16 Best Entrepreneur Books of All Time

16 Best Entrepreneur Books of All Time

1. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki 

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad, for me, it’s one of the best entrepreneur books for beginners that will make you look at money from a different perspective.

It will change the way you think, talk – use words, ask questions, and act which would determine how you will live your life.

If you have the desire to manage your personal finances better, you should read this book. It will help you to a path of financial literacy.

Some lessons you will learn from Rich Dad Poor Dad book:

“Don’t work for money; make it work for you.”

Don’t say, “I can’t afford it.” Ask yourself, “How can I afford it?”

“Work to learn. Don’t work for money.”

2. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

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The Richest Man in Babylon is an inspirational classic for millions of readers who want to take hold of their financial being.

It has timeless tips that are applicable today as they did in ancient times, such as the following:

1. “Start thy purse to fattening.”
2. “Control thy expenditures.”
3. “Make thy gold multiply.”
4. “Guard thy treasures from loss.”
5. “Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment.”
6. “Insure a future income.”
7. “Increase thy ability to earn.”

To follow the tips above continually, you will start to see the increase in your bank account and learn how to keep it. And before you know it, you’re learning how to increase your ability to earn more.

3. Built to Last by Jim Collins

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Built to Last captures the timeless qualities of those radically successful businesses that separate the outstanding companies that last throughout the ages.

Companies like 3M, General Electric, Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard, and Walt Disney, to name a few, have exceptional and long-lasting characteristics that make them prevail in their industry.

Get the book and learn from the timeless success principles that those companies offer.

4. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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Think and Grow Rich is based on many years of research and study of Napoleon Hill to many wealthy individuals who were willing to share their thoughts, ideas, and organized plans on how they amassed their wealth.

This book will teach you the money-making secrets that can change your life.

14 Principles Of Success from Napoleon Hill:

Desire
Faith
Auto Suggestion
Specialized Knowledge
Imagination
Organized Planning
Decision
Persistence
The Power of the Mastermind
Transmutation
The Subconscious Mind
The Power of the Brain
The Sixth Sense
The Six Ghosts of Fear

5. Good to Great by James C. Collins

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A great book to learn “how companies transition from being good companies to great companies, and how most companies fail to make the transition.”

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don’t have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.” – James Collins

Good to Great is a must-read for anyone that seeks to make something good to great.

Seven characteristics of “Good to Great” companies according to Collins:

1. Level 5 Leadership
2. First Who, Then What
3. Confront the Brutal Facts
4. The Hedgehog Concept
5. A Culture of Discipline
6. Technology Accelerators
7. The Flywheel

6. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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This book is a self-improvement guide composed by Dale Carnegie, distributed in 1936.

How to Win Friends and Influence People has more than 30 million copies sold around the world, making it one of the most incredible selling books ever.

This book will be one of the best books you will ever read.

7. Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant by Robert T. Kiyosaki

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Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant is a guide to financial freedom.

In this book, Robert Kiyosaki talks about the cash flow quadrant, where all people are categorized financially.

You will learn the four types of people and how they earn differently and take advantage of the pros and cons of every category in the CASHFLOW Quadrant.

The letters E, S, B, and I in the quadrant stand for Employee, Self-employed, Business owner, and Investor.

While reading the book, you will have an insight into how to jump from one quadrant to another. For example, you’re an employee; you can choose to become a self-employed, owner of a successful business or directly jump as an investor.

8. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

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If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you’ll get rich, too!

This is what the Secrets of the Millionaire Mind are all about.

Having a millionaire mindset will help you learn how to think, decide and act like a millionaire, and that will lead to a dramatic increase in your income and accumulation of wealth.

One of the best books ever!

9. The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley 

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In this book, The Millionaire Next Door, the habits and values of wealthy people have been explained.

It talks about how millionaires live in a frugal way and are not like others who show off their wealth through luxurious things.

This book will teach every one of us how millionaires make, keep, and grow their wealth.

10. The World is Flat Thomas L. Friedman

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In this international best-selling book by Thomas Friedman, he says the world is flat.

He means that the competitive playing field between industrial and emerging market countries is leveling – all competitors have an equal opportunity.

Everyone can now “compete, connect, and collaborate globally as an individual.”

11. The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

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If you want to learn more about “Why most small businesses don’t work and what to do about it,” I suggest you read this book.

“Everybody who goes into business is actually three-people-in-one: The Entrepreneur, The Manager, and The Technician.”

In starting any business, you need to understand that you have three roles: The Entrepreneur, The Manager, and The Technician.

12. The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy

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The Psychology of Selling will help you learn “The inner game of selling” and how to eliminate the fear of rejection and build self-confidence.

Read this book if you want to become one of your company’s most successful and highest-paid salespeople.

As an entrepreneur, you can also use the insights in this book to increase your sales or revenue in the efficient and fastest way.

13. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Thinking, Fast and Slow offers practical knowledge and insights into how people’s minds make decisions.

According to Daniel Kahneman, we have two different systems when we make a decision, such as the fast and intuitive system and the slow and effortful system.

Get this bestselling book to help improve your decision-making skills.

14. Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump

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In this book, you will learn how to create radically successful businesses.

“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.” – Donald J. Trump

In this book – Trump: The Art of the Deal, we can look at and learn from the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur on how to deal properly.

15. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

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This book is an anecdote about two little people and two mice in a labyrinth looking for cheese. Each character addresses an alternate mentality towards change, with cheese being what we think about success.

Who Moved My Cheese talks about how and why we should address change in our lives.

Quotes by Spencer Johnson:

“Movement in a new direction helps find new cheese.”

“Being in the uncomfortable zone is much better than staying in the cheese-less situation.”

“See what you’re doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better.”

“It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation.”

“The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.”

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

16. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

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The 4-Hour Workweek is a New York Times bestselling book.

It is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to improve their life by living more and working less.

You don’t have to postpone your life until retirement; instead, you can live your life right now.