Suggested Links and Recommended Reading

Biography

• “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert A. Caro
• “Means of Ascent” by Robert A. Caro
• “Pathway to Power” by Robert A. Caro
• “Master of the Senate” by Robert A. Caro
• “Master of the Senate” by Robert A. Caro
• “The Passage of Power” by Robert A. Caro
• “Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.” by Ron Chernow
• “Washington: A Life” by Ron Chernow
• “Lincoln” by David Herbert Donald
• “American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson” by Joseph J. Ellis
• “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• “Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters” by Ulysses S. Grant
• “Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American” by B.H. Liddell Hart
• “The Wisemen” by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas
• “Churchill” by Paul Johnson
• “Napoleon: A Life” by Paul Johnson
• “Socrates: A Man For Our Times” by Paul Johnson
• “The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone, 1932-40” by William R. Manchester
• “John Adams” by David McCullough
• “Truman” by David McCullough
• “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” by Jon Meacham
• “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris
• “Eisenhower in War and Peace” by Jean Edward Smith
• “John Marshall” by Jean Edward Smith
• “All The Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt” by John Taliaferro
• “Xenophan’s Cyrus The Great: The Arts of Leadership and War” edited by Larry Hedrick

Business, Psychology, and Business Development

• “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
• “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broker the World” by Liaquat Ashamed
• “What Color is Your Parachute? 2016: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers” by Richard N. Bolles
• “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all small stuff” by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
• “Best Practices of Building Your Personal Network” by Allan Boress, CPA, CFE and Michael G. Cummings
• “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain
• “How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
• “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” by Dale Carnegie
• “Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” by Jim Collins
• “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey
• “Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time” by Keith Ferrazzi
• “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell
• “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
• “Time To Think: Listening to Ignite The Human Mind” by Nancy Kline
• “More Time To Think: The Power of Independent Thinking” by Nancy Kline
• “Growing Your Business!: What you need to know, What you need to do” by Mark LeBlanc
• “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale
• “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
• “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand
• “The Rational Optimist” by Matt Ridley
• “Customers for Life: How to Turn that One-Time Buyer into a Lifetime Customer” by Carl Sewell and Paul B. Brown
• “Clients for Life: Evolving from an Expert for Hire to an Extraordinary Advisor” by Jagdish N. Sheth and Andrew Sobel
• “Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action” by Simon Sinek
• “The Dan Sullivan Question: As It and Transform Anyone’s Future” by Dan Sullivan
• “The 80% Approach” by Dan Sullivan
• “Learning How To Avoid The Gap” by Dan Sullivan
• “The Time Breakthrough – Transforming Time From A Quantity To A Quality” by Dan Sullivan
• “The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success” by William N. Thorndike

Economic History

• “The House of Morgan” by Ron Chernow
• “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond
• “The Ascent of Money” by Niall Ferguson

General Business

• “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” by Michael E. Gerber