Books Recommended by Cody McLain
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In Cody McLain’s words:
Will assume career path is running a startup, getting clients and managing a team of employees or collaborating with founders. These are some of the best books to cover these areas. It’s hard running a startup, let alone being the person who has to make the highest decisions in the organization. These books help provide the framework in how to run a successful organization but also share some of the stories and pitfalls from other founders so you can avoid making the same mistakes.
12 books recommended by Cody McLain
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Tim Ferriss
Need I say more? The difference with my relationship with this book is that I started a multi-national, multi-million dollar company called SupportNinja as a result of reading this book. now my company services some of the biggest tech brands in silicon valley and it all started with the ideas given to me with this book.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
by Ben Horowitz
Based on your top book recommendations list, this one needs no introductions.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Gave additional insight into how the human mind works, our inherit fallacies and biases. Understanding oneself better is one of the keys to living a better and more plentiful life.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Once you understand the difference between the Growth mindset and a Fixed mindset, you’ll start to catch your negative self-talk and doubt more often. This book helped me to understand that our potential can far exceed our expectations.
The Obstacle is the Way
by Ryan Holiday
This book introduced me to the concept of Stoicism and how we can choose to be happy instead of always vying for something in the future. This book teaches one that when faced with a challenge or obstacle, one should continue to pursue the goal as that is the way towards success, happiness and fulfillment.
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
by Eric Barker
Eric Barker puts out some great content on his blog and his book combines a lot of those insights into a single read. Growing up I was much more critical and hard on myself than I should’ve been, and this book gives great insight as to what Success actually is and how to get there.
Personal Development for Smart People
There are tons of productivity books out there, this is a refreshing way of viewing how to better oneself, the things to avoid and how to view the world in order to become a better person.
The Motivation Hacker
by Nick Winter
A book called the Motivation Hacker by Nick Winter is written well and too the point. We all struggle with motivation and building positive habits, and the book made me see habits in a new light with the idea of building success spirals.
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