There is a fundamental life principle which I accept as truth, and it is, “One only grows or improves by the books he/she reads and the people he/she meets.” Accordingly, I believe there are books published quite frequently which enrich our lives and provide new prospective for our consideration. I have listed just a precious few books here, but if you are looking to grow in a specific area, contact me, for I may know of some suggested reading in that area of interest.

• How-To in Business
  The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
  Speak and Grow Rich by Dottie and Lilly Walters
  Working Wisdom, Lists for Improving your Business by Thomas J. Leonard
  What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
  Creating You and Company by William Bridges
  Smart Choices by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa
  The Art of The Start by Guy Kawasaki
  The Facilitative Leader by R. Glenn Ray
  The Game of Work by Charles A. Coonradt with Lee Nelson
  
  

• Expanding and Growing
  Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
  Are You Ready to Succeed? By Srikumar S. Rao
  Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by D. Stone, B. Patton, S. Heen
  
  

• Inspiration
  Change Your Questions Change Your Life by Marilee Adams
  Choices: Manage Your Choices and You Will Manage Your Life by Shad Helmstetter
  How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  The Choice by Og Mandino
  Talking Straight by Lee Iaccocca with Sonny Kleinfield
  Iaccocca, an autobiography by Lee Iaccocca with William Novak
  TNT The Power Within You by Claude M. Bristol and Harold Sherman
  How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger
  
  

• Negotiation
  How to Read a Person Like a Book by Gerard I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero
  The Negotiating Game by Chester L. Karrass
  Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
  Getting Ready to Negotiate (Getting to Yes Workbook) by Roger Fisher and Danny Ertel
  
  

• Sales
  How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins
  How to Sell at Prices Higher Than Your Competitors by Lawrence L. Steinmetz, Ph.D.
  The Sales Bible by Jeffery Gitomer
  Little Black Book of Connections by Jeffery Gitomer
  Generating Buy-In by Mark S. Walton
  The Referral of a Lifetime by Tim Templeton
  Getting to Vito by Anthony Parinello
  The Likeability Factor by Tim Sanders
  The Attraction Factor by Joe Vitale
  Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffery Gitomer
  Selling with Integrity by Sharon Drew Morgen
  Selling with Intention by Ursula C. Mentjes
  New Sales Speak: The Nine Biggest Sales Presentation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them by Terri L. Sjodin