If you’ve been stuck in a professional rut, or just want to learn how you can become your best self, a book will always have an answer for you. With so many titles out there, it can become worrisome as to what you should be reading. If you’re looking for some tips and tricks of the trade, or just a simple new method to improve your work habits, promote women’s careers can become your one stop shop for all your business advice. We’ve rounded up some of the best business books to help you in your professional career.
- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Did you know March is Women’s History Month? This makes it the perfect time to read Lean In. If you want to be part of the conversation and promote women’s careers and successes, Sandberg offers advice on how women can be satisfied with their careers.
- Give and Take by Adam Grant
In order to get ahead of our professional career, we’re often told that we’ll make some enemies along the way. Why though, do we need to sabotage another person’s success in order to achieve our own? Grant explains why that view is completely false and explains why those who share their success are the ones who come out on top of their business field.
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
“Almost any behavior can be transformed if the cue and reward stay the same.” If you’re looking for self-improvement, Duhigg offers powerful advice about your everyday routines. Every habit you can want to change can be tweaked daily to improve your overall self.
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
If a book has continued to stay relevant after almost 80 years of its initial publishing, you know that it will have advice worth reading. With exclusive tips from pioneer industrialist, Andrew Carnegie, Hill has simplified Carnegie’s experiences into simple practices that anyone can follow for guaranteed success.
- #GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso, founder of Nasty Gal, shares her personal story of success of how she fought her way to the top of the fashion retail industry. Her story is not pretty, describing how she would collect fashionable pieces by dumpster diving and even stealing. Her message, however, is clear: it’s not easy getting to the top, but it will be worth it once you’re there.
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
This is the generation of entrepreneurs. Young business people continue to create businesses that will become overnight successes. Thiel explains how businesses are built and managed to become game changers and generate billions in revenue.
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
Some will argue that they need to get to their dream job in order to be satisfied with it. Newport argues that new passions could be discovered at your current workplace by mastering other skills you may have. By mastering said skill, new opportunities will allow you to move forward in your career and lead you to a passion you may have never known about before.
Do you have any books that have helped you with your professional career?
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