Book recommendations for entrepreneurs, designers & self-employed people 2024

November 25, 2024
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Books, the best form of continuing education, an investment in yourself.

Especially with books, you have the opportunity to acquire knowledge extremely quickly and continue your education. In doing so, you set the pace and can benefit greatly from what you read. If you don't have time to read, you can easily integrate audiobooks into your everyday life. Today I listen to audio books while playing sports, shopping or driving to customers. Especially in the course of digitization, it never hurts to be up to date professionally.

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$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No (English)

How to make offers so good that people feel stupid when they say no.

The Amazon bestselling book reveals the “$100M offer” method of a successful self-employed person. In his twenties, his income exceeded that of the CEOs of McDonald's, IKEA, Ford, Motorola, and Yahoo combined. Within 48 months, he increased his profit to $36 per dollar invested. Without a sophisticated sales funnel, he earned over $120 million in services, e-commerce, software, and brick-and-mortar retail.

The secret: irresistible offers that customers couldn't refuse. The book provides concise instructions for higher prices, outstanding products and compelling offers. Practical methods promise immediate results, ideal for ad savings and compelling prices.

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$100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (English)

How to get strangers to want to buy your products

This book helps you multiply your leads without changing the offer. The author shows strategies that turned him from sleeping on the gym floor to owning companies with annual sales of $200 million in under a decade. With simple methods like the 6-part ad framework, you can generate more leads for your business just an hour after reading the book.

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Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business (English Edition)

The art of self-employment for a fulfilling career

What if the key to a more fulfilling career wasn't to grow but to start a successful business on your own? “Company of One” offers an original business strategy that focuses on improvement rather than growth. Author Paul Jarvis explains how to take advantage of a small business and find self-fulfillment.

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Pocket full of do - by Chris Do (English)

Always to the point and motivating!

This book provides bite-size lessons with business strategies. From marketing to his mindset to everything in between, Chris shares everything he's learned.

It covers topics such as relationships, creativity, convictions, pricing, sales, negotiation and marketing. In every situation, a very helpful reference work that motivates, inspires and provides many aha moments.

Pocket Full of Do is an excellent addition to any book collection. It's part art, part business, and 100% creative. Clear recommendation!

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The 1% method — Minimal change, maximum impact

The 1% method

The secret of success: “The 1% method.” It provides the tools you need to achieve any goal. James Clear, a successful coach and one of the leading experts in habit formation, shows practical strategies that will help you get a little better at what you set out to do every day. His method draws on findings from biology, psychology and neuroscience and works in all areas of life. No matter what you want to achieve — whether top sporting achievements, career milestones or personal goals such as quitting smoking — with this book, you will definitely be able to do it.

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Think big! : Success through generous thinking

Success starts in your mind: How to achieve your goals with generous thinking

Successful people are characterized by strong self-confidence and have clear goals in mind. The principle of generous thinking, developed by David J. Schwartz, offers everyone the opportunity to adopt this success-oriented attitude. It makes it possible to turn defeats into triumphs, to achieve goals set with self-confidence and to actively shape life. For more than half a century, people have benefited from David J. Schwartz's advice and guidance. Leave old ways of thinking behind you, think big and trust in yourself and your success!

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Steal Like an Artist: 10 ways to achieve a creative breakthrough

Cool, original and up to date!

Austin Kleon takes a trendy and very original look at the topic of being creative: Everyone needs it, everyone can do it! The only thing you need to know: Soak up good ideas from others like a sponge and mix everything anew to create your very own exciting new creation. So let's go! Be clever and steal! What are you waiting for?

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Eat that Frog: 21 ways to do more in less time

Eat that Frog

There simply isn't enough time for everything on our to-do list. And there never will be. Because in our dynamic and flexible world, tasks seem to be becoming ever more numerous and urgent. Successful people don't try to get everything done. Instead, they learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done. They “eat their frogs.”

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More time: How to focus on what's important

More time

A cluttered schedule, excessive busyness and constant distraction? Does that sound familiar to you? If you want to regain control of your time and attention, this book can help you do just that. The Google Venture developers and authors of the bestselling Sprint, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, provide a foolproof 4-stage system that saves time.

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The One Thing: The surprisingly simple truth about extraordinary success

The one thing that really gets you ahead

The book “The One Thing” provides a clear guide for coping with hectic work and private life, in which emails, meetings and social media provide constant distractions. The authors show how to bring structure to chaos by concentrating on the essentials and reducing multitasking. With valuable tips and lists, the book not only promises stress relief, but also an increase in productivity and the achievement of personal goals. Learn how you can focus on “The One Thing” to achieve sustainable success.

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The winning formula

For success across the board — work, finances, private life

In “The Winning Formula,” Darren Hardy reveals how you can achieve everything you set out to do with small, everyday decisions. His easy-to-implement step-by-step system explains the most important success principles for all areas of life (career, finances, relationships, fitness and much more) and helps you track progress to achieve the success you deserve.

● The #1 strategy to achieve every goal.

● Eliminate bad habits that get in your way.

● The key to real, lasting motivation.

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How to make friends

The only book you need to be popular and influential

Especially in times when there is a great need for personal closeness and friendship, Dale Carnegie's successful motivational book is a proven and cutting-edge tool that shows

- How to make friends

- How to reach new destinations in new ways

- How to become popular

- How to influence your environment

- How to get more reputation

- How to become more successful at work

- how to avoid quarrels and much more...

With his lively and vividly written book, Dale Carnegie has helped millions of people worldwide become successful in dealing with people in both private and business spheres. It's the first guide of its kind and the only one you need to make friends faster and more easily.

The title is a bit deceptive. The book is not a guide for desperate and lonely people who are looking for friends (although they would also be served). The book is rather the Bible of personal development. It shows you what makes people tick and how to deal with others so that you get what you want. That may sound manipulative now, but anyone who has read the book knows that the exact opposite is the case. It is about understanding people and responding to their needs.

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The 5 o'clock club

Design your morning and anything will be possible in your life

The successful bestselling author Robin Sharma began working with a revolutionary method over 20 years ago, which involves establishing important morning rituals. In his new novel, he describes this morning routine step by step. It tells the story of two seekers of meaning.

You will learn about the famous 5 o'clock club method and its incredible effect. The more they're willing to get involved, the more their lives change in wonderful ways. The 5 o'clock club has already helped many people to increase their productivity, achieve optimal health and maintain inner serenity.

A really nice book with a lot of depth. I really liked the book in audio form, so I'm currently listening to it for the 2nd time. Lots of important wisdom, motivation and productivity tips, packaged in a beautiful story.

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