The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

Steve Benjamins (Founder/Site Builder Report)

My favorite business book is the Effective Executive by Peter Drucker. No question. Business literature is full of nonsense. Drucker doesn’t tolerate nonsense :)

Drucker defines an effective executive as anyone who gets the right things done (an “executive” for Drucker is broad — it’s essentially what we would call knowledge workers). It’s actually a really important point: being effective is not about your personality. The only thing that matters is if you get the right stuff done.

Tim Ferriss (Author & Entrepreneur)

I think it's much more valuable than 99% of the so-called time management books out there.

Matt Mullenweg (Founder/Automattic)

We're both big fans of Peter Drucker and his book The Effective Executive, as well as Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change your Life.

Henry Medine (Co-Founder/Space Jam Data)

I promote range and diversity. Thus, I recommend readers to expose themselves to as many different topics as possible. I usually have 2-4 books I refer back to at any given time. They range in topics from management, art, spirituality and philosophy. Trying to get the engineering thing going but don't much of a mind for science.

Christopher Lochhead (Host/Legends and Losers Podcast)

Question: What five books would you recommend to young people interested in your career path & why?

Answer:

I know this is sounds self-serving but I’d recommended both of my books, the soon to be released,

• “Niche Down: How to Become Legendary by Being Different”

and

• Harper Collins’ “instant classic,” “Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets”

In addition:

• The Effective Executive, by Peter Drucker
• The E-Myth, by Michael Gerber
• Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott
• Back from the Dead, by Bill Walton
• The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, by Al Ries and Jack Trout