This brand new updated edition of Tom Butler-Bowdon’s guide to the texts that will help you find success in your professional and personal life. Contains eight brand new chapters summarising recent classics such as Grit by Angela Duckworth and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only ‘bite-sized’ guide to the books that have helped legions of readers unleash their potential and discover the secrets of success. Mapping the road to prosperity, motivation, leadership and life success, 50 Success Classics summarizes each work’s key ideas to make clear how these timeless insights and techniques can inform, inspire and illuminate a path to authentic achievement.
Tom Butler-Bowden presents this wide-ranging selection of enduring works in the literary and the legendary: pioneering thinkers, philosophers and powerful leaders who have shown us how to Think and Grow Rich, acquire The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, become The One-Minute Manager, solve the challenging puzzle of Who Moved My Cheese? and discover The Art of Wordly Wisdom. From the inspirational rags-to-riches stories of such entrepreneurs as Andrew Carnegie, Warren Buffet and Sam Walton to the leadership lessons of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela, 50 Success Classics goes back to the basics to find the classic books on staying true to ourselves and fulfilling our potential. Practical yet philosophical, sensible yet stimulating, the 50 all-time classics span biography and business, psychology and ancient philosophy, exploring the rich and fertile ground of books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work and personal lives.
So glad to know that I have read many of these books First off, in my opinion, this is a pretty complete list. Secondly, I have had the pleasure of reading many of these books and the author does a great job of summarizing some of my favorites. BTW, my favorites are Think and grow Rich and the Science of Getting Rich. I picked up a few good ideas on books to read from his list and if I could go back in time to my early 20s, this list would be a great start to a successful life.
50 REASONS TO STUDY SUCCESS As a scholar of success, and a student of human behavior, I took an immediate interest in this book. Did it fulfill my expectations? Yes, in more ways than one.Â
Read 50 books at one time I like reading success books. I wonder which one I should read next. Well read 50 of them by reading this one book. This is like holding a success library in your hand. After reading this book you will know which other success books are worth your time. What better leverage of your time can you get.