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but these are all books I highly recommend.
BUSINESS BOOKS:
How to Style Your Brand by Fiona Humberstone
The right brand identity has the power to attract, engage and compel people to do business with you. But for many entrepreneurs, creating an effective brand can be a challenge. Once you understand the principles behind styling a brand, there is no reason why you can’t create something extraordinary for your business.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Most people have lost the ability to focus. Instead they spend their days in a frantic blur of email and social media, not even realizing there’s a better way. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a demanding task. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time.
Start With Why by Simon Sinek
People like Steve Jobs, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won’t truly buy into a product, service, movement or idea until they understand the WHY behind it.
All Marketers are Liars by Seth Godin
All marketers tell stories. And if they do it right, we believe them. And believing it makes it true. Great marketers don’t talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story we want to believe, whether it’s factual or not. In a world where most people have an infinite number of choices and no time to make them, every organization is a marketer and all marketing is about telling stories.
The Get it Done Diva’s Guide to Business by Marianne Emma Jeff
Among numerous other topics, this book includes Creating Your One Page Strategic Plan, Eight Building Blocks of Business, How to Live your Ideal Schedule, Business Power Tools to Fire Up Your Results and Tips to Stand Out From Your Competition.
Affiliate Marketing by Chris Demmer
This is a quick how-to guide on affiliate marketing for beginners. This book provides helpful tips and precautions for working with reputable affiliate companies. Learn how to make money online which will change your life!
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
This book offers anplan to get your company finances in order. By allocating percentages of income into various buckets, a clearer picture emerges that shows the entrepreneur the way forward. The amount of focus you gain from having this new perspective is of immeasurable value.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT BOOKS:
You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, sage advice and the occasional swear word. This book will help you identify and change the self-sabotaging behaviors that stop you from getting what you want. By the end of You Are a Badass, you’ll understand how to love what you can’t change and how to change what you don’t love.
You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
If you want to start making the kind of money you’ve never made before, order this book in the series that’s all about your financial badassery.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
This book reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob people of joy and create needless suffering. The Four Agreements offers a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness and love.
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
With detailed guidance for determining which items “spark joy” (and which don’t), this bestseller will help you clear your clutter. You will enjoy the magic of a tidy home or office and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
Being happy makes you successful (not the other way around as many believe). When we are happier and more positive then we are more engaged, creative and productive.
Create Your Own Luck by Susan Hyatt
Do you feel like you work hard, follow all the “rules”, do everything you are “supposed” to do, but what you want still passes you by? Do you crave a better job, a healthier body or a more satisfying personal life? All of the above? Then this book is for you.
Get Rich, Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffield-Thomas
Unlock your hidden potential for abundance and upgrade your life forever by breaking through your money blocks and finally make the money you deserve.
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
This book shows us how to tackle what we love most and how to face down what we fear the most. She discusses the attitudes, approaches and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Whether we are looking to find new ways to address challenges in our work or simply infuse our lives with more passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.
The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte
If you’ve had enough of trying to trick yourself into happiness through affirmations or bucket-listing your hopes into some distant future, then you’re ready for The Desire Map. This book is a dream fulfilling system that harnesses your desire to “feel good”.
Adventures for Your Soul by Shannon Kaiser
Sometimes the one thing you need to make a change in is to see things from a fresh perspective. By focusing on how your life feels instead of how it looks on the outside, you can passionately experience your own life adventures. By changing the way you see yourself, you can ultimately live life to the fullest.
BOOKS FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS:
Become a Virtual Assistant by Tess Strand
A very comprehensive book about becoming a virtual assistant. It will save hours and hours of work with the editable documents alone. You really should not attempt to start a VA business without this guide.
How to Create a New Client Welcome Packet by Tess Strand
This book includes everything you need to create a professional welcome packet to give to your new clients. This step-by-step guide explains exactly what you must include in a welcome packet. It then walks you through the process of creating one for your own business.
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