Below is a comprehensive list of recommended Personal Development books and Podcasts to help you on the path to achieving your goals. Those highlighted in yellow indicate the best place to start.
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Books
Title | Author | Type | Difficulty |
Be |
| Personal Development | Easy |
Questions are the answers | Alan Pease | Sales & Marketing | Easy |
Body Language in the Workplace | Alan Pease | Leadership | Easy |
Why men don’t listen and women can’t read maps | Alan & Barbra Pease | Relationship | Easy |
People Skills for life | Alan & Barbra Pease | Sales | Easy |
Awaken The Giant Within | Tony Robbins | Personal Development | Medium |
Giant Steps | Tony Robbins | Personal Development | Easy |
Unlimited Power | Tony Robbins | Personal Development | Medium |
Unleash The Power Within | Tony Robbins | Personal Development | Easy |
You Were Born Rich | Bob Proctor | Personal Development | Easy |
12 Power Principles For Success | Bob Proctor | Personal Development | Medium |
Change your paradigm, change your life | Bob Proctor | Personal Development | Medium |
Psychology of Success | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
Eat That Frog | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
Focal Point | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
The psychology of Selling | Brian Tracy | Sales & Marketing | Easy |
The Science of Self Confidence | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
Master Strategies for Higher Achievement | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
The Psychology of Achievement | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
Breaking the Success Barriers | Brian Tracy | Personal Development | Easy |
How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | Leadership | Hard |
Magnetic Marketing | Dan Kennedy | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Can’t Hurt Me | David Goggins | Personal Development | Easy |
Never Finished | David Goggins | Personal Development | Easy |
The Ultimate Question 2.0 | Fred Reichheld | Customer Service | Hard |
The 5 Love Languages | Gary Chapman | Relationship | Easy |
Richest Man in Babylon | George Calson | Finance | Medium |
The Invisible Promise | Harry Beckwith | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Selling the Invisible | Harry Beckwith | Sales & Marketing | Easy |
You Inc | Harry Beckwith | Sales & Marketing | Easy |
What Clients Love | Harry Beckwith | Customer Service | Easy |
Who Stole My Customer | Harvey Thompson | Customer Service | Medium |
It’s not about the Coffee | Howard Behar | Customer Service | Medium |
Success Affirmations | Jack Canfield | Personal Development | Easy |
The Success Principles | Jack Canfield | Personal Development | Easy |
Hug Your People | Jack Mitchell | Leadership | Medium |
Winning | Jack Welch | Leadership | Easy |
The Sticking Point Solution | Jay Abraham | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
What would Google Do | Jeff Jarvis | Business | Easy |
The Sales Bible | Jeffrey Gitomer | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Good to Great | Jim Collins | Business | Hard |
Turning the Flywheel | Jim Collins | Business | Hard |
Built to Last | Jim Collins | Business | Hard |
Great by Choice | Jim Collins | Business | Hard |
How the Mighty Fall | Jim Collins | Business | Hard |
Leading an Inspired Life | Jim Rohn | Personal Development | Easy |
The Art of Exceptional Living | Jim Rohn | Personal Development | Easy |
Atomic Habits | James Clear | Personal Development | Easy |
Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus | John Gray | Personal Development | Medium |
The 5 Levels of Leadership | John C Maxwell | Leadership | Medium |
21 Irrefutable laws of leadership | John C Maxwell | Leadership | Easy |
Developing the Leader Within You | John C Maxwell | Leadership | Easy |
Leadership Landmines | John C Maxwell | Leadership | Easy |
Great Leaders are Great Teachers | John C Maxwell | Leadership | Easy |
How Successful People Think | John C Maxwell | Personal Development | Easy |
Would you like Attitude with That | Justin Herald | Business | Easy |
The Three Chairs | Dr Karen Jordan | Leadership | Easy |
The One Minute Manager | Kenneth Blanchard | Leadership | Easy |
Raving Fans | Kenneth Blanchard | Customer Service | Easy |
Helping People Win at Work | Kenneth Blanchard | Leadership | Easy |
Whale Done | Kenneth Blanchard | Leadership | Easy |
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done | Larry Bossidy | Personal Development | Medium |
It’s Called Work for a Reason | Larry Winget | Personal Development | Easy |
People are Idiots and I Can Prove It | Larry Winget | Personal Development | Easy |
You are Broke Because You Want to Be | Larry Winget | Personal Development | Easy |
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**K | Mark Manson | Personal Development | Easy |
Talking to Strangers | Malcom Gladwell | Business | Medium |
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking | Malcom Gladwell | Business | Medium |
The Tipping Point | Malcom Gladwell | Business | Medium |
Outliers - The Story of Success | Malcom Gladwell | Business | Medium |
Standout 2.0 | Marcus Buckingham | Personal Development | Medium |
The E-Myth | Michael Gerber | Leadership | Easy |
Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill | Personal Development | Hard |
The Ride of a Lifetime | Robert Iger | Personal Development | Easy |
Eleven Rings | Phil Jackson | Personal Development | Easy |
Losing My Virginity | Richard Branson | Business | Easy |
Finding My Virginity | Richard Branson | Business | Easy |
The 80-20 Principle | Richard Koch | Leadership | Medium |
Grinding it Out - The Making of McDonald’s | Ray Kroc | Business | Medium |
Influence | Robert Cialdini | Personal Development | Medium |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad | Robert Kyosaki | Finance | Easy |
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari | Robin Sharma | Personal Development | Easy |
The 5AM Club | Robin Sharma | Leadership | Easy |
The Greatness Guide | Robin Sharma | Personal Development | Easy |
The Leader Who Had No Title | Robin Sharma | Personal Development | Easy |
Start With Why | Simon Sinek | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Leaders Eat Last | Simon Sinek | Leadership | Medium |
The Infinite Game | Simon Sinek | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Purple Cow | Seth Godin | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Tribes | Seth Godin | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Who Moved My Cheese | Spencer Johnson | Personal Development | Easy |
Fish | Stephen Lundin | Customer Service | Easy |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Steven Covey | Personal Development | Hard |
The 8th Habit | Steven Covey | Personal Development | Hard |
First Thing First | Steven Covey | Personal Development | Hard |
The Speed of Trust | Steven Covey | Personal Development | Medium |
The 4 Hour Work Week | Timothy Ferriss | Personal Development | Easy |
Winning - The Unforgiving Race to Greatness | Tim Grover | Leadership | Easy |
Relentless | Tim Grover | Leadership | Easy |
Blue Ocean Strategy | W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne | Sales & Marketing | Hard |
Don’t Die With the Music In You | Wayne Bennett | Personal Development | Easy |
See You at The Top | Zig Ziggler | Sales & Marketing | Medium |
Podcasts
Podcast | Type | Platform |
The Art Of Charm | Sales & Leadership | Itunes |
The Gym Owners Fitness Business Podcast | Business | Itunes |
The Sales Hacker Podcast | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
B2B Growth Show | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
Sell or Die | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
The Sales Evangelist | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
Young Hustlers | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
Women in Sales | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
In the Arena | Sales & Marketing | Itunes |
Equity Mates | Investing | Itunes |
The Australians Money Cafe | Finance | Itunes |
The Think Grow Podcast | Personal Development | Itunes |
The Insiders Guide To Property, Finance & Money Management | Finance | Itunes |