Career & Money

Gift yourself with knowledge this Christmas with these eight best-sellers Businesses come out with gimmicks and creative ideas during the holidays—and this might pressure you to come up with your own. Even if it feels like crunch time, it’s also a good season to see what your business needs to improve on.  Don’t wait until the new year to make those resolutions for improvement. Give yourself an early present with this list of bestselling small medium enterprise (SME) business books. Get ideas and insights to help your company become more successful just in time for 2020.  Zero to One: Notes on startups or how to build the future Written by the co-founder and former CEO of Paypal, Peter Thiel writes a must-read for startup owners and founders. Let Thiel challenge you to go against common business instincts as he details how you can break from that common mold, create a new mindset and build something new. Getting Things Done: The art of stress-free productivity Do you feel that you’re not progressing because your brain feels cluttered? It could be from plans that aren’t organized or ideas floating around without direction. If you’re not using tools to keep them in check, then it’s high time that you do. Author David Allen says, “Your mind is for having ideas, not (for) holding them." He uses his 30 years as an executive coach, consultant and lecturer with the latest information in cognitive science to teach you a brain hack. It’s called the GTD (Getting Things Done) System. You can apply this to your work so that you’ll stay productive and (mostly) stress-free. All that's needed—like for every successful business—is consistency. The $100 Startup Do you want to be your own boss, write the rules and create a new future with something as small as $100? Author Chris Guillebeau has been successfully self-employed all his life. He’s known for his books and guides on travel and small businesses. One of those is the website Unconventional Guides. Other than that, he also produces and hosts the World Domination Summit (WDS). In his book, Guillebeau shares how to change the way you make a living and do what you love at the same time. Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap and others don't How do you transform your business from good to great? Author and business adviser Jim Collins dedicated years of extensive research with CEOs, to come up with three key concepts that make great companies different. These concepts—the Hedgehog, the Bus, and The Level Five Leadership—have placed the bestseller alongside other top business books. Never Split The Difference: Negotiate as if your life depended on it