Books Recommended by Darrah Brustein
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6 books recommended by Darrah Brustein
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
The first time I read Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited, I was just starting my first company and it opened my eyes to the difference to between working IN your company and working ON your company. I realized that I needed to strategize all of… Read the full quote
The first time I read Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited, I was just starting my first company and it opened my eyes to the difference to between working IN your company and working ON your company. I realized that I needed to strategize all of my decisions in my business to support me not being the cog in the middle of it, but to be sure it could function well without me.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
The Four Agreements is a practical, to-the-point, but ever-challenging read. It breaks down the four basic agreements one should make with him/herself to live your best life. Each is simple in essence, but absolutely a life-long endeavor to master. It's one of the few books… Read the full quote
The Four Agreements is a practical, to-the-point, but ever-challenging read. It breaks down the four basic agreements one should make with him/herself to live your best life. Each is simple in essence, but absolutely a life-long endeavor to master. It's one of the few books I regularly re-read as each time, I take away a great reminder of an area in which I can grow.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Others include The Power Of Now which is powerful reminder that all we have is the present and helps give you meaningful ways to live in it, not in the past or the future.
Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life
If you're feeling stuck and know there is more to life than living other people's versions of success, then pick up this book! There are few better-suited to help you navigate how to chart your own course than Laura Gassner Otting who went from the… Read the full quote
If you're feeling stuck and know there is more to life than living other people's versions of success, then pick up this book! There are few better-suited to help you navigate how to chart your own course than Laura Gassner Otting who went from the White House, to corporate recruiting, to entrepreneurship. In these pages you'll learn how to uncover what you truly want and live a life that lights you up, as well as lifts up others around you.
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
by Adam Grant
Give And Take by Adam Grant which shares evidence to support why being a giver is the best path to success.
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
Another is Designing Your Life by two Stanford professors who teach a course on how to create your life. I deeply believe in the necessity and purpose of this, and the book had actionable tools to help me get there in a moment where I was rejiggering my path.