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Here are our current TOP THREE.

Thoughts From The Mount Of Blessing

The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

Start Something That Matters

 

The following is a list of some of the more important books for Social Entrepreneurs.  You will notice that they are organized according to the four arms of the Cross of Wisdom.  This is because true success is balanced success.  “For what doeth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world yet lose his soul”, or health, or family?  You’ve learned about the Cross of Prosperity, now get the wisdom you need to make it all happen!

KNOW YOURSELF

Psychology

• Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health
• Secrets of Happy Couples: Loving Yourself, Your Partner and Your Life

Health

• Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body’s Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free
• The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health
• Love and Survival : The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

KNOW YOUR WORLD

Business Start-up and Management

• Start Something That Matters
• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
• Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat

Leadership

• The Secret (Not the one you may be thinking of.  By Dr. Ken Blanchard, I call this one “the real secret”.)
• The Control Theory Manager (NOTE: Dr. Glasser wrote this book before he changed the name from Control Theory to Choice Theory)

Money Management

• The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
• The Richest Man in Babylon

Marketing

• The Greatest Salesman in the World
• Mission-Based Marketing: Positioning Your Not-for-Profit in an Increasingly Competitive World
• Cause Marketing For Dummies

KNOW YOUR PURPOSE

• Man’s Search for Meaning
• Smart Women Know Their WHY: The Guide for Discovering Your Life Purpose While Owning a Business So You Can Create Positive Change In the World and… Make Big Profits!

KNOW YOUR GOD

• Thoughts From The Mount Of Blessing
• The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning
• Servants or Friends?: Another Look at God

Yes, there certainly are other good, even great, relevant books.  But if you first master the concepts contained in this short list, you will have an unbeatable foundation for building your own social enterprise, and experiencing true balanced success.