, describes it: “With home-spun, heart-felt wisdom Peter Buffett
ponders how to make a meaningful life, while making a living.”
6. The Happiness Hypothesis By Jonathan Haidt
Recommended
by: Tony Hsieh
Topic: Happiness, Culture, Philosophy,
One-sentence summary: “Giving and serving are the way to happiness.”
Topic: Happiness, Culture, Philosophy,
One-sentence summary: “Giving and serving are the way to happiness.”
“This is probably the
book that’s made the biggest impact on my life over the past five years. The
author examines the beliefs about happiness of different cultures, religions
and philosophers from different periods, and then compares those beliefs with research
that’s been done on the science of happiness. The book is thought-provoking and
the concepts can be applied to business and to life.” – Tony
Hsieh (CEO of Zappos)
7. The Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz
Recommended
by: Oprah Winfrey and Jack Dorsey
Topic: Spirituality, Life, Happiness
One-sentence summary: The book can be summarized in the following four precepts:
Topic: Spirituality, Life, Happiness
One-sentence summary: The book can be summarized in the following four precepts:
1. Be Impeccable With
Your Word
2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
3. Don’t Make Assumptions
4. Always Do Your Best
2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
3. Don’t Make Assumptions
4. Always Do Your Best
As Jack Dorsey is in
the process of running two publicly traded companies, Twitter and Square, he’s
forced to mature as a leader. Throughout his journey, he acknowledges The Four
Agreement as guiding him in the right path.
8. Self-Reliance By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recommended
by: Barack Obama
Topic: Individualism, non-conformity and independence
One-sentence summary: “Hold on to your own convictions, despite what society and other people want you to believe.”
Topic: Individualism, non-conformity and independence
One-sentence summary: “Hold on to your own convictions, despite what society and other people want you to believe.”
Self-Reliance is
what put Ralph Waldo Emerson on the map as one of the most influential poets
and philosophers of the 19th century. President Obama referenced this essay as
one of the most significant books to him in an email to Jon Meacham from
the New York Times, and even referenced the importance of self-reliance in
his 2008 election victory speech.
9. Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin By Walter Isaacson
Recommended by: Elon Musk
Topic: Autobiography, Entrepreneurship, Benjamin Franklin
One-sentence summary: “The rise of Benjamin Franklin from the bottom to the top.”
Topic: Autobiography, Entrepreneurship, Benjamin Franklin
One-sentence summary: “The rise of Benjamin Franklin from the bottom to the top.”
Elon Musk,
the Co-Founder of Paypal, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX, has said that Ben
Franklin is one of his heroes, and likely sees Franklin as the
type of American he himself would like to be and become: a combination of
statesman, inventor, and businessman.
“You can see how [Franklin] was an entrepreneur. He started from
nothing. He was just a runaway kid.” -Elon Musk
10. The Remains Of The Day By Kazuo Ishiguro
Recommended
by: Jeff Bezos
Topic: History, World War II, Life & Regret
One-sentence summary: “A compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England.”
Topic: History, World War II, Life & Regret
One-sentence summary: “A compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England.”
“Before reading it, I
didn’t think a perfect novel was possible. I’m always interested in things that
seem to be impossible, but are then achieved.” -Jeff Bezos
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