What Books Have Inspired You?

The Social Network For The Recruiting Industry

Posted by Jennifer Bowen on May 16, 2008 at 1:17pm

As I'm looking through my business and personal library I got to wondering what books I've missed but should have read. I'd love to get a list going of suggested reads from all of you out there. I'm a firm believer in continuing to learn and grow so it would be great to hear others "must reads."

I'll get started by saying that "The Secret" has to be one of my all time favorites. It truly did help me to shift the focus of my life.

Others favorites are:
Fish! by Stephen Lundin PhD, Harry Paul and John Christensen
Small Giants by Bo Burlingham
The Success Principles by Jack Canfield

Please share yours!

7 Comments

Comment by Claudia Faust on May 16, 2008 at 3:23pm

What a great question! Here are some of my more recent reads, and I recommend them highly...

The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture (by John Battelle)

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (by Dan Ariely)

The Last Lecture (by Randy Pausch)

Comment by Jim Durbin on May 16, 2008 at 6:27pm: Linked - Albert Barabasi (on the science of networks)
Six Degrees - Duncan Watts
Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
Anything by Chris Russell :)

Comment by Jennifer Bowen on May 16, 2008 at 6:34pm: These are great! I'm going to add these to my must read list.

Claudia - I love the pictures you added in as well! I looked at The Last Lecture on Amazon and they recommend The Alchemist as a good companion book. That should be on the list. I just finished reading it again since it had been about 9 years and it had more meaning now that it did as a college freshman.

Let's keep the list going guys! I think this could be a great resource for others too.

Comment by Rayanne on May 16, 2008 at 7:17pm: I think the greatest business book I have ever read and it translates well into the search industry, is The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. This book addresses a system's thinking approach to your work and your life. Check it out.,,

Comment by Rayanne on May 16, 2008 at 7:18pm: Check out Blink by Gladwell, also.

Comment by Douglas L Pilarski on May 17, 2008 at 8:21pm: Here are my favorites not necessarily search related. Preparing for the 21st Century by Paul Kennedy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker, The Competitive Advantage of Nations by Michael Porter , Flawless Consulting by Peter Block, and finally, Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan.

Comment by Jennifer Bowen on May 18, 2008 at 11:26am: And my list of reading keeps growing...These are all great suggestions.

I got Tipping Point a few months ago and haven't read it yet. But now I know I need to get on that and I'll also check out Blink.

Thanks everyone!