50 Books For Business And Self Improvement We’re Reading in 2020

Whilst I don’t do New Years Resolutions (because let’s face it, they never work), I do do habits and goals.

One of my goals this year is to read fifty books. Yes, fifty! I know I know, that’s a lot of books, but I truly believe that you should set your goals just on the edge of your comfort zone to allow yourself to grow. You’d be surprised what you’re truly capable of achieving if you push yourself…

I’ve made a special effort to try and find books written by woman, as a lot of business books recommended to me by my coach, Google, and in general, are written by men. Which of course isn’t a problem, but I think female authors used to get somewhat overlooked in the business category, so it’s my/our job to champion female businesswomen who have something worth sharing with their books.

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My 2020 Reading List:

1. The Chimp Paradox - Professor Steve Peters

2. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

3. Eat That Frog - Brian Tracy

4. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth

5. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell

6. Delivering Happiness - Tony Hsieh

7. Little Red Book of Sales - Jeffrey Gitomer

8. Sprint - Jake Knapp

9. Bad Blood - John Carreyrou

10. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

11. Let it Go - Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley

12. The One Thing - by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan

13. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future - Ashlee Vance

14. Influence: Science and Practice - Robert Cialdini

15. Little Black Book - Otegha Uwagba

16. Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter

17. The One Minute Manager - by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

18. This is Marketing - Seth Godin 

19. Deep Work - Cal Newport

20. The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

21. Think and Grow Rich - by Napoleon Hill

22. The 4-Hour Workweek - Book by Tim Ferriss

23. The Infinite Game - Simon Sinek

24. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado-Perez

25. Be The Change - Gina Martin

26. Secrets of Six-Figure Women - Barbara Stanny

27. Girl, Stop Apologizing - Rachel Hollis

28. How Women Rise - Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith

29. The 1‑Page Marketing Plan - Allan Dib

30. Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice - Matthew Syed

31. The Jelly Effect - Andy Bounds

32. Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek

33. Guerrilla Marketing - Jay Conrad Levinson

34. Purple Cow - Seth Godin 

35. Instant Cashflow - Brad Sugars

36. The Psychology of Selling - Brian Tracy

37. Fish! - Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen

38. Mastering the Rockefeller Habits - Verne Harnish

39. Good to Great - Jim Collins

40. Work Like a Woman - Mary Portas

41. Willful Blindness - Margaret Heffernan

42. Get Over Your Damn Self: The No-BS Blueprint to Building a Life-Changing Business - Romi Neustadt

43. Resonate - Nancy Duarte

44. You Are a Badass - Jen Sincero

45. SNAP Selling - Jill Konrath

46. The Barefoot Executive - Carrie Wilkerson

47. Bossypants - Tina Fey

48. Power Your Happy - Lisa Sugar

49. Why Simple Wins - Lisa Bodell

50. Becoming Michelle Obama Biography 

51. Ask For It - Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever

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Ok so I lied, there’s 51. I read The Chimp Paradox (number 1 on the list) over Christmas, so thought it was only fair to add in an extra one!

What are you reading at the moment? Do you have any recommendations?

I’ll be posting (very brief) book reviews on my Instagram posts across the year. So if you want to know which books I’m raving about and which books perhaps weren’t worth the read, then head over to @rubythedesignergal.

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