Read these books from 2007

It’s that time of the year where bloggers like myself offer up best-of-2007 picks.

Here are my favorite six business books of 2007:
Go Put Your Strengths To Work by Marcus Buckingham
This book helps you execute your plan to soar with your strengths and use them to make an impact on your business life. It is filled with useful stories that illustrate how to focus on strengths building. If you enjoyed Discover Your Strengths, this is a must-read.

Made To Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
Consider this the marketing tome of 2007. The Heaths provide a manageable list of must-dos for any marketer that wants his or her message to be memorable and longlasting.

Authenticity by Joseph Pine and Jim Gilmore
From the authors of The Experience Economy comes a new book about the value of keeping it real. Their premise is solid: The world is full of fake/real companies and consumers hate fake. Their advice is easy to act on and in typical Pine and Gilmore fashion, measurable.

The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb is a bit catty at times, but brilliant nonetheless. This book is a mind bender, on par with The Tipping Point and Freakonomics.

The Harvard Business Review On Green Business Strategy
This is a collection of excellent essays on how to green up your company. It covers a diverse range of enviro-biz topics such as manufacturing, green buildings, sustainability and carbon footprint measurement. This is the #1 business issue of the future for any business big or small – so consider this a crash course.

The 4 Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
This is the Rich Dad Poor Dad opus of our time. Ferriss has a business related point: We are addicted to information and work too damn hard. He offers tremendous advice on how to go on a low information diet, delegate and outsource work and enjoy your downtime. If you want to get out of the cubicle rat race, read this book.

Comments

[Deborah]

Although not new, my favorite read this past year was: Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner.

Solid work for the leaders among us to share with protégés--especially in an era so in need of trust-builders.

[Benjamin Bach]

Hey Tim - I released my 'favourite books I read in 2007' list in my ezine. Clocking in at #2, YOU!

* The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
* Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders
* Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
* The Last Tycoons by William Cohan
* Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Black Book of Connections
* Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching!
* The Dip by Seth Godin
* Peace is the Way by Deepak Chopra
* The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen
* The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko

[Marina @ Sufficient Thrust]

You're probably the 10th person in the last week who has recommended "Made to Stick" -- seems like I best be getting my hands on a copy ;)

I enjoyed the Four Hour Work-Week, although I think the focus should be on four hours or less of unpleasant/boring work per week, and not four hours of work period. I love what I do, and I focus on automating (for myself and others) the routine tasks that support getting to get paid to do what you love.