5 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read in 2020 ! (Review)
When it comes to entrepreneurial journey there's a lot you need to read about. There will be late nights, Early mornings, Joys and Sorrows. All you have do to is keep motivating yourself throughout your Entrepreneurial Journey. Reading is the best Entrepreneurial trait among others. Here we are providing 5 Must Read Books for the young entrepreneur.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.
–Neil Gaiman
1. The 10% Entrepreneur by Patrick J. McGinnis:
Patrick McGinnis gives the reader step by step instructions of how to invest just 10% of your time and resources to become an entrepreneur without giving up your present income. The premise of this book is that you are going to be an entrepreneur in addition to working a "day job" this allows you to essentially be an entrepreneur with a net. The book includes a variety of stock-taking exercises to help you figure out what areas would be good for your entrepreneurial endeavors based on your strengths and interests. There are many paths one can follow to invest. You don't have to be a millionaire to become an entrepreneur.
Patrick McGinnis' book is a gift for anyone who has wished they had the entrepreneurial bug but is just too risk averse to give up their day job. As Patrick learned himself and as he teaches us, one can be an entrepreneur on the side--a 10% Entrepreneur--while keeping their day job and the perks and security it offers. And given how unstable companies and the economy are, it's best to diversify one's career as one would one's investment portfolio.
Patrick shows us how to start on this journey, explains the different ways to contribute to these side ventures, how to vet them, and so much more. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to keep that day job but hedge their bets with side projects that could build towards a better--and less fearful--future.
2. 101 Entrepreneur Mindset by Vindimear D Heart:
As the books description reads: People who are employed nowadays are looking for a better source of income, especially if they are not happy working for a boss anymore. Most of these employees are seeking for opportunities to be the boss of their own. They want to have their own business and earn from it. If you are one of them, you must have an entrepreneur mindset.
You may have the talent and skills or a hardworking attitude, but are those things enough for you to survive a business for a long time? There are people who offer products and services, sell it online or to people in their network, but still having a hard time coping with the pressures of running their own business. They usually have no time for socialization, leisure, or even relaxation. They are also stuck in their current business standing, meaning they are not able to improve or innovate their business.
3. 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall:
Clear, concise, informative, and exciting! This book lays out a solid foundation for growth in any business by radically reformatting old theories, revamping procedures, and reconditioning thought patterns. Full of case studies and formulas, it provides an analytical and logical, linear pathway through the giant maze that is business, breaking the beast down into component parts and handling them individually. Those bite-sized portions, and the step-by-step guide they create, put you on a trajectory toward success in the fewest possible steps.
A couple of religious chapters at the end lost the thread for me, and seemed out of place and like part of a completely different conversation. But the rest kept me, literally, with notebook in hand, scribbling down ideas that I immediately put into action. As I develop a more complete plan going forward, I will also use more of the supplemental online tools, which proved quite user-friendly and helpful, and I will have my team use them as well. It's a new perspective on an old art for a changing world.
4. Hustle by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits, and Jonas Koffler:
This book is all about getting to the right mindset as an entrepreneur. Once you have the correct mindset everything will fall into place. This is decent book about how hustle is how to be successful in life. It gives the reader some encouragement to pursue their passions and dreams and to give it their all in the process. Like most motivational books this book relies on personal story and encouraging narratives.
Premise seems noble, encouraging the reader, constantly, to plan an alternative path. The evidence of success were anecdotal, and happenstance. There are risks worth taking, and some actual lead to unicorn successes. The authors poked fun at themselves, as the few sources of comedy, which grew tiring after a while. Without any references to reasonable measures of achievement, the book felt like a frat house tale, of a wild night, exaggerated to the point where, even a layman, would scratch their heads and mutter, suppose so.
Cool reference to a YouTube video about a boy entrepreneur, that made an arcade out of cardboard in front of his dad's East LA auto parts store, thanks to a chance encounter with a freelance filmmaker. A least the book had one verifiable luck + sweat equals success example!
5. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss:
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is a manifesto calling for workers everywhere to rise up and flee their cubicles in pursuit of a life guided by their passions and not their paychecks. It offers a practical, step-by-step guide that can be followed by people who are not independently wealthy but who don’t want to be slaves to their jobs until retirement. Whether a person is an entrepreneur or an employee, he or she can follow this path. However, the steps to doing so will vary slightly.
Lifestyle Design in action through different case study examples equipped with resources and tool recommendations which makes it a great reference book especially when taking in consideration its accompanying website as well.
Tim makes life sound simple offering a step-by-step process for "DEALmakers" (Definition, Elimination, Automation and Liberation) whether it relates to business, travel, acquiring a new skill set to create the needed time, income and mobility.
