Just wanted to say thanks to Chris Winfield for recommending “Think and Grow Rich!” for Word Sell’s Favorite Book project. I just finished it – fantastic! A must read for anyone looking to improve professionally or personally – pretty much everyone, I suspect! Even though the book was written in 1937, you’d think it was written yesterday considering how on target it is.
Here again is the current Word Sell list of favorite books.
Joanna Young – Alice in Wonderland.
Bill Welter – Value Migration: How to Think Several Steps ahead of the Competition.
Matthew Stibbe – Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams.
Mihaela Lica – The Definitive Book of Body Language.
Jeanne Dininni – Tested Sentences that Sell and Lions Don’t Need to Roar.
Mark Hill – Free Agent Nation.
Denise Kincy Grier – How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Laura Spencer – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy.
Kenneth W. Davis – The Cluetrain Manifesto.
MDY – First, Break All the Rules.
David Meerman Scott – The Long Tail.
Chris Winfield – Think and Grow Rich.
Tom Wieczorek – Selling the Invisible.
Bob Ravasio – The Godfather.
Brad Shorr – A Season on the Brink.
Have a favorite business book? Please let me know and I’ll add it to our list!
My pleasure Brad – it’s a classic. So glad you enjoyed it…
Thanks for another mention, Brad! The two books I recommended are great! Hope someone will read them. (Though I see a number of other great ones on the list, as well!)
Jeanne
Hi Jeanne, I’d like to read your selections, but as I recall one or both of them are out of print. Gotta find a deal!
Wow, Brad, you’re right! Tested Sentences that Sell is out of print. I guess I’d forgotten. I can only say to keep your eye out at your local used bookstore, because it’s a great book!
Lions Don’t Need to Roar is still available, though. Check Amazon.com.
Jeanne
Brad,
Just picked it up myself and started it two weeks ago – didn’t realize you were reading it also. Great book!
Bob
That’s quite a coincidence Bob! Can’t wait to discuss it with you.
The list is growing, Brad and the titles are indeed very good. With such a list (and a poll) you could even learn which are the “most wanted” titles to promote with your Amazon affiliate program (if you have one). LOL.
I just finished reading Laura’s recommendation and I can only recommend it again! A great learning tool, indeed.
Hi Mihaela, thanks for visiting. Laura’s book is definitely on my list – there’s just not enough time to read.
It’s good to see this project is still going on.
I wonder if the library would have some of the out-of-print books?
Laura, that’s a good idea. “Tested Sentences that Sell” is the tough one. I checked on Alibris and the least expensive copy is about $70.
Hi, Brad and Laura!
I noticed that Amazon.com has a CD-ROM version of “Tested Sentences that Sell”–which also includes 6 other marketing classics as a bonus–for $37. That’s the best deal I’ve seen, so far. (Don’t know what books the others are, though.)
Jeanne
Another option – thanks, Jeanne. Maybe someone should reprint this book!