Melodies Book Club
I am grateful to the MANY great authors who took the time to put their wisdom into text.The books I have read have made me into the person I am today.
If you were to look at my past, I had many cards stacked against me.
My Mother and Father divorced when I was young. My Mother fought tooth and nail to keep a roof over our heads. We used food banks and I often wondered if I would have a home the next day as I laid down to sleep. My Mother faced several instances of cancer and preserved. My Father took his own life was I was 15. This took me on an interesting path and I ended up homeless on and off for 6 months in my early twenties.
I do not share this to get sympathy.
My life now is one of joy, abundance and wonderful relationships.
I share this because it is the books below that helped me get here. Without them,
I do not know what would have become of me.
I believe in the power of education but not in the traditional sense of higher education.
I believe in the power of being a life long learner that invests in themselves. This is a combination of self- awareness and seeking out knowledge.
Below I have organized the books that have made an impact on me. I’ve never regretted reading a book but I have certainly thought some books could have been PDFs.
I’ve organized them in order of impact in each section. In many sections this was an incredibly challenging. I have kept it to my 6 top books for each section. As new books are published and I discover new books, I will update this list.
What the ratings 1-3 mean
1
These books fundamentally changed how I see the world
2
Great read, impactful
3
Worth the read but you can probably skim it
Marketing & Sales
Communication
Leadership
Leadership is communication - Robert I. Sutton. Huggy Rao
Dare to Lead - Brene Brown
Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
Operations
Work the system - Sam Carpenter
Conscious Capitalism
John Mackey & Raj Sisodialeb
Multipliers
Liz Wiseman & Greg McKeown
The Lean Start Up
Eric Ries
Essentialism
Greg McKeown
Built to Last
Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
Productivty
The Now Habit
Neil Fiore
Getting Things Done
David Allen
Execution
Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
Finance
Profit First (1)
Mike Michalowicz
Think & Grow Rich (1)
Napoleon Hill
The Blueprint of an Insanely Successful Business (2)
Keith J, Cunningham
Mindset
As A Man Thinketh
James Allen
Ask and It Is Given
Esther Hicks & Jerry Hicks
Feeling is the secret - Neville Goddard
Team
Hidden Potential - Adam Grant
Multipliers
Liz Wiseman & Greg McKeown
Built to Last
Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
Authors I LOVE
I will read anything these authors put out.
Adam Grant
Tim Ferris
Seth Godin
Mike Michalowicz
Neville Goddard
Louise Hay
Books I would take with a grain of salt
These are books I read that I found valuable at the time but upon looking back there were things in them that did not play out the way I thought they would have. They are worth mention because they did have an impact, sometimes it taught me what not to do. I would recommend different books over these ones now.
Foundations of online marketing and sales
These are not my favourite books on the subjects of sales and marketing, they are foundational. I don’t agree with all the styles, however it is like learning a language. You need to know the past in order to appreciate where we currently are.
Ask – Ryan Levesque
Dan Kennedy
Ryan Deiss
Seth Godin
Mike Michalowicz