As my intro suggests , I'm a book worm 🤓

I'm also a creative right brainer fascinated by the world of entrepreneurship.

The struggle is real when it comes to fusing creativity/business together 😅

As a result, I'm constantly immersing myself in new reads . I also happen to live up to my name and love sharing what I've learned 😀

Here are 5 books which will offer you golden nuggets of wisdom 📚:

1) The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes

Focus : It’s one thing most of us lack and need guidance on.

Enter : "The Ultimate Sales Machine” - an actionable strategy guide from world class marketer Chet Holmes teaches you how to make sales by zeroing in on a few essential skills.

Using his personal success as a framework, Holmes offers 12 effective strategies in all areas of business including management, marketing, sales and more.

The end goal? Gain pig headed discipline and determination.

Key takeaways :

• Commit one hour a week in which you do nothing else than work on making the business much more effective.

• The problem with a USP (unique selling point) is that it’s focused on you. Instead, focus on your buyer and what they want.

• Avoid engaging in “self talk” . Phrases like “I can’t” or “I’m no good at” are internal negative thoughts that your mind has difficulty separating from the truth.

2) The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan S.Kennedy

Key takeaways :

• Avoid perfectionism : you don’t need a perfect sales letter to get good results. Focus on knowing your customer and offer something valuable instead

• Get “into the customer” by asking yourself what keeps them up at night and what they are afraid of

• Assemble and organize ideas in a “swipe file”

3) How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

With over 30 million copies sold , there’s a reason why this novel has been a bestseller for decades.

Despite all the changes in this digital age, the key principles from this 1940’s best seller still rings true.

From learning how to get people to like you, to building meaningful relationships and understanding why people do what they do, you’ll be experiencing a lot of “aha moments” with this timeless classic

Key Takeaways :

• Get people to say agree with you from the very beginning using the “Yes, Yes!” method

• The only way to influence other people is to talk about what other people want and show them how to get it

• Avoid criticizing or condemning someone, it’ll only lead to resentment and get them on the defensive.

• The only way to get the best out of an argument is to avoid it

4) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

A notable favorite among billionaires Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Richard Branson, this 1937 classic provides a narrative into the “secret” behind the success of several business throughout the eras.

Key Takeaways :

• Desire is the starting point of all achievement

• Faith : visualization and belief in attaining this desire will get the ball rolling. It can't coexist with fear

• You must add imagination to specialized knowledge in order to grow rich.

• If you want to get rich, you need specialized knowledge. General education doesn't correlate with wealth

5) Disrupted by Dan Lyons

Disrupted, is a witty tell-all account of the events that surfaced on seasoned journalist Dan Lyons at an established news magazine who left it all behind to take up a job at a software marketing start up.

Author and writer of HBO’s Silicon Valley Dan Lyons draws readers in with his relational and entrepreneurial experience working in the start up world.

He recounts his time at Hubspot where he encountered devils angel investors, fad-chasing venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs”. This book is a more of an extract from his start up experience which sheds light on some important lessons.

Key Takeaways :

• You don’t get rewarded for creating great technology, it’s all about the business model. The market pays you to have a company that scales quickly.

• It’s all about getting big fast. Don’t be profitable, just get big

• Online marketers have invented euphemisms to make the work they do sound less awful

• Email campaigns do not involve badgering people, or pestering them - rather, we're "nurturing" them.

Have you read any of the books listed? Have any recommendations to add? Let me know in the comments below!