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Leadership and Personal Development Book Suggestions:

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Leadership Development:

• The Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek

• Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

• Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, & Al Switzler

• Principles by Ray Dalio

• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

• Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell

• Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden

• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell

• Strengthsfinder by Tom Rath

• The One Minute Manager by Ken Klanehard & Spencer Johnson

• Bringing Out the Best in by Thomas K. Connellan

• Leaders by Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus

• The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

• ​"Dignity" - Donna Hicks 

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Personal Development:

• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

• Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk

• Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson

• How to do the work by Dr Nicole Lepera

• Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... at Work by Richard Carlson

• Crushing It! by Gary Vaynerchuk

• Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

• Rising Strong by Brene Brown

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

• How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwel

• Switch by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

• Take the Stars by Rory Vaden

• No Try Only Do. by Andy Bailey

• Rhinoceros Success by Scott Alexander

• Success Principles, by Jack Canfield

• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

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Financial Development:

• You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want by Jesse Mecham

• The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

• The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

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Skill Development:

• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk

• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

• Get Anyone To Do Anything by David J. Lieberman

• Stories That Stick by Kindra Hall

• Speak American Too by Paul Jankowski

• The Art of War by Sun Tzu

• The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know by Shawn Coyne

• One Million Followers by Brendan Kane

• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

• Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

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Organizational Development: 

• Good to Great by Jim Collins

• Principles by Ray Dalio

• ​The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwel

• Switch by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

• Scaling Up by Verne Harnish

• Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Music Industry:

• The Mailroom by David Rensin

• Music, Money, and Success by Jeffrey Brabec & Todd Brabec

• All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald S. Passman

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​Lifestyle: ​

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

• Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction by Jack Canfield & D.D. Watkins

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

• The 5 Love Languages by Paul White and Gary Chapman

• Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw

• I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brené Brown

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Biography:

• Finding My Virginity by Richard Branson

• An Incredible Dream: Ralph Roberts and the Story of Comcast by William Novak​