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Name Your Top 5 Professional Development Books that have helped you the most
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:06 am
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:06 am
For me, with The Bible being a given, it is:
1) The Slight Edge-Jeff Olson
2) The Richest Man In Babylon-George Clason
3) How To Win Friends and Influence People-Dale Carnegie
4) Rich Dad, Poor Dad-Robert Kiyosaki
5) The Power of Habit-Charles Duhigg
1) The Slight Edge-Jeff Olson
2) The Richest Man In Babylon-George Clason
3) How To Win Friends and Influence People-Dale Carnegie
4) Rich Dad, Poor Dad-Robert Kiyosaki
5) The Power of Habit-Charles Duhigg
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Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:22 am to Gerry Laval
I work in hospitality field and the one book I still reference and think about daily is The 3 Signs of a Miserable Job by Pat Lencioni. Same guy who wrote The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team books.
It’s about culture and how you treat and manage people to get their engagement and show you care about them.
It’s about culture and how you treat and manage people to get their engagement and show you care about them.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 1:07 pm to Gerry Laval
1. Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
2. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
3. To Engineer is Human by Henry Petroski
4. Innovators Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
5. Superforecasting by Phil Tetlock
2. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
3. To Engineer is Human by Henry Petroski
4. Innovators Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
5. Superforecasting by Phil Tetlock
Posted on 4/20/25 at 4:37 pm to Gerry Laval
Excuse My Endowment - How To Get Through Life With An Extremly Large Penis, by Jonathan Dillenger.
Highly recommended...it changed my life.
Highly recommended...it changed my life.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 6:06 pm to Gerry Laval
Warren Bennis and Steven Covey each have several great books on management, leadership, and organizations.
Also a book called "Crucial Conversations".
Also a book called "Crucial Conversations".
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:10 pm to Gerry Laval
Extreme Ownership
Never Split the Difference
Measure of a Man
Never Split the Difference
Measure of a Man
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 4/21/25 at 4:36 pm to Gerry Laval
Most business books should really be pamphlets. One good idea expanded into 200 pages. There’s a reason that services like Blinkist exist to give you a books ideas in 15 minutes.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:36 am to Auburn80
A lot of the others already mentioned (5 Dysfunctions, Extreme Ownership, etc..)
I really liked Atomic Habits for personal development and also had lots of principles I applied to my professional life.
I really liked Atomic Habits for personal development and also had lots of principles I applied to my professional life.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:02 pm to Gerry Laval
Deep Work by Cal Newport is fantastic
How To Raise a Healthy Gamer is a good book about boundary setting framed through helping a child with screen addiction
How To Raise a Healthy Gamer is a good book about boundary setting framed through helping a child with screen addiction
Posted on 4/25/25 at 10:29 pm to Gerry Laval
1) The Dilbert Principle
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:59 pm to Gerry Laval
Effective Executive - Peter Drucker
Principles - Ray Dialio
Thinking Fast and Slow - Kahneman
Obstacle is the Way - Holiday
Titan - Chernow
Principles - Ray Dialio
Thinking Fast and Slow - Kahneman
Obstacle is the Way - Holiday
Titan - Chernow
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:08 pm to Gerry Laval
I listen to a lot of leadership/personal growth books so I’m going to suggest more than 5.
Turn the Ship around- L. David Marquet
One Bullet Away- Nathaniel Fick
Start with Why- Simon Sinek
Leaders Eat Last- Simon Sinek
Emotional Intelligence 2.0- Travis Bradberry
Make your bed- Admiral William McRaven
Mindset- Dr. Carol Dweck
The Art of Thinking Clearly- Rolf Dobelli
Turn the Ship around- L. David Marquet
One Bullet Away- Nathaniel Fick
Start with Why- Simon Sinek
Leaders Eat Last- Simon Sinek
Emotional Intelligence 2.0- Travis Bradberry
Make your bed- Admiral William McRaven
Mindset- Dr. Carol Dweck
The Art of Thinking Clearly- Rolf Dobelli
Posted on 6/7/25 at 8:57 pm to Gerry Laval
There are more than the two I’m thinking about. Certainly the Bible as you stated.
I believe no matter what your field two stand out offering practicality and sound advice.
The Elements of Style-Strunk and White
Sometimes called “the little blue book”.
Confessions of an Advertising Man-David Ogilvy
Both are really short reads but you will find yourself rereading them or parts of them regularly.
I believe no matter what your field two stand out offering practicality and sound advice.
The Elements of Style-Strunk and White
Sometimes called “the little blue book”.
quote:
13. Omit needless words.
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.
Confessions of an Advertising Man-David Ogilvy
quote:
”Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.”
“Search all he parks in all your cities; you’ll find no statues of committees.”
-David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man
Both are really short reads but you will find yourself rereading them or parts of them regularly.
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