Category
Leadership
Books about character, responsibility, and leading other people.
- 01 A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard · 1899 Hubbard's short preachment praising the person who carries out an assignment without stalling.
- 02 The Gospel of Wealth, and Other Timely Essays Andrew Carnegie · 1900 Carnegie's essays on wealth, including the argument that a rich person should give surplus money away with care.
- 03 Meditations Marcus Aurelius The private notes of a Roman emperor, used for centuries as a manual of steadiness.
- 04 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin · 1791 Franklin's own account of learning a trade, forming habits, and making his way.
- 05 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie · 1936 Carnegie's book of practical rules for getting along with people and leading them.
- 06 Lead the Field Earl Nightingale Nightingale's longer audio program, sold by the company he co-founded, expanding the ideas in The Strangest Secret.
- 07 Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl · 1959 Frankl's account of the concentration camps and the idea that a person can choose a stance toward suffering.
- 08 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey · 1989 Covey's book of seven habits, from private character out to working with other people.