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Posts Tagged ‘John Steinbeck’

I am interested in books that influence successful people so I am always on the lookout for great books. I also conduct many interviews and one of the questions that I ask is, “Which book had a profound impact on your life?” And most often, it isn’t business books that have had an impact on successful people. The books listed were culled from interviews that I conducted as well as from a New York Times article “C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success.”  I have read some of the books on the list and will get to the rest.

The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business, Susan Wilson Solovic

Influence: Science and Practice, Robert Cialdini

How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling, Frank Bettger

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, David R. Hawkins

The Magic of Thinking Big, David J. Schwartz

New Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz

All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Maya Angelou

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, Thomas Edward Lawrence

The New Penguin History of the World, J. M. Roberts

The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics), John Steinbeck

Dante’s Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, Paradise, Dante Alighieri