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Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.

The Seed

The Seed

This book offers practical wisdom on discovering your true purpose, professionally and in life in general, in the form of a business fable by Jon Gordon, the best-selling author of The Energy Bus and Soup. Nobody captures the deeper meaning of business like Jon Gordon, and The Seed is his most searching and significant book yet. Whatever your profession, take this insightful look at the purpose behind work, and plant the seed of inspiration in your life!

One Word

One Word

One Word explains how to simplify your life and business by focusing on just ONE WORD for the entire year. The simplicity of choosing one word makes it a catalyst for life-change. It offers an action plan and simple process to discover your word and how it will impact the six dimensions of your life―mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial.

Discipline Equals Freedom

Discipline Equals Freedom

Many books offer advice on how to overcome obstacles and reach your goals–but they miss the most critical ingredient: discipline. Without discipline, there will be no real progress. Discipline Equals Freedom covers it all, including strategies and tactics for conquering weakness, procrastination, and fear. From workouts to sleep habits, food intake to mental focus, this book offers quick, motivational essays and poems to help you optimize your performance.

How To Manage Your Money When You Don’t Have Any

How To Manage Your Money When You Don’t Have Any

If money is too tight to enroll in any of our courses on SUMJS while you are unemployed, then this book can help you manage a bad situation. However, if money is tight BECAUSE you are unemployed, wouldn’t it make more sense to invest in something that can help you FIX the situation? Either way, we hope this book, or our site, can help.

Take the Stairs

Take the Stairs

How do successful people achieve results? In short, they do it the old-fashioned way, with focus and self-discipline. Popular speaker and strategist Rory Vaden presents a simple program for “taking the stairs”—that is, resisting the temptations of “quick fixes,” eliminating distractions, and transcending personal setbacks in order to reach your goals.

David and Goliath

David and Goliath

3,000 years ago, on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling. He shouldn’t have won. Or should he have? In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks.

The Compound Effect

The Compound Effect

Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, presents The Compound Effect, a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond.

Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless

Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless

Out of all books Paul recommends, this is his favorite! Since the founding of Paul Cameron’s recruiting firm DriveStaff, Inc., in June of 2002, continuing on to SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com in May of 2014, every single employee has been (and still is) required to read this book before their first day, on which, there is a quiz on this book to ensure they actually did read it! Do you want to know about OUR culture? Read this book.

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich

Originally published in 1937, and selling more than 60 million copies worldwide, Hill’s Think and Grow Rich studied the work and lives of some of the most successful people of the Industrial Era including Ford, Wrigley, Eastman, Rockefeller, and Edison, among others, and identified the characteristics of what launched these individuals into greatness.

The Science of Personal Achievement

The Science of Personal Achievement

The bestselling author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill proved that the essence of success lies within 17 principles that serve as an infallible formula for achievement. They are the foundation that empowers you to convert adversity into advantage. This audio program teaches you how to achieve a level of mental self-mastery that will enable you to manage your time effectively and open any virtually door.

Nudge

Nudge

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a revelatory look at how we make decisions. Every day we make choices—about what to buy or eat, about financial investments or our children’s health and education, even about the causes we champion or the planet itself. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. Nudge is about how we make these choices and how we can make better ones.

Find a Way

Find a Way

When Merril Hoge talked about his dream of playing in the NFL, he was constantly told it was impossible. As a 12-year-old he wrote, ‘Find a Way’ on his wall and it become a life-long mantra that helped him cope with the near loss of his hand as a boy, the untimely death of his mother, defeating cancer, and ultimately achieve his dream of playing in the NFL.

Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door

Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door

Harvey Mackay is known mostly for his strategic books on how to be successful in business. However, in this book he takes his strategic approach to success and applies it to the job search. He is one of the ultimate success stories, and has done some incredible things on a huge scale. To give you an idea of the level this guy is on, check out the list of his friends who endorse the book: Larry King, Shaquille O’Neal, and Lou Holtz. He shows you how to present your product (you) well enough to land that big account (a job).

Drive

Drive

Drive, The Surprising Truth About Motivating Ourselves by Daniel H. Pink Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach, but that’s a mistake. The secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at…

212, The Extra Degree

212, The Extra Degree

212°, The Extra Degree by Sam Parker At 211º water is hot. At 212º, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. It’s that one extra degree that makes all the difference. Use this powerful metaphor…

Success Is A Choice

Success Is A Choice

This book has nothing to do with Job Search, and EVERYTHING to do with Job Search! This is truly one of my all-time favorite books, so even though I don’t have an interview with Rick to share with you, I had to include it on my list. Rick is a very successful basketball coach, and I’m not even a basketball fan, but this book still resonates with me.