I am frequently asked which books I recommend for people aiming to increase their endurance leadership habits. Having a constant thirst for learning helps to define and enhance the effectiveness of a strong leader. To that end, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorites. Please feel free to comment below. I’d love to know about the books that made the biggest impact on your life and career.
Consistency is Key
Explores the importance of maintaining steady practices and routines, both in leadership and financial management, to build a reliable foundation for success.
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy
The Long-term Perspective
Highlights the necessity of looking beyond immediate gains to envision and plan for future achievements, aligning short-term actions with long-term goals.
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
- The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
Resilience Through Challenges
Discusses how resilience helps leaders and organizations to thrive despite setbacks and difficulties, using challenges as opportunities for growth.
- Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by Eric Greitens
- Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Adaptability in Action
Examines the ability to adjust strategies and operations in response to changing circumstances, turning challenges into opportunities.
- Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Self-awareness and Financial Insight
Underlines the critical role of self-awareness in financial leadership, allowing leaders to make balanced and informed decisions.
- Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
Striking the Right Balance
Looks at the need to balance risk and growth, manage resources wisely, and maintain personal well-being to ensure sustainable success.
- The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
- Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
- The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work & Life by Alan Loy McGinnis
