Books never fail to inspire and uplift. When you need to be rested, when you need a quick revisiting of things you already know, when you are seeking to gain insights, and when you are wanting to embrace the new — there is always a book that will come to your rescue.
Books on entrepreneurship you need to add to your TBR
Here is a list of some titles written by women on entrepreneurship to take your pick from:
1. Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
In the book, Brown asks us to embrace vulnerability and not shy away from it for being perceived as weak. She uses facts and stories to bring about this change. Defining vulnerability as “uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure,” she states that these are things every entrepreneur will experience and encounter every single day. Trying to resist it will make it persist. Choosing to see it as a part of the journey while making peace with our imperfections is the best way forward.
2. When Women Lead by Julia Boorstin
This book is a compilation of research and interviews with over 60 women entrepreneurs, leaders, and CEOs. The likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Whitney Wolfe explore topics like leadership tactics, vulnerability, and divergent thinking. Powerful women share with you secrets of building confidence to foray into starting your first business.
3. Worry-Free Money by Shannon Lee Simmons
Shannon’s book tells you how to manage your personal finances, stress-free. As an entrepreneur, there is always the challenge of managing business finances and personal finances — knowing how much money you’re making, where it’s going, and how much you can spend without guilt. Being financially prudent and informed is a power.
4. Grit by Angela Duckworth
Angela uses the book as a medium to explain why perseverance and focused learning are the keys to accomplishing greatness in any field. She not just talks about it but also teaches readers ways to become more gritty themselves and cultivate the same in the people around them. The book tells you that people who made it big weren’t necessarily the ones with the most resources. They were those who stayed consistent in their efforts.
5. The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
This quick read deals effectively with the topics of personal finance and minimalism. Through her own journey of paying a humongous debt and a self-imposed ban on shopping, she demonstrates that less is really more.
6. The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
Her book is about facing the blocks we face every now and then in life — a writer’s block, a creative one, or a business lull. She talks about ways to come around to face these and conquer the resistance we face in these moments. Her techniques are like building muscle over time.
7. Power by Kemi Nekvapil
The book is not about entrepreneurship, but it’s about finding your power and the confidence to do amazing things. There is plenty of learning here to grow from strength to strength.
8. The 4% Fix by Karma Brown
This book is a good read about building routines and dedicating time each day towards your goals. There are anecdotal and tactical exercises to help you craft your own unique plan for habit-forming and time management.
9. The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington
The book talks about the science of sleep and its necessity. It doesn’t speak of all-nighters and burnouts as signs of success.
10. Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Entrepreneur success is usually measured in the financial success of a venture. What gets overlooked is the passion that drives the venture. She talks about ringing in professional success by having affection for your art.
11. The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
This is a perfect guidebook for those who are wanting to scale up their business. It tells you all you need to know about hiring well, building a good culture at work, and how to go about giving meaningful feedback.
12. Extreme You by Sarah Robb O’Hagan
The book is about navigating your career with tenacity and curiosity. It teaches you how to deal with the pain that comes with failures and taking chances with confidence.
13. Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
In her book, she talks about how making changes at the workplace and in government policies will benefit everyone. More and more women are opening their Shopify stores, creating flexible work for themselves like Slaughter did when she returned to teaching.
14. The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
A book that has many stories — personal, funny, and helpful. From feeling like an impostor to asking to get paid or for a couch to sleep on, the book has some interesting stories.
15. In the Company of Women by Grace Bonney
The book highlights advice, quotes, and life stories of women from a vast variety of careers, races, places, and backgrounds. Ideal to soak up on inspiration or to gain a fresh perspective.
16. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
The book is about self-reconciliation and how to have positive thoughts that later have transformative effects in practically all spheres of life. Thoughts have a big role to play in our lives, and depending on how we process them, they can make us sad, depressed, and miserable — or buoyant, hopeful, and positive.
17. Take Pride by Jessica Tracy
The book teaches how to find things that we take pride in and how to harness that feeling to achieve success. It’s a good book for business owners to never feel small and applaud their efforts in the journey to establish their business.
18. Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
A book that uses data to show how women have often been ignored in a world built for men. She has woven case studies, research, and stories to show how the gender data gap impacts women. She speaks about the steps that can be undertaken by governments and industries to make a change in this situation.
19. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The book talks of how creative ideas have their own life force and should be nurtured. Through a series of anecdotes and her own personal story on the path to literary success, there are lessons relevant to entrepreneurs, artists, and creators.
20. Worth It by Amanda Steinberg
Amanda runs a financial media platform with over one million subscribers. Her book outlines essential financial information and elucidates necessary steps that need to be taken to ensure a good financial future.
21. You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
The book is for the readers to earn what they want and/or change what they want from their products and services. It says that everyone is a badass at making money.
22. Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Her book rejects hustle culture as the only path to success. She wants readers to connect with the power of rest as a way to resist capitalism and white supremacy. The book offers practical advice for entrepreneurs to restructure their relationship with rest and examine why they feel overworked and sleep-deprived.
23. What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend by Laura Vanderkam
The book is about how accomplished individuals plan for these crucial two days and the impact this taking time out has on happiness when thought of in advance.
24. How to Change by Katy Milkman
The book is a step-by-step guide with strategic methods for making a change in our own lives. The book is a good read, especially for aspiring women entrepreneurs who are wanting to take the leap from corporate life to becoming self-employed.
Conclusion
There are books, and then there are books. This is just a small attempt to get some of the most relevant. Again, what is relevant is a very relative thing. But there is a book for you out there.
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