(New!)-The secret to mastering your inner game-Success leaves clues, this list of books is a major clue

Leaders are Readers Period.

Success leaves clues; this list of books below is a major piece to the puzzle.

Throughout history most all great men and women have been known for their great insights into many areas of life that affect us today. Reading has been proven to give average people an edge over non-readers that is measurable and noticeable.

Another staggering statistic is that people who avidly read tend to be smarter and are less likely to grow old (or at least they want feel old). Reading stimulates the brain, which enables you to handle problem solving, creative thinking and it reduces stress.

I highly encourage you to read, either from the list I have used or pick and choose to create your super arsenal (your brain)..

Here is the list to the best of my memory of what I have read: keep in mind, each author has multiple books so in a lot of cases, I could have read upwards of 50 books by one author, for example Dr. Joe Vitale (Mr. Fire) has like 54 J enjoy-

You

Improving your life, your person and your strengths.

Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff
Attractor Factor by Dr. Joe Vitale
The Answer by John Assaraf and Murray Smith
Harmonic Wealth by James Arthur Ray
You were born rich by Bob Proctor
Flow by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi
Getting Things Done by David Allen
The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
How to Be a Star at Work by Robert E. Kelley
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey B. Mackay
The Power of Intuition by Gary Klein
What Should I Do with My Life? by Po Bronson
Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss/Theodore Geisel
Chasing Daylight by Eugene O’Kelly
How to Think and Grow Rich by Napeleon Hill

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Leadership

Inspiration. Challenge. Courage. Change.

The Key by Dr. Joe Vitale (he has 50+ books, I have read them all)
On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis
The Leadership Moment by Michael Useem
The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Leadership Is an Art by Max De Pree
The Radical Leap by Steve Farber
Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will by Tichy and Sherman
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Questions of Character by Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr.
The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
Never Give In! Speeches by Winston Churchill

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Strategy

Eight organizational blueprints from which to draft your own.

In Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
Good to Great by Jim Collins
The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove
Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Discovering the Soul of Service by Leonard Berry
Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Competing for the Future by Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad

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Sales and Marketing

Approaches and pitfalls in the ongoing process of creating customers.

Influence by Robert B. Cialdini, PhD
Positioning by Al Ries and Jack Trout
A New Brand World by Scott Bedbury with Stephen Fenichell
Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith
Zag by Marty Neumeier
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore
Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar
How to Become a Rainmaker by Jeffrey J. Fox
Why We Buy by Paco Underhill
The Experience Economy by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

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Rules and Scorekeeping

The all-important numbers behind the game.

Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan
Financial Intelligence by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
The Balanced Scorecard by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

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Management

Guiding and directing the people around you.

The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker
Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming
Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno
Reengineering the Corporation by Michael Hammer and James Champy
The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack with Bo Burlingham
First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Buckingham and Clifton
The Knowing-Doing Gap by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono

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Biographies

Unlimited lessons from great men and women.

Titan by Ron Chernow
My Years with General Motors by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
The HP Way by David Packard
Personal History by Katharine Graham
Moments of Truth by Jan Carlzon
Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton with John Huey
Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

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Entrepreneurship

Seven guides to the passion and practicality necessary for any new venture.

The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki (also available in CD and audio)
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber (also available in CD and audio)
The Republic of Tea ** by Mel Ziegler, Patricia Ziegler, and Bill Rosenzweig
The Partnership Charter by David Gage
Growing a Business by Paul Hawken
Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson
The Monk and the Riddle Randy Komisar with Kent Lineback

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Narratives

Six industry tales of both fortune and failure.

McDonald’s: Behind the Arches by John F. Love
American Steel ** by Richard Preston
The Force by David Dorsey
The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein
Moneyball by Michael Lewis

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Innovation & Creativity

Insight into the process of developing new ideas.
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie
The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman
Jump Start Your Business Brain by Doug Hall
A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger Von Oech
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

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Big Ideas

The future of business books lies here.

The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy
Out of Control by Kevin Kelly
The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Driven by Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
To Engineer is Human by Henry Petroski
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

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Takeaways

What everyone is looking for.
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins
Up the Organization by Robert Townsend
Beyond the Core by Chris Zook
Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer
What the CEO Wants You to Know by Ram Charan
The Team Handbook by Peter Scholtes, Brian Joiner, and Barbara Streibel
A Business and Its Belief by Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Lucky or Smart? by Bo Peabody
The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman
Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko
More Than You Know by Michael J. Mauboussin

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Religous

Uplifting and inspiring, how to live life with no regrets:
Everyday a Friday by Joel Osteen
Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyers (this is her flag ship book, she has more, they are all good)
Golden Nuggets from the Mountains by Fred B. Lunsford
The Fasting Edge by Jentezen Franklin
How To Get Your Prayers Answered by Kenneth Copeland

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Blog Posts

I follow these guys as they offer great material that is practical:

Ray Higdon
David Wood
Kris Darty
Rob Fore
Barbie Zabel
David Sharpe
John Pate
and of course this one http://workwithjohnpate.com

I would highly recommend that you either buy these for your personal library or check them out from your local library. The more you read, the better equipped you are to handle life, business and relationships. 

You are an Unlimited being and your mind can never have to much information, it better equips you to handle anything and solve any problem as your mind is programmed with stored material that you have read and will present itself automatically and at the appropriate time..

Enjoy this, remember, life is a marathon not a race…but you do have to start

Here’s to the new you,

John Pate

P.S. Reading makes a world of difference, try it you will like it…