Disclaimer: The publishers and books mentioned in the repository are personal recommendations that don't bring any provision.

This page represents a list of personal recommanded books. The list covers topics like personal development, self improvement, (self) management and entrepreneurship. For beginners, each book category contains three books to start. However, you don't have to read the books in the given order - feel free to choose.

• Personal Development
• Entrepreneurship and Management
• Notes for Reading

1. The One Thing by Gary Keller
   The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

2. Atomic Habits by James Clear
   Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
   Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

1. The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker
   The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

2. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
   Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

3. Good To Great by Jim Collins
   Can a good company become a great one? If so, how?

• Measure What Matters by John Doerr
  OKRs - The Simple Idea That Drives 10x Growth

• What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz
  How To Create Your Business Culture

• Zero To One by Peter Thiel
  Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future

The following section shows briefly some tips to support reading.

• Work with a book instead of just consuming it. "Working with a book" means to become clear about the core ideas/principles and how to implement them in daily life.

• Take notes to summarize the content (also for later look-up quickly) and think about the most important points.

• "To become clear about the content" means to be able to apply the topics in real world producing meaningful results - No smoke and mirrors. Building skills often take months or even years.

• Read good books multiple times. Good books provide new and deeper insights after being read more than once. The first reading should be used to build a foundation. All further times to strengthen the foundation and go deeper into the topic. However, there should be at least a couple of months between repetitions in order to process the knowledge.

• The learning process takes time - Don't rush things or force them. Especially in the beginning, it's a sneaky trap to overload oneself by taking too much in too short a time. Therefore, it's important to find the balance between required effort and breaks to relax.

• Consider the author's culture and context. Maybe things works different within your circumstances and must be adapted.

• Talk to other people with similar opinions about the topics, but don't be disappointed if they disagree. A good discussion can provide new perspectives.