Get Inspired!

At One Horn, we are all about improving our operational efficiency and personal effectiveness. That is why we read, a lot, it inspires us! We’d like to share with you some of the books that have helped us succeed both professionally and personally.

Suggested Reading List

Entrepreneurship

  • The Millionnaire Next Door - by Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko
  • The E Myth Revisited - by Michael E. Gerber
  • The 4-Hour Workweek - by Timothy Ferriss

Running Your Business More Efficiently and Growth

  • Scaling Up - by Verne Harnish and the Team at Gazelles
  • Mastering the Rockefeller Habits - by Verne Harnish
  • The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

Personal Effectiveness

  • Deep Work - by Cal Newport
  • Are You Ready to Succeed - by Srikumar S. Rao
  • Presence - by Amy Cuddy
  • Clutch - by Paul Sullivan
  • How To Win Friends and Influence People - by Dale Carnegie
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - by Stephen R. Covey
  • Emotional Intelligence - by Daniel Goleman
  • The Four Agreements - by Don Miguel Ruiz
  • Small Move, Big Change - by Caroline L. Arnold
  • Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success - by Adam M. Grant
  • The Tipping Point - by Malcom Gladwell
  • Change Your Questions Change Your Life - by Marilee Adams

Organizational Skills

  • Procrastinate on Purpose - by Rory Vaden
  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - by David Allen
  • Eat That Frog - by Brian Tracy

Business Strategy

  • Blue Ocean Strategy - by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
  • Bold: How to go big, Make Bank, and Better the World - by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
  • Good to Great - by Jim Collins
  • Great by Choice - by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
  • Purple Cow - by Seth Godin

Leadership and Team-Building Skills

  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - by Pat Lencioni
  • Good Business - by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  • The Corner Office - by Adam Bryant

Marketing

  • The Inside Advantage - by Bob Blook
  • Contagious - by Jonah Berger
  • Crush It! - by Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Neuromarketing - by Patrick Renvoisé and Christophe Morin

Sales

  • Hyper Sales Growth: Street-Proven Systems & Processes. How to Grow Quickly & Profitably - by Jack Daly
  • Biz Dev Done Right - by Caryn Kopp and Carl Gould
  • Pitch Anything - by Oren Klaff
  • Getting Naked - by Pat Lencioni
  • The New Rules of Sales and Service - by David Meerman Scott
  • The Sales Advantage - by J. Oliver Crom and Michael Crom, Dale Carnegie Associates
  • The Little Red Book of Sales Answers - by Jeffrey Gitomer
  • Start with Why - by Simon Sinek

Recruiting

  • Who - by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
  • Topgrading, 3rd Edition: The Proven Hiring and Promoting Method That Turbocharges Company Performance - by Bradford D. Smart

Finance

  • Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits! - by Greg Crabtree

Staying Positive

  • The Happiness Advantage - by Shawn Achor
  • Before Happiness - by Shawn Achor
  • Positivity - by Barbara Fredrickson
  • Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being - by Martin E. P. Seligman
  • Authentic Happiness - by Martin E.P. Seligman
  • Learned Optimism - by Martin E.P. Seligman
  • The Power of Positive Thinking - by Norman Vincent Peale
  • Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff - by Richard Carlson
  • Little Gold Book of Yes! Attitude - by Jeffrey Gitomer

Public Speaking

  • Talk Like TED - by Carmine Gallo

Read any good books lately? Tell us about them. Email Cheryl@onehorn.com.