Books to Expand Your Entrepreneurial Mind

Seven books I will continuously recommend to those looking to expand their minds and think like an entrepreneur

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I was recently asked by Canvas Rebel if there were any books that significantly impacted my entrepreneurial thinking. Questions like this are my favorite. They provide me with the opportunity to talk about and recommend books, which I adore doing, but they also get me reflecting on books I’ve read in the past. In thinking about the books that most expanded my mind and got me to think entrepreneurially, I was reminded of titles I haven’t read in a while, like Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and anything by Malcolm Gladwell.

While I could have come up with a huge list, I thought seven books would be a good place to start.

Here are seven books about entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity, and writing that I will never stop recommending:

- Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts | Ryan Holiday -- Do you want to produce something trendy or do you want to produce something that the next generation, and the one after that, will remember? This is your guide to being timeless. (All of Ryan Holiday's work is smart, intentional, and worth reading.)

- The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity | Julia Cameron -- This book has "spiritual" in the title but don't let that scare you. It's about connecting with yourself and summoning your own creativity.

- The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life | Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander -- A beautiful book about creating possibility. One of my favorite lessons in this book is to give everyone an A; let people live up to your high expectations of them.

- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear | Elizabeth Gilbert -- If you're lacking inspiration, pick up this book. That's all you need to know about that.

- Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? | Seth Godin -- This one is all about making a big difference, no matter what your role is.

- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Stephen King -- I couldn't create a list of transformative books without listing this one. Even if you aren't a writer, this book teaches you so much about art. For example: "Life isn't a support-system for art. It's the other way around."

- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking | Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink is about decision-making and the unconscious. It is incredibly eye-opening. (On that note, so are all of his books.)

This is a small taste of a world of books that can get you thinking differently about business, leadership, and life.

What books / podcasts / other resources would you add? Have you read any of the books above? Were they as impactful for you as they were me?

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